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01.06.2023 / 16:31

Air Canada flights delayed as airline faces 2nd technical issue in a week

Air Canada says a technical issue is delaying flights across its network on Thursday.The airline said in a statement to Global News that it is continuing to operate flights “at a reduced rate.”Air Canada flagged a “temporary technical issue” with its communicator system used to communicate with and monitor aircraft as the source of the delays.“Customers are advised to check their flights before going to the airport. We apologize to those affected, and appreciate their patience,” a spokesperson said.The delays come a week after Air Canada’s flights were grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the U.S.

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Air Canada customer outraged after charged twice on credit card for airline tickets

Air Canada customer is sharing her travel nightmare with the airline after she says she was charged twice for a round trip.“They don’t even have the heart to listen to me,” said Cristhel Fernandez. “I don’t have the extra money to pay that off.”Back in May, the Surrey resident booked two round-trip flights to the Philippines for her and her husband.

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Flair aircraft seizures came after months of missed payments and defaults, lessor says

The New York-based company that seized four leased aircraft from Flair Airlines last weekend says the move was a “last resort” following months of missed payments, denying accusations it was working with another carrier to push the low-cost airline out of business.

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Flair CEO says rival tried to claim seized jets: ‘People want us out of business’

The head of Flair Airlines is accusing one of Canada’s two major airlines of attempting to kneecap the discount carrier’s operations by trying to lease four planes that were recently seized from it due to overdue payments.

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Air Canada rejects passenger compensation claims, citing staff shortages and safety

Less than four hours before departure, Ryan Farrell was surprised to learn his flight from Yellowknife to Calgary had been cancelled.

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Airline workers face insults, physical threats amid travel delays: ‘Worst I’ve ever seen’

From verbal abuse to physical threats and police calls, front-line workers in the airline industry are finding themselves on the receiving end of passenger frustrations over flight delays and lost baggage.

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‘Air Canada will ruin my wedding’: Frustrated passengers lash out amid ongoing delays

Forty-seven year old Tarick Ali, from Ottawa, has been planning his wedding for more than a year. But now, “Air Canada will ruin my wedding,” he fears.

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Traveller used AirTag to track luggage lost for 5 days after flying from Toronto

Frequent air traveller Kelly Laing was flying from Toronto to Saint John, N.B., late last month on a flight she takes often between the two cities, but this time her checked luggage went missing.

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Air Canada flight cancellations: How to get refunds, other compensation

Air Canada’s sudden cut to its summer flight schedule fuelled another chaotic long weekend at Canadian airports and left many customers stranded and frustrated.

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Government caught ‘flat-footed’ by travel surge at Toronto airport: former airline exec

A former Canadian airline executive says that responsibility for weeks of delays and cancellations at Toronto Pearson International Airport rests on the shoulders of the federal government.

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Air Canada suspending direct Vancouver-Delhi flights, Ukraine war a factor

Air Canada says it is suspending its direct service between Vancouver and Delhi, India, this summer due to multiple factors that will make the route temporarily “unviable.”The suspension will begin June 2 and run until Sept. 6.

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Canada bans travel from 7 South African nations amid new Covid variant concern

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Air Canada introduces COVID self-testing option for customers

Air Canada is launching a new self-testing program aimed at making it easier for customers to travel.Passengers of the airline have the option of buying self-administered COVID-19 tests and testing themselves while abroad before they board their flight back to Canada.The passenger can then self-test under the remote supervision of a program called Switch Health and get an electronic report in less than 45 minutes.

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Air Canada requiring all employees, new hires to be vaccinated against COVID-19

COVID-19.The announcement from Canada’s largest domestic and international carrier also marks it as the first major airline to mandate vaccines for all employees.Toronto-based Porter Airlines announced last week that it would be requiring all employees to either be fully vaccinated, or to present a negative COVID-19 test within three days of their shift.

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Air Canada reports $1.3-billion Q1 loss as pandemic continues to limit travel

Air Canada says its capacity as measured in available seat miles was down 82.1 per cent compared with a year ago, while traffic measured in revenue passenger miles was down 89.5 per cent.The airline plans to approximately double its second quarter capacity from the same quarter in 2020, but says compared with the same period in 2019 that second quarter capacity is expected to be down 84 per cent.Last month, Air Canada reached a deal for $5.9 billion in federal aid including money earmarked to help refund customers.

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Ottawa’s financial relief deal for Air Canada: what it means for customers

nearly $6 billion financial support package for Air Canada announced Monday includes billions of dollars to help the struggling airline rebuild from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Feds announce $5.9B aid package to Air Canada to help customer refunds, jobs Among the conditions in the deal are guaranteed refunds for flights cancelled due to the pandemic, along with the restoration of regional routes that were previously suspended and job protection for the airline’s remaining employees.Here’s what travellers need to know about the package.As part of the deal, the Canada Enterprise Emergency Funding Corp.

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Feds announce $5.9B aid package to Air Canada to help customer refunds, jobs

Air Canada with a multi-billion dollar aid deal to help cope with massive financial losses and millions in customer refunds for cancelled trips amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Speaking at press conference Monday evening, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland announced the government’s decision to “step in to support Air Canada, its nearly 15,000 active employees and its customers.”According to Freeland, the support will be in the form of a $4 billion loan as well as $500 million in equity — giving the government a stake in the airline for the first time since its privatization in 1989.

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Will we need vaccine passports for vacations? Expert answers travel questions

It’s been more than a year since the majority of Canadians have been able to take a vacation and as vaccinations begin to roll out, some people might be itching to book their next getaway. Marty Firestone, president of Travel Secure, recently joined The Morning Show to talk about how we can travel safely in the coming months — and if we should be at all.

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Air Canada set to resume flights in Atlantic Canada June 1

COVID-19 pandemic.Pascale Dery, Air Canada’s media relations director for Quebec, Eastern Canada and Europe, said flights to and from Fredericton, Moncton, Saint John, Charlottetown and Sydney, N.S., are all part of the airline’s summer schedule beginning June 1. Air Canada says it will resume some flights to sun destinations beginning in May The five locations have had little or no commercial air travel at their airports for several months as pandemic-related restrictions led to a reduction in air travel of more than 90 per cent in much of Canada.In an email to Global News, Dery said most routes will travel to and from Montreal and Toronto beginning with a single daily flight.

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Coronavirus: Unifor calls for aviation sector aid on anniversary of travel restrictions in Canada

restrictions on non-essential travel to Canada, union leaders renewed their call for government aid for the country’s struggling aviation sector.In a press conference organized by Unifor, which represents workers in the aviation industry, union leaders said they were frustrated by the government’s lack of action even after many meetings between union and government officials over the last year. Air Canada ready to refund flight cancellations in exchange for bailout: union “We have met with government over a dozen times in the last year_still nothing,” said Jerry Dias, national president of Unifor.

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Air Canada ready to refund flight cancellations in exchange for bailout: union

Air Canada is poised to refund customers who have had their flights cancelled or postponed due to COVID-19 in exchange for a bailout.

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Regina airport CEO among leaders rallying to save control towers

COVID-19 pandemic, silence fills Regina’s airport.Empty check-in counters line one side of the terminal while the odd employee moves behind reception along a row of vehicle rental desks.There’s no one on the staircase passengers use upon arriving in Saskatchewan’s capital city. The number of flights scheduled to land on Monday: four.“It’s almost like a ghost town,” said James Bogusz, CEO and president of the Regina Airport Authority.Canada’s aviation industry has been among the hardest hit by the pandemic, because of federal travel restrictions and public-health advice urging would-be travellers to stay home.

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Air Canada layoffs impact about 100 at Saint John call centre

COVID-19 pandemic. Less than half are still working.

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Air Canada, Transat deal up in the air as deadline passes

Air Canada‘s acquisition of Transat AT Inc. is up in the air after Canada’s largest airline said it will not allow more time for the deal to go through.The acquisition was set to be completed by Feb.

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Coronavirus: Potential COVID-19 exposure reported on Air Canada flight from Toronto to Halifax

COVID-19 on Air Canada flight from Toronto to Halifax.The Air Canada flight 7572 (Sky Regional) departed from Toronto on Feb. 10 at 2:25 p.m.

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As Transat deal comes through, Air Canada posts ‘bleak’ financial results

Chief executive Calin Rovinescu says the 2020 financial year was the bleakest in the history of commercial aviation, as the number of passengers declined 73 per cent following several years of record growth for Air Canada.Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said last night that the proposed purchase of Transat A.T. by Air Canada will bring greater stability to Canada’s air transport market amid devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry.Rovinescu, who will retire on Feb.

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Ottawa gives green light to Air Canada’s $190M purchase of Transat

The government said the acquisition is the best outcome for workers, Canadians travellers and other industries that rely on air transport.Transat shareholders in December approved the revised deal, equal to $5 per share and a significant decrease from an earlier $720 million or $18 per share.Air Canada won support from Transat’s largest shareholder, Letko Brosseau, after sweetening the deal in August 2019 from its initial offer of $520 million or $13 per cent a few months earlier.Alghabra said approval is subject to “strict conditions which will support future international competition, connectivity and protect jobs.“We are confident these measures will be beneficial to travellers and the industry as a whole,” he added.Air Canada must

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Air Canada cuts 1,500 jobs, suspends more international flights

Air Canada is cutting an additional 1,500 jobs and suspending more international flights while the airline grapples with heavy travel restrictions imposed to help quell the spread of new coronavirus variants.Effective Feb. 18, the airline told Global News that 17 flight routes to the U.S.

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Future Air Canada flights to Regina could be affected by loss of control tower

Air Canada confirmed that if the Regina airport loses its air traffic control tower it will have an effect on the airline’s decision to send flights to the Queen City.David Rheault, Air Canada’s managing director, government and community relations, addressed the issue during the House of Commons’ transportation committee on Thursday.“For operations, if there’s no control tower, the operations become more complex so operations will go towards other airports, so it entails problems for our carriers,” Rheault said in response to Regina MP Michael Kram when asked about the impact of losing the airport’s air traffic control tower.

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Air Canada to pause Rouge operations, cut 80 employees amid new COVID-19 travel rules

Air Canada is pausing its Rouge operations as a result of new travel restrictions put in place by the federal government in an effort to get ahead of new variants of the novel coronavirus.“As a result of our suspension of all flights to the Caribbean and Mexico at the request of the Canadian government, we are again pausing our Rouge operations effective Feb 8 as these flights are primarily operated by Rouge,” the Canadian airliner said in an emailed statement to Global News.Around 80 employees are expected to be laid off after the final flight.Air Canada Rouge is a low-cost airline and subsidiary of Air Canada that had expanded its flights to offer more vacation destinations.

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Air Canada, Rogers and Suncor part of group piloting rapid COVID-19 testing

COVID-19 in hopes that they can find a way to reopen workplaces.The pilot is being run by the University of Toronto’s Creative Destruction Lab, which has partnered with 12 companies including Air Canada and Rogers Communications Inc. to experiment with antigen tests that take about 15 minutes to deliver results.Those behind the project believe it could give Canada’s corporate world a road map to quelling the spread of COVID-19 in workplaces that have had to close or have struggled to contain outbreaks.

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4 major Canadian airlines halt flights to Mexico, Caribbean to slow spread of COVID-19

Mexico and the Caribbean as of today.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that Air Canada, WestJet, Sunwing and Air Transat had agreed to the measure in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. Travellers to pay ‘more than $2K’ for new mandatory COVID-19 hotel quarantine, Trudeau says The restriction will last until April 30, and Trudeau says the airlines will help arrange the return of customers currently on a trip.It’s one of a suite of new government measures aimed at preventing Canadians from travelling abroad in the doldrums of February and throughout spring break.For instance, starting first thing Thursday, all international passenger flights must land at only four airports — in Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, and Montreal.

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Chambers of Commerce in N.B.’s 3 major cities rally against idea of 1 regional airport

COVID-19 has dealt the airline industry a huge blow and that’s producing a conversation about what will come next.Talk has resurfaced about the possibility of a single regional airport for the province.It’s something that has drawn quick reactions from the province’s major cities, all of which had an operational airport until airlines pulled commercial service from Fredericton and Saint John. Now only Moncton is receiving commercial flights.

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Airlines suspend flights to sun destinations until April 30 amid growing variant concerns

COVID-19 continue to spread.All international passenger flights must land at only four airports in Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary and Montreal.“The government asked, and we agreed,” WestJet president and CEO Ed Sims said in a statement Friday.“While we know that air travel is responsible for less than two per cent of cases since the start of the crisis, and even less today, we recognize the Government of Canada’s ask is a precautionary measure.”The Calgary-based company said it is working to bring back its Canadian customers currently in Mexico and the Caribbean over the next two weeks.

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COVID-19 exposure notices issued for flight, location in Truro

All the potential COVID-19 exposure sites in Nova Scotia over the past 14 days Anyone present at the location during that time is being urged to immediately self isolate and contact 811 or go to the province’s COVID-19 self-assessment page to arrange for COVID-19 testing, regardless of whether they have COVID-19 symptoms.Individuals must self-isolate while waiting for their test, regardless of whether they have COVID-19 symptoms[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Health officials say people who were possibly exposed could develop symptoms up to and including Jan. 24.The second exposure notification is for Air Canada flight 614 from Toronto to Halifax on Jan.

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Air Canada cancels service to Fredericton International Airport

coronavirus pandemic.“Our overall network capacity is currently down about 80 per cent from the last normal year in 2019,” said spokesperson Pascale Déry. As last flights leave some Maritime airports, locals are left wondering when they’ll return A part of the cancellations will also be daily flights to Montreal, now cut until further notice.“This decision was not taken lightly and we regret the impact on our customers and communities, but it is increasingly difficult to continue to operate in this challenging environment,” Déry said.The suspension of services begins in less than two weeks, on Jan.

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As last flights leave some Maritime airports, locals are left wondering when they’ll return

COVID-19 pandemic.In December the company said that it experienced significantly reduced traffic due to COVID-19, ongoing travel restrictions and quarantine rules, low seasonal demand and the termination of the Atlantic bubbleFor those affected by the travel cuts, they say the worst thing about the situation for the Saint John Airport and the J.A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport is that no one knows if or when flights will be coming back.“It affects our ability to do business with the rest of the world and with the rest of the world to do business with us,” said Kathleen Yurchesyn, CEO of the Cape Breton Chamber of Commerce.

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COVID-19: What does the future of Canada’s airline industry look like?

COVID-19 pandemic, experts say the future of the airline industry in the country is on shaky ground unless the federal government steps in.WestJet announced Friday a wide range or service and staffing cuts, with toughly 1,000 employee positions being eliminated through layoffs, furloughs, unpaid leaves and reductions of hours. WestJet slashing jobs, cutting 100s of flights amid coronavirus restrictions Hundreds of national and international flights on the airline’s current schedule are also being cancelled.WestJet said the catalyst for the major changes is the new COVID-19 testing requirements implemented by the federal government on Jan.

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N.S. advises of potential exposure to COVID-19 on Halifax bus, store, flights

coronavirus at a Halifax Transit bus route, a Halifax store and three flights.A positive case was identified in an individual who took the Halifax Transit Route 9 bus on Dec. 21 and Dec.

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Nova Scotia flags potential COVID-19 exposure in Halifax locations, flights

coronavirus at two locations in Halifax and two flights.Potential exposure may have occurred at the following stores in Halifax:“Out of an abundance of caution,” the province asks anyone who worked at or visited these locations at the specified time and date should fill out an online self-assessment form and book a COVID-19 test, regardless of symptoms.Individuals exposed to the virus at these locations may develop symptoms until Jan. 17.

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N.L. reports 3 new COVID-19 infections, 3 recoveries

Coronavirus: New Brunswick reports 2 new COVID-19 cases, 6 recoveries Public health is now asking travellers on Air Canada flight 7480 from Montreal to St. John’s that arrived on Tuesday to schedule a COVID-19 test.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The second case is travel-related as well and involves a man in his 50s from the Western Health region who also returned from work in Alberta and is self-isolating.

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Air Canada Boeing 737 Max 8 forced to land after takeoff due to engine issue warning

Boeing 737 Max 8 operated by Air Canada was diverted Wednesday after pilots received an engine malfunction warning shortly after takeoff.The airline says the pilots of the “repositioning flight” between Marana, Ariz., and Montreal shut down one engine after noticing the warning and were redirected to Tucson, where they landed normally. Boeing 737 MAX crash victim families urge U.S.

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Potential COVID-19 exposure reported on Air Canada flight from Montreal to Halifax

COVID-19 on one Air Canada flight that travelled from Montreal to Halifax on Dec. 18.According to public health, Air Canada Flight 7560 travelled from Montreal at 7:12 p.m.

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Nova Scotia issues potential COVID-19 exposure notifications for 2 flights

All the potential COVID-19 exposure sites in Nova Scotia over the past 14 days Health officials say the potential exposure applies to passengers in rows 20 to 26 seats J, K and L.The second notification is for Air Canada Flight 8210 from Toronto at 8:55 p.m. ET on Dec.

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N.B. health officials warn of potential COVID-19 exposure after traveller tests positive

COVID-19 in a traveller who may have been infectious on Dec.

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Air Canada cuts deal ‘massive blow’ to Cape Breton, according to airport CEO

‘Verge of collapse’: Air Canada reports more service cuts, station closures in Atlantic Canada The airline announced that effective Jan. 11, it would be suspending all service to Sydney and Saint John, N.B., until further notice.MacKinnon says the airport has now lost all connectivity, hindering families, rotational workers and businesses in Cape Breton, though he hopes it will be able to bounce back after a winter closure.

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Saint John Airport boss remains ‘confident’ despite more airline cuts

flight cuts to Atlantic Canada.“I’m confident of the future for the aviation sector and the airport itself for sure,” said Derrick Stanford.Air Canada says that as of Jan. 11, flights in and out of Saint John and Sydney, N.S. will be suspended.

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New Brunswick reports 1 new COVID-19 case on Wednesday

coronavirus on Wednesday, bringing the total number of active cases in the province to 74.The case is travel-related and the individual is self-isolating in the Saint John region.To date, the province has confirmed 542 positive COVID-19 cases and has seen 461 recoveries.There have been seven deaths in the province as a result of the virus. Health officials say there are currently three New Brunswickers hospitalized in intensive care with COVID-19.As of Wednesday, the province has completed 135,266 tests for the virus.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]On Wednesday, Public Health identified a COVID-19 case in a traveller who may have been infectious on two Dec.

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