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Porter Airlines and Alaska Airlines announce key strategic partnership
CTA DECISIONS
- Suspension – Aero National, Inc. – Order No. 2023-A-S-308
License no. 080115 - Application – EPE SPA Air Algérie c.o.b. Air Algérie (Air Algérie) – Determination No. A-2023-241
Application by Air Algérie, on behalf of itself and Hi Fly Ltd. c.o.b. Hi Fly Malta (Hi Fly), for approval to permit Air Algérie to provide its scheduled internationals service between Canada and Algeria using one aircraft with flight crew provided by Hi Fly, beginning on December 14, 2023, to January 15, 2024 – approval granted, subject to conditions
- Application – Air Andrew Ltd. – Determination No. A-2023-243
Application for license to operate a non-scheduled international service, small aircraft, to transport traffic on a charter basis between Canada and any other country – license issued, subject to conditions
- Application – Air Andrew Ltd. – Determination No. A-2023-242
Application for license to operate a domestic service, small aircraft – license issued
- Application – AirMédic Inc. – Order No. 2023-A-28
Application for exemption to allow for the transfer of licenses from AirMédic Inc. c.o.b. AirMédic InterH Inc. to AirMédic Inc. – exemption granted
TC/TSB NEWS
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- CCAA – CCAA Spotlight – Interview with Mike Doiron
- COPA – Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame announces 2024 inductees
- COPA – Federal funding to strengthen safety, efficiency at 8 BC airports
UNION NEWS
- ALPA – Air Inuit pilots file notice to open contract negotiations with management
- ALPA – ALPA concentrates efforts emphasizing the need for two pilots on the flight deck
- ALPA – Pilots of Air Inuit join ALPA
- CUPE – Air Transat flight attendants have a tentative agreement
- CUPE – Canada’s flight attendants launch “12 Days of Unpaid Work” series to kick off busy holiday travel season
- Unifor – Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau re: Air Transportation Workers’ Charter of Rights
- Unifor2002 – ASP Security members reject latest contract offer
- Unifor2002 – Improving working conditions for aviation workers
- USW – United Steelworkers members at Delta Airlines negotiate industry-leading pay rates
AIRPORT NEWS
- ACI World and Cirium partner on landmark data collaboration to strengthen world’s leading Airport Service Quality program
- Airport’s sunflower program supports those with hidden disabilities
- Airport terminal expansion well underway
- Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport food bank drive raises over $26,000 for Torontonians in need
- Downsview airfield operations to end by mid-2024 as redevelopment project ramps up
- Halifax airport offers travel strategies during holiday season
- Holiday travel slows at Lethbridge Airport
- Ottawa airport navigates signage, free speech dispute between Métis, Algonquins
- Qualicum Beach interested in electric aircraft charging stations
- Trend continues for Sault Airport passenger numbers
- Woodlands County applies for $5.3M in provincial funds for Whitecourt Airport rehab
ROTARY OPERATOR NEWS
- Aéro Montréal recognizes Québec aerospace SMEs during 5th Gilles Demers Awards Gala
- Horizon Aircraft appoints Brian Merker as Chief Financial Officer ahead of anticipated business combination
- RTX’s Pratt & Whitney Canada marks 60 years of the purpose driver PT6 engine family
- Technisonic announces Forestry Mode on TDFM-9000/9300 series radios
GENERAL AVIATION NEWS
- Air Canada Cargo
- Air Canada Cargo certifies Opticooler containers from DoKaSch Temperature Solutions
- Air Canada flight from Vancouver to Toronto diverted due to ‘uncomfortably cool’ cockpit
- Airlines push back, clarify UN report that gave Canada a poor grade in flight safety
- AirSprint adds 34th aircraft to its fleet
- At least one Canadian airline will be gone within two years, Porter CEO predicts
- British Columbia recognized for low-carbon aviation fuel mandate
- Delta passengers stranded at remote military base after flight diverted to Canada
- Deteriorating maintenance culture at WestJet
- Flight delayed or cancelled? Flair Airlines offers new ‘disruption protection’
- INGENIO Aerospace appoints first-ever chief operating officer
- Jordan Aviation renews agreement with FLYHT
- Major Canadian airline again ranks worst in North America for on-time flights
- Optima Aéro wins the grand prize “Aerospace SME of the Year” award
- Passenger arrested after pilot declares mayday on Normal Wells, N.W.T., flight
- Pilots perform evasive manoeuvres to avoid mid-air collision east of Windsor
- Shelly De Caria officially named as Canadian North’s First Inuk President & CEO
- Study shows the main reason air travel is so darn expensive in Canada
- Transat appoints Jean-François Pruneau as Chief Financial Officer
- Transat A.T. Inc. – Results for the fourth quarter of 2023
- Travel like an expert this holiday season with Air Canada’s top tips for travellers
- Union representing striking hospitality workers calls for boycott of Air Canada
- Vetster and Air Canada’s first-of-its-kind partnership unleashes an innovative era of on-the-go pet care
- WestJet adds product catering for high-value cargo
- WestJet shares operational excellence program enhancements ahead of holiday travel season
- WestJet technicians file unfair labour practice charges to counter ‘reduction in maintenance oversight’