April 27, 2019 – WestJet sticks to 737 Max 8

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WestJet sticks to 737 Max 8

 

DECISIONS

  • Fuel spill – Kirk v Executive Flight Centre Fuel Services Ltd – 2019 BCCA 111
    Appeal from certification of class action – private nuisance and negligence – tanker truck fell down embankment – delivering jet fuel to helicopters fighting forest fires – 35,000 litres of A1 jet fuel spilled – local state of emergency – property owners of 2,776 properties evacuated for day – company initiated spill response – trial judge certified class action against company – court of appeal refused certification – issue remitted to trial – elements of private nuisance not suitable for class action – any individual assessment of damages not suitable for class action – impact of spill on individual properties cannot be tied together in single action

 

CTA DECISIONS

  • Application – Airborne Aircraft Management, LLC c-o-b as Seattle Aircraft Charter of Bellevue, Washingston, USA – Determination No. A-2019-65
    Pursuant to subsection 73(2) of the Canada Transportation Act
  • Suspension – Storm Flying Service, Inc. – Order No. 2019-A-57
    License no. 967683

 

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