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23.05.2023 / 16:31

Sick of removing laptops, liquids at airports? Some travellers can soon skip

air travellers in Canada will no longer need to take their personal belongings out of their carry-on luggage during airport security screening.Transport Minister Omar Alghabra made the announcement Tuesday for a new Verified Traveller Program being launched by the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) that will take off in June.The new lines will allow eligible travellers to keep laptops, large electronics, and compliant liquids and gels in their carry-on at security screening checkpoints, according to a press release from Transport Canada. They also won’t need to take their shoes, belts and jackets off during the screening process.Members of NEXUS and Global Entry, airport staff, aircrews, RCMP and police officers with IDs as well as active members of the Canadian and U.S.

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Canadian government orders seizure of Russian cargo plane at Toronto airport

The Canadian government has ordered the seizure a Russian aircraft that has been grounded at Toronto Pearson International Airport since the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

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WestJet’s acquisition of Sunwing Airlines cleared for takeoff by Ottawa

WestJet Group’s takeover of vacation-focused rival Sunwing Airlines has been approved by Canada’s transportation minister, clearing the runway for a major shakeup in the airline industry.

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COVID-19: Canada will no longer require masks on planes, drops vaccine mandate

COVID-19.Transport Canada said the existing rules for masks will come off Oct. 1"We are able to do this because tens of millions of Canadians rolled up their sleeves and got vaccinated," Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said.Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said the negative attitudes of some passengers have made it hard for airlines and crews to enforce the mask mandate in recent months, and cited that as a factor in the decision.Government officials also confirmed Canada is dropping the vaccine requirement for people entering the country at the end of the month.

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Canada dumps vaccine mandate for foreign travellers. Check new Covid rules

Covid-19. Canada, like the United States, requires foreign nationals to be vaccinated when entering the country. However, no change in the mandate is expected in the US in the near future. “We are able to do this because tens of millions of Canadians rolled up their sleeves and got vaccinated," Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said.

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Mask mandates on planes, trains a ‘minor inconvenience’ to protect others: minister

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra suggests there are no plans to remove the mandate requiring face masks on planes and trains, noting they’re a “minor inconvenience” to protect vulnerable Canadians.

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Cross-border trucker vaccine mandate among COVID-19 rules still in place

COVID-19, despite the federal government lifting other health measures for travellers Tuesday.Starting June 20, domestic and outbound international travellers will no longer need to show proof of vaccination before boarding an airplane or train. The vaccine mandate for workers in those federally-regulated travel sectors will also be removed.But when asked whether Tuesday’s decision will affect vaccine rules for truckers at the Canada-U.S.

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Ottawa dropping random COVID-19 testing at Canadian airports for vaccinated travellers

COVID-19 testing of incoming international passengers at Canadian airports.Random testing at airports will be temporarily suspended at all airports starting on Saturday, June 11 until June 30, according to a joint statement from Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino and Tourism Minister Randy Boissonnault.Unvaccinated travellers will still be required to be tested on-site.The government is also announcing that, as of July 1, all testing, including for unvaccinated travellers, will be performed off-site.The news comes after federal public health officials said Friday they were looking at updating their advice to government on the random testing reuquirement.Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says the testing is not done to monitor travelers for infection, but rather as a way to measure emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2 that may be making their way into Canada from other countries.“The random testing is not to detect every case.

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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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COVID-19 border measures to stay until at least end of June: PHAC

COVID-19 restrictions at the border will remain in place for at least another month.The agency made the announcement on Twitter, the day after Parliament voted down a Conservative opposition motion to revert to pre-pandemic rules for travel.Several pandemic restrictions are in place at Canadian airports and land borders, including vaccine mandates, random COVID-19 tests and the requirement that international travellers answer pandemic-related questions on the ArriveCan app.(1/2) The #GoC is extending current border measures for travellers entering Canada until at least June 30, 2022.

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Does Flair play fair? Experts weigh in on airline’s route ‘exclusivity’ deals

Flair Airlines says its cheap airfare and deals with regional airports are improving competition in the Canadian air industry, but as the Edmonton-based carrier seeks extra time to meet its licence requirements to keep flying, a rival airline is calling the company’s exclusive deals into question.

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COVID-19: Canada to change testing rules for fully-vaccinated cruise ship travellers in April

Transportation Minister Omar Alghabra announced Thursday that come April, when testing rules change for those entering Canada by land and air, people on board cruise ships that enter the country will still need to get a COVID-19 test no more than one day before departure but won’t need a second test before disembarking the vessel.

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6 Sunwing party plane passengers slapped with fines up to $5K, ‘more penalties’ coming

the infamous Sunwing flight to Mexico that saw reality TV stars and influencers vape, sing and dance on board have been slapped with financial penalties.Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced on Tuesday that six revellers received “penalties” of up to $5,000 because they were not fully vaccinated when they boarded the flight to Cancun — but he did not disclose the exact amount of each of their fines.“Certain behaviours reported in connection with the flight on December 30, 2021, are unacceptable and will not be tolerated,” Alghabra said in a press release.“This is why Transport Canada took immediate action. Aviation rules must be respected by everyone, for the sake of everyone’s safety.

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Aircraft carrying Russian foreign nationals held in Yellowknife

Transport Canada says.The department didn’t say why or for how long the aircraft — that was grounded on Tuesday — would be restricted to the airport but told Global News in an email Thursday that Transport Canada is working with Canada’s Border Services Agency to “assess the matter.” Cryptocurrency a ‘double-edged sword’ in Ukraine-Russia war, experts say They said they are trying to find out if there has been any violation of the recently announced Notice to Airman (NOTAM) that prohibits Russian aircraft from operating in Canadian airspace.Ottawa officially closed up the nation’s airspace on Feb. 24 while announcing a set of sanctions against Russia as the war against Ukraine rages on.

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Feds scrapping pre-arrival COVID PCR test requirement for fully vaccinated travellers

COVID-19 PCR test requirements for fully vaccinated travellers at the end of the month, officials say.“Today I’m announcing we are easing our border measures,” federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said Tuesday in Ottawa. “It is time to adjust our approach.”As of Feb.

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Freedom Convoy: Protests continue in Canada against Covid vaccine mandates

Canadian vaccine requirement for cross-border truckers, but has turned into a rallying point against public health measures and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government.

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‘High risk’ that border rules may change abroad, stranding Canadians: minister

Canada’s transport minister said there is a “high risk” that countries may change their border rules as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 spreads, potentially leaving Canadians that opted to travel stranded abroad.

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Alghabra on the Omicron driven return of travel advisories and restrictions

Canada’s federal government brought back the advisory against international travel and is reinstating mandatory pre-arrival PCR tests for everyone returning to Canada due to the rapid rise of the Omicron COVID variant.

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Arrival tests may come for U.S. travel if Omicron presence increases: Alghabra

The discovery of the Omicron COVID-19 variant brought on new travel restrictions at Canada’s airports. However, the quick introduction and implementation generated confusion for Canadians coming how or looking to leave the country.

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Mandatory COVID-19 vaccine requirements to include federal transportation workers, certain air and rail travellers

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said on Friday that along with making COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for federal workers, there would also be vaccine requirements for federally regulated air, rail and marine transportation sectors “no later than the end of October.” Alghabra added that COVID-19 vaccine requirements will also extend to certain travellers on commercial flights, passengers on interprovincial trains and on large marine vessels.

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Winnipeg airport gets $12 million in federal stimulus funding

COVID-19 pandemic.Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, along with Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal and local MP Terry Duguid, announced the support for Richardson International Airport Tuesday morning.“Canada’s airports are major contributors to our economy, and play a crucial role in sustaining the social and economic well-being of our communities,” said Alghabra.“This financial support will ensure that, as Canada works towards recovery and travel restart post-pandemic, the Winnipeg Richardson International Airport will be able to provide regional accessibility and safe, reliable and efficient air services for residents and workers in Winnipeg and its surrounding communities.” Winnipeg’s domestic travel takes flight as airport gets ready

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Canada extends ban on flights from India to Aug. 21 due to Delta variant fears

Canada is extending its ban on incoming passenger flights from India for another month, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced Monday.The ban — which was first put in place on April 22 due to the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant in the country — is now scheduled to end on Aug. 21.

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Canada renews India flight ban until July 20, ends ban on Pakistan flights

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced on Monday that the flight ban between Canada and India would be renewed until July 20, 2021.

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Details of plans to ease COVID-19 travel rules coming within days: minister

Omar Alghabra says the government’s plans for a phased reopening of the border to international travel following COVID-19 restrictions will be shared “in the coming days.”In the meantime, he said talks are happening now between the government and the airports and airlines to make sure they can be ready for when those travel rules begin to relax.“In the coming days, we’re going to be announcing details about the phasing of reopening or adjusting travel measures,” Alghabra told journalists on Wednesday when pressed on plans to reopen the border.“We’ve been in contact with airports, with airline companies and other companies who support the aviation sector about our plan.

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Toronto-area startup Switch Health accused of fumbling Canada’s COVID-19 border testing

new requirements that took effect on Feb. 22 for non-essential international travellers to get tested in Canada upon arrival.

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Canada bans flights from India, Pakistan for 30 days as Covid-19 cases spike

Canada on Thursday said it is banning all flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days due to the growing wave of Covid-19 cases in that region.Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said the ban would start late Thursday, speaking hours after India reported a global record of more than 314,000 new infections in the previous 24-hours. Cargo flights from India and Pakistan will continue.Health Minister Patty Hajdu said half the people who are testing positive for the coronavirus after arriving in Canada by airplane came from India.

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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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Canada bans cruise vessels until Feb. 28, 2022

TORONTO, ONT – Canada is banning all cruise vessels in Canadian waters until Feb. 28, 2022.

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Cruise vessels banned from Canadian waters until February 2022

COVID-19 pandemic.In the announcement made on Thursday, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says cruise vessels carrying 100 or more people will remain prohibited from operating in Canadian waters.Alghabra says the cruise ships pose a risk to Canadian health-care systems and the ban will allow health authorities to continue to focus on the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and contain the spread of any new COVID-19 variants.“Temporary prohibitions to cruise vessels and pleasure craft are essential to continue to protect the most vulnerable among our communities and avoid overwhelming our health care systems,” said Alghabra in a press release, accompanying the decision.“This is the right and responsible thing to do.” COVID-19 expected to impact

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Government examining additional COVID-19 border measures for essential workers: Transport minister

The federal government announced new international travel restrictions late last week. In an interview with ‘The West Block’ host Mercedes Stephenson, Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra, says “we are now examining additional measures for essential workers.

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Coronavirus: Transport minister says data shows airline sector has been hit hardest by pandemic

When asked on Friday why airlines should receive public financial support, Canadian Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said the data shows the sector has been hit the hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic, adding that it is vital to the Canadian economy and security.

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Coronavirus: Transport minister says feds asking all Canadians to cancel vacations, not just to sun destinations

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra on Friday clarified that the federal government is asking all Canadians to cancel all vacation plans, not just to sun destinations of the Caribbean and Mexico, to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

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Trudeau slams Blanchet for ‘pandering’ to ‘worst elements’ with comments about new minister

Justin Trudeau says Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet is playing “dangerous games around intolerance and hate” following comments Blanchet made about the new transport minister.

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