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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Air Canada president and CEO Michael Rousseau will retire sometime in the fall after nearly two …
Read More »Air traffic controller’s ‘I messed up’ highlights human limits — but experts urge caution
Twenty seconds and a whole world passed between the moment a fire truck was cleared to cross Runway 4 at LaGuardia airport in New York on Sunday night and the instant it was plowed into by an Air Canada flight that had been cleared to land, killing the two pilots. …
Read More »Were 2 enough? Experts question number of air traffic controllers during LaGuardia midnight shift
Were two air traffic controllers enough? Following the deadly collision between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck on the runway at New York City’s LaGuardia airport last week, concerns have been raised about whether there was adequate air traffic control staffing on the midnight shift. “If the number …
Read More »Air Canada CEO regrets inability to speak French following fatal plane crash
Premier François Legault is being joined by Quebec politicians of various stripes in calling for Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau to resign. The multi-partisan unity is in response to an English condolence video released by Air Canada after the fatal collision at New York’s LaGuardia airport, which killed two pilots, …
Read More »The facts about U.S. air traffic controllers
Air traffic controllers in the U.S. are understaffed and overworked. Here are the facts about the job. News Source link
Read More »Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano sends fiery lava 400 metres into the air
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The latest lava fountaining episode of an erupting Hawaii volcano shot 400 metres high Tuesday, prompting …
Read More »What to know about Mideast air travel as widening war in Iran grounds flights
Air travel in the Middle East has been suspended since Saturday amid U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran and the Islamic Republic’s retaliatory attacks on other countries in the region. Vancouver’s Raymond Grewal was on his way back to Canada from his honeymoon in the Maldives on Saturday and was …
Read More »Hundreds of thousands stranded as war shuts down much of Middle East air traffic
Hundreds of thousands of stranded travellers scrambled to make new connections and get through to airlines on jammed phone lines on Sunday after the attack on Iran by the United States and Israel shut down much of the Middle East to air travel. Tourists and business travellers crowded hotels and …
Read More »Air Transat aims to repatriate all its customers in Cuba within days
Air Transat says it plans to bring home thousands of Canadians from Cuba in the coming days, while Ottawa tells people to avoid delaying their exit from the island country. Canada-to-Cuba flights have abruptly wound down in recent days, after Cuban authorities let it be known that a fuel shortage …
Read More »Air Canada halts Cuba flights as Cuban airport warns it will run out of jet fuel
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Air Canada says it is suspending service to Cuba effective Monday as the Caribbean island’s major …
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