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Undetected aircraft maintenance error led to loss of control and collision with terrain at London International Airport, Ontario
CIRB DECISIONS
- Bargaining unit order – ASI Inc. – Order No. 11893-U
Joint application by International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) and Corps canadien des Commissionnaires (division du Québec) (Commissionnaires) – applicants seeking a declaration that the sale of ASI Inc. to the Commissionnaires constitutes a sale of business within the meaning of the Code – applicants also seeking to update the bargaining unit description – IAMAW certified to be bargaining agent for unit comprising “all employees of Corps canadien des Commissionnaires (division du Québec) working as security guards and escorts at the Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Mirabel airports, excluding supervisors and those above”
CTA DECISIONS
- Application – 9394-2985 Québec Inc. c.o.b. Doctrina Aéronautique – Determination No. A-2024-2
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 – 9394-2985 Québec Inc. c.o.b. Doctrina Aéronautique – Determination No. A-2024-1
Application for license to operate a domestic service, small aircraft – license issued - Application – Air Transat A.T. Inc. c.o.b. Air Transat (Air Transat) – Determination No. A-2024-3
Application by Air Transat, on behalf of itself and Smartwings, a.s. (Smartwings), for approval to permit Air Transat to provide its scheduled international service between Canada and Cuba; the Dominican Republic; and Jamaica, using an aircraft with flight crew provided by Smartwings, beginning on January 16, 2024, to April 30, 2024 – approval granted, subject to conditions - Suspension – BUCHANAN & SON AVIATION LTD. – Order No. 2024-A-1
License no. 020088
TC/TSB NEWS
- Airworthiness directives
- Artemis II mission: New launch date
- CBSA seizes 29 kg of suspected cocaine in a commercial aircraft arriving in Canada
- Minister of Transport announces funding to increase cargo volume capacity and efficiency at the Vancouver International Airport
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- CAC – Vancouver International Airport’s Tamara Vrooman becomes Chair of Canadian Airports Council and Fredericton International Airport’s Johanne Gallant becomes Vice-Chair
- IATA – Air cargo demand up 8.3% in November
- IATA – Air travel reaches 99% of 2019 levels as recovery continues in November
- NACC – Canada’s airlines mark successful holiday travel season
AIRPORT NEWS
- ACI World welcomes its first woman Chair: Ms. Candace McGraw, CEO of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
- Calgary airport braces for winter woes, urges patience and preparedness
- City explores electric aircraft charging station proposal
- Funding for hangar upgrades at Miramichi airport
- Passenger injured after opening aircraft door and falling to tarmac at Pearson Airport: Air Canada
- Sault airport passenger totals still far below pre-pandemic numbers
- St. John’s Airport CEO appointed to Airports Council International Board of Directors
- St. John’s International Airport reopens after bomb threat
- Surge in holiday traffic caps stellar year at London International Airport
- YVR international arrivals yet to return to pre-pandemic levels
- YVR partners with Schneider Electric on net-zero goals
ROTARY OPERATOR NEWS
- Canadian civil coastal search-and-rescue
- Catherine Press receives HAI’s Salute to Excellence W.A. ‘Dub’ Blessing Flight Instructor of the Year Award
- DDC receives approval for BVLOS flights and dangerous goods transportation on its DroneCare commercial project
- Horizon Aircraft announces Board of Directors for post-merger public company
- ITPS Canada providing operating base for Airbus H175 natural icing flight trials
- Transportation Safety Board probes fatal B.C. chopper crash
- Tyto Robotics launches Flight Stand 500 for advanced air mobility propulsion testing
GENERAL AVIATION NEWS
- $30M lawsuit over plane payments ‘premature at best’ top Flair Airlines investor says
- Air Canada contests decision on power wheelchairs after touting accessibility efforts
- Air Canada reports strong operational performance for the holiday travel period
- Air Transat reaches a new tentative agreement with the union representing its flight attendants
- CAE’s CEO Marc Parent to be inducted as a Living Legend of Aviation
- Canada Jetlines doubles its fleet to 6 with the leasing of an A320-214 aircraft
- Canada Jetlines forges leasing agreement for two Airbus A320s
- Canadian operators of Boeing 737 Max fleets not affected by FAA grounding directive
- Chartright adds Bombardier Challenger 604 to western Canada fleet
- Drakkar Group appoints Benoit Hudon as president and CEO
- Flair Airlines reports 98.2% completion rate in 2023
- Gander airline president and mayor fear loss of jobs in plan to privatize air ambulance service
- Heightened airline competition in Western Canada could drive down domestic airfare in 2024: experts
- Jazz reports successful Air Canada Express holiday travel season
- NAV CANADA announces first quarter financial results
- Northern Air Rescue takes flight on APTN, offering a glimpse into the Indigenous-owned Missinippi Airways in Northern Manitoba
- Northern Lights Aero Foundation nominations open for prestigious aviation and aerospace awards
- Sealand Flight to welcome British Columbia’s ‘first fully electric airplane for flight training’
- Statement by the Prime Minister on the National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Air Disasters
- Sunwing passengers still awaiting compensation more than a year after vacation flight disruptions
- WestJet delivers on promise of operational stability throughout 2023 holiday season
