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DECISIONS
- Summary Judgment – Reasons – Adlair Aviation (1983) Ltd. v Commissioner of Nunavut, Government of Nunavut and Mark McCulloch, 2017 NUCJ 19
Motion for Summary Judgment – Failure to award medevac services to Plaintiff – Failure to present relevant evidence or define genuine issue for trial – Motion allowed, application for Summary Judgment granted, matter dismissed with costs - Appeal – Class Action – Airia Brands Inc. v. Air Canada, 2017 ONCA 792
Jurisdiction – Substantial connection test – Non-resident class members – Air freight shipping services – Allowed - Appeal – Benefits – Decision No. 2002/17, 2017 ONWSIAT 2351
Lead station attendant injured, had reoccurrence while grooming aircraft on modified duties – Additional claim for pyschotraumatic disability – Allowed in part, benefits for recurrence allowed, pyschotraumatic disability claim dismissed
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY DECISIONS
- Application – Chantilly Air, Inc. – Order No. 2017-A-172
Exemption from section 103.3 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Application – Primera Air Scandinavia A/S c.o.b. as Primera Air – Determination No. A-2017-155
Pursuant to subsection 73(2) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended - Application – SIA “PrimeraAir Nordic” c.o.b. as Primera Air – Determination No. A-2017-159
Pursuant to subsection 73(2) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended - Application – SIA “PrimeraAir Nordic” c.o.b. as Primera Air – Determination No. A-2017-160
Pursuant to subsection 69(1) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended - Application – Air Partners Corp. – Order No. 2017-A-174
Exemptions from paragraphs 33.1(b) and 73(2)(c) and sections 33.2 and 103.3 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Application – Primera Air Scandinavia A/S c.o.b. as Primera Air – Determination No. A-2017-156
Pursuant to subsection 69(1) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended - Application – Silverline Helicopters Inc. – Determination No. A-2017-157
Suspension of Licence No. 990128 - Application – Albinati Aeronautics SA – Order No. 2017-A-173
Exemptions from paragraph 33.1(b), subparagraph 73(2)(c)(i) and section 33.2 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Application – M&N Equipment, LLC c.o.b. as M&N Aviation – Determination No. A-2017-158
Suspension of Licence No. 030149 - Suspension – Sundance Aviation, LLC – Order No. 2017-A-171
Licence No. 160056
TC/TSB NEWS
- Minister Bains comments on Airbus/Bombardier strategic partnership
- Statement by Minister of Transport about a drone incident with a passenger aircraft in Quebec City
- TSB investigating the collision between a drone and a passenger aircraft in Quebec City
- Engine power loss resulting from low-fuel operation led to helicopter crash near Whitecourt, Alberta, in 2016
- Canadian Airworthiness Directives
- Foreign Airworthiness Directives
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- COPA: Minister must consult on airports bill
- COPA: Drone collision draws reaction
- OAC: Airbus and Bombardier announce C Series partnership
UNION NEWS
- ALPA: ALPA urges Canadian government to keep safety above commercial interests when regulating small unmanned aircraft systems
- CFPA: Transport Canada dismisses MPs’ concerns about aviation safety
- IAMAW: Garda screening point managers can join the IAM
- IAMAW: Airbus-Bombardier and guaranteed jobs until 2041
- IAMAW: IAM aerospace workers reply to the judgement of the U.S. Department of Commerce
- UNIFOR: Bombardier-Airbus deal should strengthen program
- UNIFOR: Unifor calls for coroner’s inquest into ORNGE crash
AVIATION MEDIA
- A first in Canada: Drone collides with passenger plane above Quebec City airport
- Adlair Aviation lost gov’t medevac contract fair and square, Nunavut judge rules
- Airbus, Bombardier and the C Series: understanding the “ABCs” of the deal
- Airport screeners relaxing handling of passengers with medical marijuana
- B.C. woman plagued by bedbugs on airplane not surprising, says expert
- Celebrity Cruises selects Canadian North as airline partner
- J. D. Irving buys Saint-Léonard airport
- NAV CANADA announces ratification of collective agreement with ACFO
- Psychology may hold key to improving passenger experience and airline profitability
- Sunwing flyer sues because he got sparkling wine not champagne
- Swoop partners with Navitaire