TOP STORY
Minister of Transport leads Air Sector Recovery Summit with industry partners, labour associations and consumer rights groups
DECISIONS
Appeal, statutory privilege for on-board recording – Canada (Transportation Safety Board) v. Caroll-Byrne, 2022 SCC 48
Aircraft struck ground when attempting to land in snowstorm – passengers brought class action for damages for negligence against airline, manufacturer and others – manufacturer brought motion for disclosure of audio and transcript of cockpit voice recorder held by federal agency who investigated crash – agency opposed disclosure and requested to make submissions to motion judge in absence of public and other parties – motion judge refused agency’s request and ordered disclosure of the cockpit voice recorder – appeal addressing whether agency was entitled to make submissions before motion judge in absence of public and other parties, and whether motion judge committed reviewable error in ordering disclosure based on weighing of public interest in proper administration of justice and importance of statutory privilege – no reviewable error made in not allowing agency to make submissions in the absence of public and other parties – no reviewable error made in ordering the disclosure of the cockpit voice recorder – appeal dismissed
CTA DECISIONS
- Suspension – Airborne Aircraft Management, LLC c.o.b. Seattle Aircraft Charter – Order No. 2022-A-S-311
License no. 190020 – license reinstated effective November 23, 2022
- Suspension – C.A.L. – Cargo Air Lines Ltd. – Order No. 2022-A-S-310
License no. 120075
- Suspension – Centaero Aviation Ltd. – Order No. 2022-A-S-309
Licenses no. 962280 and 967082
- Suspension – Pioneer Business Services LLC c.o.b. Millbrook Aviation, Millbrook Air – Order No. 2022-A-S-306
License no. 100044 – license reinstated effective November 23, 2022
- Application – Air Canada also c.o.b. Air Canada rouge and Air Canada Cargo – Determination No. A-2022-152
Application for a license to operate, through code sharing, scheduled international services, large and all-cargo aircraft, in accordance with the Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Republic of Seychelles on Air Transport – license issued subject to conditions
- Application – Air Canada c.o.b. Air Canada rouge and Air Canada Cargo – Determination No. A-2022-151
Application for a license to operate, through code sharing, scheduled international services, large and all-cargo aircraft, in accordance with the Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Republic of Mauritius on Air Transport – license issued subject to conditions
- Suspension – Northern Lion Aviation Inc. – Determination No. A-2022-154
Licenses no. 210040 and 210041 – suspension continued
- Suspension – Precision Aviation, Inc. – Order No. 2022-A-S-312
License no. 030033
- Application – Premium Jet GmbH – Order No. 2022-A-33
Application for an exemption from subsection 84(2) of the Canada Transportation Act requiring the licensee to appoint an agent who has a place of business in Canada and to provide the CTA with the agent’s name and address – exemption granted
- Application – Premium Jet GmbH – Determination No. A-2022-158
Application for a license to operate a non scheduled international service to transport traffic on a charter basis between Austria and Canada – license issued subject to conditions
- Application – Soo Aviation Inc. – Determination No. A-2022-157
Application for a license to operate a domestic service, small aircraft – license issued
- Application – Silvertip Aviation Ltd. – Determination No. A-2022-156
Application for a license to operate a domestic service, small aircraft – license issued
- Application – Textron Aviation Inc. – Determination No. A-2022-160
Application for a license to operate a non scheduled international service in accordance with Annex III of the Air Transport Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America – license issued subject to conditions
TC/TSB NEWS
- 2021 forced landing of an aircraft due to fuel starvation highlights the importance of proper checklist usage
- Airworthiness directives
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- CAC – CAC Statement on Air Sector Recovery Summit
- CBAA – Need to Know: Your Weekly Briefing – November 24, 2022
- CBAA – Operators: Stay up to date on information and documentation through CBAA’s Flight Operations and Risk Management System
- COPA – GAMA releases third quarter aircraft shipment report
- NACC – Canada’s airlines welcome ministerial Air Sector Recovery Summit
UNION NEWS
- PSAC – NAV CANADA: Bargaining team files for conciliation to make gains for workers
- Unifor2002 – Unifor members at Jazz CSA/ACS ratify new five-year agreement
AIRPORT NEWS
- A local airport appeared to be sold, but Region of Queens Municipality says it isn’t
- Federal Court upholds seizure of 38,500 dollars at airport
- London International Airport invests in enhancement of main runway
- Pandemic-delayed airport expansion moving ahead in Kelowna
- Plane overruns runway at Waterloo Region International Airport, TSB investigates
- The VIZTA project: Ground-breaking re-identification technology based on face biometrics
ROTARY OPERATOR NEWS
- Drone regulations ground valuable farming technology
- Indigenous entrepreneurs are using drones and aerospace tech to decolonize the sky
- New guide to global UAM market available
- RCAF to look at ‘revolutionary’ vertical lift options to replace CH-146 Griffon
- Transportation Safety Board investigates fatal helicopter crash on B.C.’s North Coast
AVIATION NEWS
- Aviation consultancy firm To70 Canada welcomes Leo Robinson as managing director
- Canadian air transport industry hones in on labor shortage during 2022 ATAC conference
- CBAA, NBAA express concerns with Ligado Canada implementation proposal
- First and only certified electric plane in the world arrives in Canada
- ITPS Canada goes 100% carbon neutral with partnership with LivClean
- Magellan Aerospace signs multi-year F-35 Lightning II contract
- NAV CANADA announces expiration and upsizing of tender offers for four series of notes
- ‘No survivors have been located’: 3 believed dead in B.C. float plane crash
- RCMP respond to ‘serious incident’ at Air North complex in Whitehorse
- Renewable aviation fuel plant proposed
- Safety rules not followed, Sask. northern airline says
- WestJet Cargo pushes launch date due to certification delays with Boeing Converted Freighter
