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Toronto’s Porter Airlines pushes back flight restart date again to June 21

Porter Airlines is once more pushing back its tentative date for resuming flights.The airline, which has delayed its restart date several times during the pandemic, now plans to resume flying on June 21.Porter had most recently been set to resume flights on May 19.

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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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‘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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COVID-19: Grieving Calgary woman asking for exemption on compassionate grounds to mandatory hotel stay

COVID-19: Calgary man says he was given no reason for quarantine in undisclosed hotel The cost of the hotel stays is estimated at about $2,000, but it depends on where the traveller is isolating. Passengers will need to book a hotel in the city they first arrive in: Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto or Montreal.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Patterson is hoping there will be more exemptions on compassionate grounds.“They should have some kindness there — compassionate grounds for somebody like me,” she said.

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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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Flair Airlines expanding to Atlantic Canada in May

airlines have been among those taking a big financial hit because of COVID-19. Service cuts as a result of pandemic travel restrictions has led to some airports having no commercial traffic at all but that’s about to change.Flair Airlines, an Alberta-based ultra-low-cost carrier, has announced plans to add eight new routes this spring including three in Atlantic Canada — Saint John, N.B., Halifax, N.S., and Charlottetown, P.E.I.The airline is betting an economic recovery and its own design will allow it to withstand lower revenues better than others.“We do see that recovery is on the horizon,” said Sarah Riches, vice-president of customer service for Flair.“We have a lot of faith in the Canadian government as the vaccinations roll out and

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Air Transat temporarily suspends operations, citing new COVID-19 travel restrictions

COVID-19 travel restrictions, including requiring Canadian airlines to suspend flights to sun destinations in the Caribbean and Mexico.The Montreal-based company, however, announced a complete suspension of all Air Transat flights, including to Europe, until April 30.The focus is now shifting to repatriating customers to Canada over the next two weeks.“We will do everything we can to return our customers back to Canada,” said CEO Jean-Marc Eustache.

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New border testing rules could be confusing for enforcers, passengers: Airlines

COVID-19 testing requirement for air passengers arriving from abroad.The group’s comments come as the federal government said Thursday that as of Jan. 7, all air passengers five years of age or older will be required to test negative for COVID-19 before traveling by from another country to Canada.

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Montreal’s Trudeau airport to offer rapid COVID-19 tests as part of pilot project

novel coronavirus tests is coming to Montreal’s Trudeau International Airport later this month.The expedited screening process, which takes about 15 minutes, will be offered for a fee of $149 to travellers heading to France, which has tight controls in place at the border and requires people provide negative COVID-19 test results in order to enter the country.The Aéroports de Montréal (ADM), the regional flight authority, and Biron Health Group teamed up to launch the pilot project as the pandemic continues and impacts travel across the world.The rapid test is a nasal swab that will be offered over an eight-week period at the airport starting Dec.

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Air Canada looks to grow cargo business amid COVID-19 challenges

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Air Canada says it operates up to 100 international, all-cargo flights a week.It says the contract changes will help it competitively operate dedicated cargo aircraft and that it is working to covert several of its Boeing 767-300ER aircraft recently retired from passenger service to all-frieghter aircraft.Air Canada also announced the appointment of Jason Berry as vice-president, cargo, effective Jan. 1.Berry joins Air Canada from Alaska Airlines’ wholly owned subsidiary McGee Air Services, where he was president.

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Holiday air travel: the stats and the advice against it

COVID-19 symptoms are required when navigating through the terminal.The airline and travel industry have taken a major hit this year with domestic and international flyers.“It’s really depressing,” said Michael Kroeker, president and owner of Bonaventure Travel, Inc. “We’re probably down 95 per cent over the last year.

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Air Canada reports $685M loss in third quarter amid COVID-19 pandemic

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The airline says its net cash burn for the quarter totalled $818 million or approximately $9 million per day, better than its expectations for between $1.35 billion and $1.6 billion or between $15 million and $17 million per day.Air Canada says the total number of passengers carried in the quarter was down 88 per cent compared with a year ago.It says it plans to cut its fourth-quarter capacity by approximately 75 per cent compared with the fourth quarter of 2019.

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N.S. warns of potential COVID-19 exposure on Sept. 30 flight from Toronto

coronavirus on an Air Canada flight on Sept. 30.Officials say the flight AC626 departed from Toronto at 9 p.m.

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Coronavirus: Air Canada raises close to $500M by selling, leasing back Boeing 737 Max 8s

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]It also recently completed two long-term financings to replace $1.4 billion in short-term debt coming due within the next nine months.Air Canada says it will continue to explore other financing arrangements that may be required to expand its cash position.Travel restrictions and dried-up demand continue to take a toll on the airline and tourism industries, forcing the layoff or furlough of more than 30,000 employees at Air Canada and WestJet Airlines Ltd.

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European airlines look at fast-acting coronavirus tests to restore faith in air travel

airlines are pinning hopes on pre-flight COVID-19 tests that deliver results as fast as pregnancy tests to help restore passengers’ confidence in taking to the skies in confined spaces with shared air.Germany’s Lufthansa, at the mercy of government bailouts for survival, is in talks with Swiss drugmaker Roche over deploying so-called antigen tests, according to two people familiar with the discussions, as the airline aims to make them available next month.

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Alleged ‘covidiots’ force all passengers on Greece-U.K. flight into quarantine

tested positive for COVID-19.At least seven passengers from three different parties were infectious or potentially infectious on the plane, which flew from Zante on the Greek island of Zakynthos to Cardiff in Wales last week, and now 193 passengers and crew are being asked to self-isolate for two weeks.“Cardiff and Vale Test Trace Protect and Public Health Wales have identified at least seven confirmed cases of COVID-19 from three different parties who were infectious on TUI Flight 6215 from Zante to Cardiff on 25 August,” Giri Shankar, incident director for the novel coronavirus outbreak response at Public Health Wales, said in a statement.“As a result, we are advising that all passengers on this flight are considered close contacts and

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Air Canada collected 2nd-highest number of U.S. refund complaints in May

Air Canada had the second-highest number of complaints about refunds to the U.S. Department of Transportation of any airline in May.The department says Air Canada was the target of 1,705 refund complaints out of 10,415 filed against non-U.S.

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Minister said no one ever got COVID-19 on a flight. Here’s what the research says

novel coronavirus on a commercial airliner.The odds of catching the virus on a commercial flight are “infinitesimally small,” he added, citing current safety measures, such as wearing masks, pre-screening of passengers and air filtration systems onboard planes, as key reasons why.Garneau made the comments during a televised interview that aired in July. Air Canada promoting ‘leisure’ travel to U.S.

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Passenger numbers at Irish airports slump by 98% in Q2 - CSO

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show the dramatic fall in international air travel continued during the second quarter of 2020 due to restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

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Air travel to the U.S. may be legal, but experts say there may be complications

Air Canada promoting ‘leisure’ travel to U.S. despite advisories warning against non-essential trips Choi said even domestic travellers should make sure they learn and respect local quarantine laws at their destinations, and that travelling within your own province or region is a great way to help out the local economy.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“Why wouldn’t you want to support local — especially within your own province? You know that a lot of local restaurants and stores have been hurting.”An infectious disease expert said Canadians need to be aware of the potential downsides of travelling to the U.S.

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U.S. airlines try to convince wary public to fly amid coronavirus uptick

airlines are desperately trying to convince a wary public that measures like mandatory face masks and hospital-grade air filters make sitting in a plane safer than many other indoor settings during the coronavirus pandemic.It isn’t working.Surveys indicate that instead of growing comfortable with air travel, more people are becoming skeptical about it. In the United States, airline bookings have stalled in the past month after slowly rising — a reaction to a new surge of reported virus infections.Globally, air travel is down more than 85% from a year ago, according to industry figures.

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COMMENTARY: How COVID-19 will impact future travel

the International Air Transport Association (IATA) published its “Economic Performance of the Airline Industry” report. It contained a 2020 forecast of 4.1 per cent growth in global air traffic demand and net post-tax profits for North American airlines of US$16.5 billion.Travel industry consulting firms predicted the continuing pattern of travel growth across all of the major components of travel including hotels, cruises and surface travel as well as air.

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B.C. urges feds to tighten up coronavirus measures for airlines

novel coronavirus.In a letter to federal Transportation Minister Marc Garneau, B.C. Transportation Minister Claire Trevena says Ottawa must ensure that airlines adhere to health protocols for boarding a plane, including screening for symptoms, and must create flexible cancellation policies should someone develop symptoms after booking a flight.“Rather than contact tracing individuals, public health officials have reverted to listing flights with a positive COVID-19 case, which raises public concern,” Trevena’s letter reads.“We encourage the federal government to ensure the data gathered is usable and traces back to the individual traveller directly.”Provincial health officer Dr.

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Air Transat cancels most winter flights out of Western Canada due to COVID-19 pandemic

Air Transat, says in an online notice it is scrubbing routes that were slated to take off from Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Victoria.The only routes out of western gateways between Nov. 1 and April 30 will be from Vancouver to Toronto and Montreal, as well as some connecting flights to Europe via Toronto.Transat, whose first commercial flight in four months took off last week, says customers will receive a full refund rather than the company credit that has previously been offered for flights cancelled due to the COVID-19 crisis.

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Coronavirus: Air travel not expected to recover to pre-pandemic levels until 2024

coronavirus pandemic levels, the trade association for the airline industry said Tuesday.The International Air Transport Association pushed back its prediction by one year due to the slow containment of the outbreak in the U.S. and in developing countries.

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Dogs might be able to sniff out COVID-19, study suggests

COVID-19 in human samples.Researchers with a German veterinary university trained eight dogs from the country’s armed forces to sniff out the saliva of more than 1,000 healthy and infected people. They used a specially designed machine with six “scent holes.” The machine uses an algorithm to randomize the samples — five containing negatives and one containing a positive.The dogs were able to accurately identify the virus with a 94 per cent success rate.

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Ryanair warns travel could be subdued for 2-3 years due to coronavirus

Ryanair said Monday that the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on its earnings, with lockdown restrictions leading to a 99% drop in passengers in the first quarter, and warned travel is likely to remain subdued for years.The airline, which grew in recent years to become the region’s busiest carrier, says the quarter was the “most challenging” in its history, with a loss of 185 million euros ($216 million).

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Coronavirus: 2 international flights to YVR flagged for possible exposure

novel coronavirus.Passengers on American Airlines flight 1270 from Dallas to Vancouver on July 6 and United Airlines flight 375 from San Francisco to Vancouver on July 7 should be aware of the possible exposure.

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Coronavirus: Face masks to be mandatory at Brandon, Man. airport

Brandon Municipal Airport will need to have a face mask on hand.They will become mandatory in the airport terminal as of Friday, July 10, airport officials posted online this week.This comes as more passengers start to fly, which is making it harder for people to practise physical distancing in the confined space.

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Air travel and COVID-19: Will the industry rebound from its biggest setback?

air travel are changing.Flyers have more to think about than just the size of the bottles of liquids in their carry-on. Temperature, cough, and overall wellness have been added to pre-flight screening procedures.

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Latest WestJet layoffs affect 3,333 employees as COVID-19 cripples airline industry

WestJet backs away from labour code exemption that would facilitate mass layoffs The moves are being made to position the company for “a competitive future following the COVID-19 crisis,” the Calgary-based airline said in a post on its website.The pandemic has seen the airline park two-thirds of its fleet after border shutdowns prompted it to suspend most of its schedule — including all international trips — in late March. Coronavirus pandemic: WestJet suspending international travel “Throughout the COVID-19 crisis we have had to make many challenging decisions.

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Airline announcements provide hope for air travel industry, says Winnipeg Airports Authority

COVID-19 pandemic, the Winnipeg Airports Authority is cautiously optimistic about the future of the air travel industry.Winnipeg Airports Authority president and CEO Barry Rempel told 680 CJOB on Tuesday that news about WestJet operating more frequent Canadian flights — to destinations including Winnipeg — in July is a step in the right direction.

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Canada to screen air travellers for fever amid coronavirus pandemic: Trudeau

Justin Trudeau says air travellers will be screened for a fever as another step to curb the spread of COVID-19.The measure will be phased in, Trudeau said, with pre-flight temperature checks starting for incoming international travellers, then outgoing passengers, and finally those travelling within Canada. “If a passenger has a fever, they will not be permitted to board their flight,” he said.Trudeau made the announcement in an address outside Rideau Cottage on Friday, as Canada’s coronavirus death toll exceeded 8,000.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]In April, the federal government mandated the wearing of non-medical masks for air travellers.

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Airlines set to lose $84B amid coronavirus pandemic, international group says

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“That will translate into strong incentives for travellers to take to the skies again,” he added.IATA forecast a rise in 2021 revenue to $598 billion. Airlines are counting the cost of weeks of lost business, a debt pile swollen by bailouts and a diminished demand outlook.Passenger numbers are seen falling to 2.25 billion this year before rising to 3.38 billion in 2021, still more than 25 per cent below 2019 levels.Yields, a proxy for fares, are seen falling 18 per cent this year, contributing to a $241 billion decline in passenger revenue.

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Halifax International Airport Authority reducing staff by 25 per cent: CEO

The president and CEO of the Halifax International Airport Authority (HIAA) has let stakeholders know that the number of staff members will be reduced by 25 per cent.

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New rules in effect at Toronto Pearson Airport starting June 1

Toronto Pearson Airport says that in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19, new policies including mandatory face masks and the barring of “meeters and greeters” from inside its terminals will take effect starting Monday.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the air travel industry to a screeching hault in Saskatchewan.

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Travel will never be the same, thanks to COVID-19

We are living through one of those times in history when everything changes – a moment in time we will collectively come to describe in terms of ‘before’ and ‘after.’

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Layoff notices issued at Vancouver Airport as air travel expected to decline over next 3 years

The Vancouver Airport Authority says it is laying off 25 per cent of its nearly 550-person workforce due to a dramatic slowdown in air traffic stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Major U.S. airlines want temperature checks for passengers during coronavirus pandemic

A major U.S. airline trade group on Saturday said it backed the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checking the temperatures of passengers and customer-facing employees during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Coronavirus: Saskatoon’s airport hotels are especially quiet these days

The Saskatoon airport is not seeing many travellers come or go these days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of that, many other areas are affected, like the airport hotels.

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Coronavirus: Air travellers required to wear non-medical masks under new rules

The federal government says that all air travellers must cover their nose and mouth with a non-medical mask to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

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Coronavirus cases identified among passengers on nine Okanagan flights

Saturday evening the Kelowna International Airport notified the public an air traveler who flew to Kelowna earlier this month had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, one among several cases reported since the pandemic was declared.

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Coronavirus: Air Canada suspends 2 routes at YLW because of COVID-19 pandemic

Two flights at Kelowna International Airport have been suspended because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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