TOP STORY
Transport Canada may consider banning Boeing 777s from airspace following engine fire
CTA DECISIONS
- Application – Aura Airlines, S.L. c.o.b. Gowair Vacation Airlines – Determination No. A-2021-32Application to license to operate a non-scheduled international service to transport traffic on a charter basis between Spain and Canada – license issued pursuant to conditions
- Suspension – Personas y Paquetes Por Aire S.A. de C.V. c.o.b. AirLink – Order No. 2021-A-S-34License No. 130073
- Suspension – Thunderbird Airways, Inc – Order No. 2021-A-S-31License No. 110017 – license reinstated effective February 25, 2021
- Suspension – Red Star Havacilik Hizmetleri A.S. – Order No. 2021-A-S-29License No. 200029 – license reinstated effective February 23, 2021
- Application – Gullivair Ltd. – Determination No. A-2021-30Application for a license to operate a non-scheduled international service to transport traffic on a charter basis between Bulgaria and Canada – license issued pursuant to conditions
- Application – Gullivair Ltd. – Determination No. A-2021-31Application for a license to operate scheduled international services in accordance with the Agreement on Air Transport between Canada and the European Community and its Member States, signed on December 18, 2009 – license issued pursuant to conditions
TC/TSB NEWS
- Airworthiness directives
- Government of Canada invests in transportation infrastructure at Edmonton International Airport to move goods to market
- Joint statement by Transport Canada and the U.S. Department of Transportation on the nexus between transportation and climate change
- TSB preliminary statistics show decrease in number of air and rail occurrences in 2020
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- ATAC – Collective letter from aviation groups to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (TRAN)
- CAC – Airports council statement on conclusion of U.S. – Canadian Bilateral meeting
- CBAA-ACAA – Minister Hadju and Minister Blair interpretation of essential services
- COPA – Canada, PAL put Dash 8 into operation for ocean protection
- COPA – Mid-Continent introduces Flex MD23 series
- COPA – Re-imagining in-person training seminars in a virtual world
- ICAO – ICAO and WCO issue joint calls on vaccine supply chain priorities, new customs and security guidelines
UNION NEWS
- ALPA – #SaveCanadianAviation: The price of doing nothing is too great
- UNIFOR – Unifor calls on federal government to support De Havilland workers
- UNIFOR – Unifor sets federal budget priorities to Build Back Better
AIRPORT NEWS
- ACI World congratulates new ICAO Secretary General Mr. Juan Carlos Salazar
- Airport passengers frustrated but complying with new testing, quarantine requirement, says YVR
- A spotlight on Safety Management: Ensuring a safe return to operations
- Back to the future: Customer experience in airports during the pandemic
- Efficiency in airports will be integral to industry recovery
- Government of Canada invests in transportation infrastructure at Edmonton International Airport
- Greater Toronto Airports Authority to lead rapid COVID-19 point-of-need testing research
- ‘I don’t want a small town:’ Regina’s airport leaders rally to save control towers
- More flight cuts mean greater uncertainty for tourism industry, says airport CEO
- P.E.I. launching COVID-19 rapid test project at Charlottetown Airport
- Province provides $1 million for airport runway extension in Powell River
- Sault Airport one of seven under review by Nav Canada
- Some travellers at Toronto airport fined for violating Ontario rules
- Some travellers walking out of Pearson airport instead of paying for quarantine hotel
- Toronto is first airport in the country to test large-scale employee COVID testing in collaboration with the National Research Council
- Toronto was not the busiest airport in Canada in 2020
ROTARY OPERATOR NEWS
- Pre-flight failure of Bell 505 collective prompts emergency AD
- The science behind helicopter noise – and how the industry is working to reduce it
AVIATION NEWS
- 1 injured after small plane crash northeast of Edmonton
- Air traffic controllers say potential job cuts at Nav Canada would put lives at risk
- Boeing recommends ground 777 aircraft with PW4000 engines after emergency landing in Denver
- Caisse CEO urges Transat to consider all options in case Air Canada deal dies
- Edmonton to expand cargo apron
- Flight of Icarus: Canadian company proposes multi-role tactical aircraft
- Gander area businesses call for Ottawa to support airlines, airports
- IATA predicts $95bn airlines cash burn in 2021 due to Covid-19
- Judge dismisses class-action harassment suit against WestJet
- MAG Aerospace Canada to integrate AirSuite into digital workflow
- Transport Canada may consider banning Boeing 777s from airspace following engine fire
- Unifor head Jerry Dias on his frustration with the airline bailout talks, what the government did right and his biggest personal milestone
