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NBAA-BACE 2023 preview: Canadian business aviation priorities and storylines to watch
CTA DECISIONS
- Suspension – TECH HELICOPTERS LTD. – Order No. 2023-A-S-251
License no. 961048 – license reinstated effective October 10, 2023
- Application – Air Transat A.T. Inc. c.o.b. Air Transat (Air Transat) – Determination No. A-2023-198
Application by Air Transat, on behalf of itself and SmartLynx Airlines Malta Limited (SmartLynx), for approval to permit Air Transat to provide its scheduled international service between Canada and Cuba; the Dominican Republic; Jamaica; and Mexico, using two aircraft with flight crew provided by SmartLynx, beginning on November 3, 2023, to May 14, 2024 – approval granted, subject to conditions
- Application – ETF Airways d.o.o. – Determination No. A-2023-199
Application for license to operate a non scheduled international service to transport traffic on a charter basis between the Republic of Croatia and Canada – license issued, subject to conditions
- Application – Longhorn Aviation, LLC c.o.b. CB Skyshare and SkyShare – Determination No. A-2023-200
Application for 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
- Application – SKYWAYS CHARTER LLC – Determination No. A-2023-201
Application for 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
- Suspension – Skylink Jets, Inc. – Order No. 2023-A-S-252
License no. 050110
- Suspension – Kolob Canyons Air Services, LLC c.o.b. Business Air Center, Kolob Canyon Air Service, Coast to Coast Air Ambulance – Order No. 2023-A-S-253
License no. 100016 – license reinstated effective October 11, 2023
- Suspension – Wind River Air Ltd. – Determination No. A-2023-205
License no. 080072
- Application – Air Transat A.T. c.o.b. Air Transat – Determination No. A-2023-204
Application for license to operate a scheduled international service, large aircraft, in accordance with the Agreement on Air Transport between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco – license issued, subject to conditions
- Application – Air-Invest Vagyonkezelo Kft. C.o.b. Air-Invest Kft. – Determination No. A-2023-203
Application for license to operate a non scheduled international service to transport traffic on a charter basis between Hungary and Canada – license issued, subject to conditions
- Application – Sunwing Airlines Inc. (Sunwing) – Determination No. A-2023-202
Application by Sunwing, on behalf of itself and WestJet, for approval to permit Sunwing to provide its scheduled international service between Canada and the following countries: Aruba, Cuba, the United States of America, Antigua, Costa Rica, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica, using aircraft with flight crew provided by WestJet, beginning on October 29, 2023, to May 13, 2024 – approval granted, subject to conditions
TC/TSB NEWS
- Airworthiness directives
- Expanded Canada-Panama Air Transport Agreement to allow more flights between both countries
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- CBAA – CBAA cross-Canada chapter meetings: Coming to your region in November!
- CBAA – IBAC introduces new IS-BAO workshop format for 2024
- CBAA – Mark your calendar for CBAA’s 2023 Convention and Exhibition
- CBAA – Need to Know: October 5, 2023
- CBAA – Voice for business aviation
UNION NEWS
- AMFA – AMFA-WJA negotiations update #2
- Unifor2002 – Jazz Customer & Aircraft Services: Update – Jazz layoffs in the Atlantic bases
AIRPORT NEWS
- Government of Canada investing $660,000 in the Sault Ste. Marie airport
- Greater Toronto Airports Authority hosts major job fair for Toronto Pearson at Toronto Congress Centre
- Kamloops airport saw slow recovery in 3rd quarter, winter travel season expected to help
- Regina airport inching closer to direct U.S. flights, including Vegas
- Sandy Bay Airport set to build momentum with federal and provincial funding
- Suspect used fraudulent document in unsolved $20M Pearson gold heist: lawsuit
- Three major projects underway at West Kootenay Regional Airport
- Unifi to take over WestJet operations at Calgary airport
ROTARY OPERATOR NEWS
- Abbotsford’s Chinook Helicopters CEO to receive industry honour
- Cadorath expands Rolls-Royce engine support with new field service program
- Canadian agriculture sprayers report spike in demand for helicopter applications
AVIATION NEWS
- 3 people dead after plane crash in Chilliwack, B.C.: RCMP
- Air Canada grounds pilot over ‘unacceptable posts’ about Israel
- Air Canada temporarily cancelling flights to Tel Aviv starting Sunday 8 October
- Air Canada to support Government of Canada in bringing Canadians home from Israel with special flights
- Almost half of all flight delays in 2022 were airlines’ responsibility, government data suggests
- Bombardier to present smoothest-flying aircraft at NBAA-BACE 2023, debut first certified pre-owned aircraft at U.S. tradeshow
- Canadian North teams up with university to tackle pilot shortage
- Fewer late flights run by Air Canada, which operates mainly out of Pearson Airport in Mississauga
- Flair Airlines summer flying finished strongly; 79% of flights arrived on time in September
- ‘It wasn’t Air Canada’: Ontario family’s attempt to contact airline ends up costing big bucks
- Jazz CRJ900 returns to Montreal following burning smell in cockpit
- Plane makes emergency landing in farmer’s field
- Pratt & Whitney Canada achieves 200th engine type certification: PW127XT-L regional turboprop
- Quebec quietly scrapped more than 30% of $500 round-trip flights for regional travel
- Statement from Éric Martel, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bombardier
- Swiss aviation battery provider H55 breaks ground on Canadian headquarters in Saint-Hubert
- Travelport signs new content distribution agreement with Air Canada, including NDC
- WestJet executives gathering input for airline’s ‘ambitious’ growth plan
