Source: Transport Canada Today, the Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra, the Minister of Health, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, and the Minister of Public Safety, the Honourable Marco Mendicino, issued the following statement: “The health and safety of on-board personnel as well as passengers during a flight is a top priority. We are aware of unacceptable behavior and cases of non-compliance with mask wearing and other air safety requirements that occurred on a privately chartered flight from Montréal to Cancun on December 30, 2021. “Our Government takes reported incidents such as these very seriously. We have directed our respective departmental officials to immediately launch an investigation into these allegations of non-compliance with COVID-19 and air safety rules and regulations. [...]

Source: ACI NA Airports Council International – North America (ACI-NA), the trade association representing commercial service airports in the United States and Canada, today announced several staff promotions across the organization. “Each day, I have the great privilege of working alongside a talented and passionate team of professionals,” said ACI-NA President and CEO Kevin M. Burke.  “Each member of our team has contributed to the tremendous successes we have had since even before the onset of the pandemic, and even more so as our industry continues to respond to these challenging times.  I am thrilled to announce these well-deserved staff promotions and look forward to continuing our work into the future.” Annie Russo has been named ACI-NA’s Chief Political and [...]

Source: A4A We appreciate the leadership of Transportation Secretary Buttigieg, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Dickson and National Economic Council (NEC) Director Deese in reaching the agreement with AT&T and Verizon to delay their planned 5G C-band deployment around certain airports for two weeks and to commit to the proposed mitigations. Safety is and always will be the top priority of U.S. airlines. We will continue to work with all stakeholders to help ensure that new 5G service can coexist with aviation safely.

Source: ALTA The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) is pleased to announce the entry of SANSA (Servicios Aéreos Nacionales S.A.) as its new member airline. SANSA is a regional carrier in Costa Rica based at the Juan Santamaría International Airport in San José, founded in 1978 to exclusively serve domestic flights in the Central American country. Currently, SANSA has a network of domestic routes in 13 Costa Rican cities. Most of the routes connect to coastal towns such as Tamarindo, Nosara, Tambor and Quepos, as well as to tourist destinations near the national parks of Costa Rica, such as Liberia and La Fortuna, Puerto Jimenez, Drake, among others. “I am very pleased to welcome SANSA, an airline [...]

Source: ACI NA Airports Council International – North America (ACI-NA) President and CEO Kevin M. Burke today called on the Biden Administration to take action to delay the expansion of 5G telecommunications capabilities set to take place on Wednesday, January 5, 2022. Such implementation will have far reaching negative impacts on air travel across the United States. “U.S. airports strongly urge the Biden administration to delay the expansion of 5G telecommunications capabilities near airports now set to take place on Wednesday, January 5. A recent federal directive suggested use of low-visibility flight procedures would be prohibited where wireless companies plan to expand 5G service, including airports in 46 of the largest metropolitan areas in the country. Prohibiting the use of these [...]

Source: ALPA Kelowna Flightcraft (KFC) pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), recently announced they have ratified a tentative agreement with the Company on a four-year contract retroactive to April 2021. With nearly 92 percent of eligible pilots participating, 73 percent voted to ratify the agreement. The pilots will now move forward with contract enhancements on a number of key issues including increasing wages, improved scheduling rules, vacation bidding, and uniform allowances. Capt. Graham Cartwright, KFC Master Executive Council chair, said the following after ratification: “Despite a year no one could have predicted in 2020, the pilots of Kelowna Flightcraft ushered in 2021 with high hopes for optimism and growth within our workplace. We understood the COVID-19 [...]