TOP STORY
WestJet, Swoop respond to possible unionization of flight attendants
DECISIONS
- Passenger Complaint – Missed Flight – Sabiq c. Turkish Airlines, 2018 QCCQ 4747
Claim for $4,500 due to missed flight – Airline not responsible for passenger missing scheduled departure – Dismissed - Appeal – Deficit – Gignac and Porter Airlines, 2018 QCTAT 3290
Customer Service Agent claims 45% anatomic-physiological deficit due to diagnosis of fibromyalgia – Tribunal cannot decide on issue as not related to workplace accident in 2013 – Appeal dismissed
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY DECISIONS
- Application – Société Air France c.o.b. as Air France – Determination No. A-2018-160
Pursuant to subsection 78(2) and section 60 of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended, and section 8.2 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Order Null & Void – I.M.P. Group Limited c.o.b. as Execaire, a Division of I.M.P. Group Limited and Air 500, a Division of I.M.P. Group Limited – Order No. 2018-A-121
Suspension – I.M.P. Group Limited c.o.b. as Execaire, a Division of I.M.P. Group Limited and Air 500, a Division of I.M.P. Group Limited – Order No. 2018-A-121
Licence Nos. 962586 and 967557 - Suspension – Nor‑Alta Aviation Leasing Inc. – Order No. 2018-A-124
Licence Nos. 070043 and 070044 - Suspension – 1630408 Alberta Ltd. c.o.b. as Cooking Lake Aviation Services – Order No. 2018-A-123
Licence No. 160057 - Suspension – Open Water Charters Inc. – Order No. 2018-A-125
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TC/TSB NEWS
- Government of Canada provides research grants to reduce air emissions from rail transportation
- The Government of Canada invests in transportation infrastructure at the Gander International Airport in Newfoundland and Labrador to improve productivity
- Government of Canada investing in safety at Chisasibi Airport
- TSB deploys a team of investigators to Lake Nipissing following a collision with terrain of a private light aircraft
- TSB deploys a team of investigators to an aircraft accident at Toronto/Buttonville Municipal Airport, Ontario
- Investigation report: November 2017 hard landing at Toronto/Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, Ontario
- Investigation report: January 2018 ground collision, fire and evacuation on apron at Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International Airport, Toronto
- Investigation report: March 2018 in-flight emergency due to smoke in cockpit and cabin at Nanaimo Airport, British Columbia
- TSB Quarterly Review – First Quarter (July 2018)
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- ATAC: ATAC applauds First Air and Canadian North merger
- CBAA: CBAA to meet with YYZ Airport technical working group
- OAC: Bombardier announces agreement with DAIR to spur innovation in Ontario’s aerospace sector
UNION NEWS
- ALPA: Canadian North and First Air union leaders respond to merger announcement
- IAMAW: Order of 60 A220-300 aircraft by Jet Blue good news for Québec
- UCTE: Report on aircraft rescue and firefighting conference
- UNIFOR: Speech from the Throne fails to reflect workers’ priorities
- UNIFOR: First Air and Canadian North merge in effort to better serve communities
- UNIFOR: Swissport-Quebec members: ratify new three-year agreement
AVIATION MEDIA
- Bombardier to introduce HUD and EVS option on best-selling Challenger 350 aircraft
- Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame elects new members to board of directors
- Canadian air travel needs no course correction
- Former flight attendant writes letter to YVR, sheds light on sexual harassment in airline industry
- Jazz welcomes EVAS Air to pilot pathway program
- Majority of WestJet flight attendants sign union cards, says CUPE
- Ottawa to be HQ of merged First Air-Canadian North airline
- Prices and flight schedules among concerns in Nunavut amid northern airline merger
- Swoop statement regarding the application for certification of its cabin crew members
- WestJet statement regarding the application for certification of its cabin crew members
- Winnipeg Airports Authority invests in new $27 million building
