TOP STORY
Air Canada mulls cutting fares to compete with ultra-low cost carriers
DECISIONS
- Human Rights – Timeliness – Tyler v. Commissionaires BC, 2017 BCHRT 200
Complaint of sexual harassment of airport security personnel filed outside six month period – Continuing contravention found – Complaint accepted - Human Rights – Productions – Clegg v. Air Canada, 2017 CHRT 27
Air Canada inadvertently produced Nance Report to wrong action – Motion by CHRT to request production of report – Motion granted
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY DECISIONS
- Application – Zetta Jet USA, Inc. – Order No. 2017-A-148
Exemption from section 103.3 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Application – Zetta Jet USA, Inc. – Order No. 2017-A-150
Exemption from subsection 84(2) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended - Suspension – 590730 Alberta Ltd. c.o.b. as Thunderbird Aviation – Order No. 2017-A-146
Licence No. 962550 - Suspension – 164061 BC Ltd. c.o.b. as Wabusk Air – Order No. 2017-A-145
Licence No. 962276 – Licence reinstated effective September 18, 2017 - Suspension – GWT Helicopters Inc. c.o.b. as Thomson Helicopters – Order No. 2017-A-147
Licence No. 140088 - Suspension – Critical Care Medflight, Inc. c.o.b. as Georgia Jet, Inc. – Order No. 2017-A-149
Licence No. 967381 – Licence reinstated effective September 19, 2017
TC/TSB NEWS
- Minister Garneau announces appointments to the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority and Ridley Terminals Inc.
- Canadian Airworthiness Directives
- Foreign Airworthiness Directives
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- CAC: Remarks to the Standing Committee on Transport
- CAC: Remarks to the Standing Committee on Finance
- COPA: General Aviation Safety Campaign (GASC) gets a helping hand
UNION NEWS
- UNIFOR: Air Georgian refuses to recognize Unifor 2002 as bargaining agent
- UNIFOR: Bombardier workers rally for end to Boeing dispute
- UNIFOR: Unifor opens talks with Flair Airlines
AVIATION MEDIA
- Air Canada and AAR conclude $500M CAD agreement for airframe maintenance in Québec, Canada
- Air Canada launches internal investigation into treatment of Saskatoon toddler
- Air Canada, West Jet ‘upsizing’ planes as business soars at Sudbury Airport
- Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to revisit Air Canada retirement age issue
- Canada won’t buy from Boeing if they are “busy trying to sue us”: Trudeau
- Porter Airlines opening crew base in Thunder Bay
- RCMP cautions about drone safety and rules after airport incident
- Regional Air Transport Summit in Québec – Regional tour stops in Gros-Mécatina
- Transport Minister grilled over pilot flight and duty times
- Waterloo Airport offers exclusive access
- WestJet and Hong Kong Airlines announce code-share
- WestJet breaks ground on new Calgary hangar
- WestJet faces union push
