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Lynx Air says its final flights will take place on Sunday as the company files for creditor protection, less than two years after the low-cost airline took to the skies. The Calgary-based company announced in a news release on Thursday it has sought and obtained an initial order of protection …
Read More »Air Canada plane leaving Halifax receives mid-flight threat, lands safely in U.S.
Descrease article font size Increase article font size American officials are investigating after a threat was made against an Air Canada flight from Halifax to Newark, New Jersey, on Monday. In a statement, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said Newark Airport Police received a report around …
Read More »Family slams Flair Airlines over eight-day flight delay that threatened Christmas
A family says Flair Airlines nearly ruined their Christmas holiday and could have cost them their jobs after it cancelled their flight last minute, then rebooked them more than a week later. Disaster was ultimately averted after the family contacted Global News, and Flair confirmed late Friday that it would …
Read More »Canadian airlines seeing more flight delays than U.S. carriers, data shows – National
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 25, 2023 6:35 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Figures from an aviation data firm show Canada’s two biggest airlines see a far higher proportion of their flights delayed compared with many of their peers abroad. Statistics from Cirium reveal …
Read More »WestJet revokes cheap tickets to Europe sold by 3rd-party travel website
Travel isn’t cheap these days, so finding a deal is cause for excitement — but several would-be globetrotters in Edmonton discovered it was too good to be true. Last Friday, Quebec-based third-party travel website FlightHub listed round-trip WestJet flights from Edmonton to various destinations in Europe for steep discounts. Edmonton …
Read More »Inflation, flight delays impacting summer holiday plans for Canadians: poll – National
A third of Canadians have changed or cancelled their vacation plans due to inflation, according to a new survey by Leger. Of those who have changed their vacation plans, 46 per cent are also cutting back on dining out, found the July survey of 1,526 Canadians. Inflation slowed to 2.8 …
Read More »Canada wildfires are disrupting U.S. flights. What are the risks of flying? – National
Transport Canada is “closely monitoring” the wildfire situation and its impact on air travel as smoke from the country’s blazing forest fires has already disrupted flights in the United States. Smoke spreading from wildfires in Canada delayed hundreds of flights Thursday at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, New Jersey’s Newark Liberty …
Read More »‘An archaic practice’: Flight attendants protest unpaid work – Calgary
Flight attendants are calling to get paid for time that they’re on a plane but not in the air. Currently, it’s beginning when a plane’s doors are closed and the aircraft pushed back from the gate that flight attendants begin to get paid, until the flight touches down. Attendants figure …
Read More »Ontario couple’s luggage containing tracker donated to charity by Air Canada
Worried about the airline losing your luggage on your next trip? More and more people are putting electronic devices like AirTags and Tile trackers on their bags just in case. It’s what one Ontario couple did, but it didn’t help them get their belongings back any faster. Nikita Rees-Wilson and …
Read More »Pilot licences in Canada significantly dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic – National
The number of commercial pilot licences issued in Canada has declined by more than 80 per cent since 2019, even as aviation experts warn of an ever-growing labour shortage that threatens to disrupt Canada’s airline industry. Transport Canada numbers show that the number of commercial pilot licences awarded each year …
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