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☆ Canada’s gold heist: Inside one of the biggest thefts in the annals of crime
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Ramon Sanchez | Ray Sanchez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

“One which we jokingly say belongs in a Netflix series.”A truck driver with a fraudulent waybill for a seafood shipment picks up the container. Instead of a load of farm-raised seafood, the truck driver pulled away from the loading dock with loot. “They needed people inside Air Canada to facilitate this theft,” Peel Regional Police Det. In its legal response to the Brink’s lawsuit, Air Canada has denied it was “careless” and its security lax. Canadian police had identified him as the truck driver early in the investigation but had not been able to locate him.

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☆ Nine People, Including an Airline Worker, Are Arrested in $14.5 Million Gold Heist
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Ian Austen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It was a brazen theft: thousands of gold bars and millions of dollars in bank notes stolen a year ago from Toronto’s international airport. On Wednesday, Canadian authorities announced the arrest of nine people, including an Air Canada employee, in connection with the theft of more than 20 million Canadian dollars, about $14.5 million, in gold bars and 2.5 million dollars, about $1.8 million, in bank notes that vanished from a warehouse at Toronto Pearson Airport in April 2023. Arrest warrants have also been issued for three other people, including a manager at the airline. “One we jokingly say belongs in a Netflix series.” The Peel police are responsible for law enforcement at Toronto’s airport. The gold, Chief Duraiappah said, was partly used to buy guns that were bound for Canada.

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☆ Air Canada to operate as usual during informational picket by pilots union
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Two Air Canada Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircrafts are seen on the ground as Air Canada Embraer aircraft flies in the background at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Helgren Acquire Licensing RightsSept 27 (Reuters) - Air Canada (AC.TO) said on Wednesday it will operate the airline as usual when its pilots conduct an informational picket at the company's main hub, the Pearson International Airport, on Friday. "As we watch Air Canada cut routes due to an industry-wide shortage of pilots, we encourage them to close the growing wage gap between Canada and the United States," said Charlene Hudy, chair of the Air Canada Master Executive Council, in a statement on Tuesday. Air Canada's estimated 4,500 pilots have received a 2% wage increase per year since 2014. The pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) union, began bargaining for new labor terms this summer, before the end of their decade-long contract.

Persons: Chris Helgren, Charlene Hudy, Ananta Agarwal, Devika Organizations: Air Canada Boeing, Air Canada Embraer, Toronto Pearson International Airport, REUTERS, Air Canada, Pearson International, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, Air, Air Canada's, Air Line Pilots Association, Thomson Locations: Toronto , Ontario, Canada, Air Canada, United States, North America, Bengaluru

☆ Air Canada beats quarterly profit estimates, flags strong demand
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

An Air Canada airplane is towed along a runway at Toronto Pearson Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada April 28, 2021. Air Canada pilots anticipate sitting down for labor talks with the carrier in the next couple of weeks, a union official said. Montreal-based Air Canada said it expects to grow available seat mile capacity for 2023 by 21% compared with a year earlier. For the quarter ended June 30, Air Canada reported adjusted net income of C$664 million ($493.97 million), or C$1.85 per diluted share. In May, Air Canada said it expected CASM of about 0.5% to 2.5% below 2022 levels.

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☆ Air Canada beats on quarterly profit versus year-ago loss
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

An Air Canada airplane is towed along a runway at Toronto Pearson Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada April 28, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos OsorioAug 11 (Reuters) - Air Canada (AC.TO) reported a better than expected quarterly profit on Friday compared with a year-ago loss and is adding capacity as the country's largest airline cashes in on strong international travel demand. Air Canada reported some relief in a 31.4% decrease in jet fuel prices during the second quarter. For the quarter ended June 30, Air Canada reported adjusted net income of C$664 million ($493.97 million), or C$1.85 per diluted share. In May, Air Canada said it expected CASM of about 0.5% to 2.5% below 2022 levels.

Persons: Carlos Osorio, Shivansh, Allison Lampert, Devika Syamnath, Frances Kerry Organizations: Air Canada, Toronto Pearson Airport, REUTERS, North, Air, Thomson Locations: Toronto, Mississauga , Ontario, Canada, Montreal, Air Canada, Bengaluru

☆ Strikes, Delays and Lost Luggage: How to Survive Air Travel This Summer
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( Elaine Glusac | The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +27 min

Illustration by Yukai Du Strikes, Delays and Lost Luggage: How to Survive Air Travel This Summer With the travel season in full swing, we compiled a guide to help you navigate the year’s most hectic time in the skies. If you don’t care which beach, shop around.” If you haven’t booked summer flights, do it now. For one, avoiding the airports with the highest levels of delays and cancellations last summer may be a good idea. They’re also getting longer inside airport lounges, longtime havens from the masses clogging the terminals at peak times. Standard membership in Priority Pass, a network of 1,300 airport lounges, starts at $99 a year, with each visit costing $35 at that level.

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☆ Nearly $15 Million in Gold and Valuables Stolen From Toronto Airport
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Jennifer Calfas | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Officials said the thieves didn’t access the airport but a warehouse leased to a third party. Photo: Cole Burston/ReutersCanadian police are investigating the disappearance of nearly $15 million in gold and other valuable items from an air cargo container at Toronto Pearson International Airport. Peel Regional Police Inspector Stephen Duivesteyn said the high-value container was removed “by illegal means” from a holding cargo facility at the Toronto-area airport Monday. Mr. Duivesteyn said the gold and other items inside the standard aircraft container, which he estimated was around five to six square feet, were valued at nearly $15 million. This type of crime is “very rare,” he said.

☆ Somebody stole gold and other valuables worth $15 million from Canada's busiest airport, police said
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Thieves made off from Toronto Pearson airport with gold and valuables worth $15 million, police said. The gold was part of an intra-bank trade involving TD Bank, per a memo seen by the Toronto Sun. Police are investigating a "very rare" heist in which gold and other valuables worth more than C$20 million (about $15 million) were stolen from Canada's busiest airport. This did not involve access to Toronto Pearson itself and did not pose a threat to passengers or GTAA staff." Air Canada, and TD Bank didn't immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider, made outside normal working hours.

☆ $14.8 Million in Gold and Valuables Vanishes From Toronto’s Airport
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Ian Austen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

OTTAWA — Early Monday evening, a special container, about five to six square feet, was unloaded from an airplane at Toronto’s international airport. Inside it was more than 20 million Canadian dollars, about $14.8 million, in gold and other valuables. It was swiftly moved into a secure cargo holding facility. “We are three days in, so our investigators have their eyes open to all avenues,” Inspector Duivesteyn told reporters in Mississauga, Ontario, where the airport is. “We are looking at all angles of how this item was stolen.”

☆ Canadian police investigating C$20 million gold heist at Toronto airport
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Nia Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

April 20 (Reuters) - Canadian police are investigating the theft of a C$20 million ($14.84 million) cargo of gold and other valuables that was stolen from a holding facility at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday. The cargo was reported missing after arriving on an aircraft early Monday evening, Peel Regional Police Inspector Stephen Duivesteyn told a news conference on Thursday. Duivesteyn said after the aircraft landed the cargo was unloaded and taken to a holding facility, as per normal procedure, but disappeared some time afterwards. "Subsequent to its arrival this high value cargo was removed by illegal means from the holding facility," Duivesteyn told reporters. The cargo was reported missing to police a short time later.

REUTERS/Cole Burston/File PhotoFeb 24 (Reuters) - Airports are taking steps to avoid gridlock during the upcoming holiday travel seasons, with some limiting flights during peak hours to avoid the long lines and luggage piles that marred last summer. While smoother holiday travel is expected for Europe and North America, airlines and airports which learned tough lessons on holiday travel in 2022, are taking a more prudent approach as global traffic rebounds roughly to pre-pandemic levels. Despite extensive planning and hiring this year, some airlines and airports are still wrestling with industry staff shortages, including baggage handlers. Germany's Lufthansa AG (LHAG.DE) said it has cut summer flights by an unspecified amount due to shortages of personnel like ground handlers at airports in Frankfurt and Munich. U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Canada Border Services Agency were not immediately available to comment on staffing.

☆ A couple went on a months-long hunt for their lost luggage. They found out that it had been donated to a charity.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Aidan Pollard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

"Our luggage was donated to a charity on behalf of Air Canada." Over four months, Rees documented the hunt in a series of videos. "The only reason we got it back is because it became high profile," Rees told Insider in an interview this week. "And then it sat there — for a month, two months, three months," Rees said in the video. "If it takes me and my husband to hold them accountable — that's exactly what we plan on doing," Rees told Insider.

"At this time, we do not believe the cause is related to the FAA outage experienced earlier today." Share this -Link copiedNearly half of Southwest flights delayed just weeks after mass cancellations Nearly half of Southwest Airlines flights were delayed as of about 11:15 a.m. Share this -Link copiedMore than 540 Delta flights delayed, 14 canceled More than 540 Delta flights were delayed as of 9:13 a.m. ET, the airline had three flights canceled and 208 flights delayed, amounting to 21% of its overall flights, according to FlightAware. Alaska Airlines had 11 flights canceled and 149 flights delayed, also amounting to 21% of its overall flights, FlightAware noted as of 8:53 a.m.

☆ Delta was the most on-time North American airline during a chaotic 2022, data shows. See which carriers made the top 10.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Aviation data analytics company Cirium has revealed its annual on-time performance review for 2022. Delta Air Lines led the pack with a rate of about 84%, while Air Canada came in last at just 55%. Travel data provider Official Aviation Guide says a score of at least 80% is considered "pretty good." Fortunately, aviation data analytics company Cirium has the answer. Here is a closer look at North America's best and worst airlines for on-time performance in 2022.

☆ Winter storm causes havoc across Canada, disrupts holiday travel
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] People arrive at terminal 3 during a winter storm at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada December 23, 2022. The storm was expected to affect about two-thirds of all Canadians as it moves across Canada's two most populous provinces, Ontario and Quebec, toward Atlantic Canada, said Environment Canada meteorologist Steve Flisfeder. Winter storms have increased in frequency and intensity over the past 70 years, according to the U.S. Canada's second-largest carrier WestJet Airlines proactively cancelled all its flights at airports in Toronto, Ottawa and the province of Quebec, citing bad weather. Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Ottawa and Rod Nickel in Winnipeg; Editing by Josie KaoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Canada to remove all COVID border, travel measures from Oct 1
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterA man pushes a baggage cart wearing a mandatory face mask as a "Healthy Airport" initiative is launched for travel, taking into account social distancing protocols to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 23, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos OsorioOTTAWA, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Canada will remove all COVID-19 restrictions for inbound travelers from Oct. 1, as well as testing, quarantine, and isolation requirements, the government said on Monday. Travelers, regardless of citizenship, will not have to submit health information through the ArriveCAN app or provide proof of vaccination from Saturday. A requirement for travelers to wear masks on planes and trains would also be dropped, according to the statement. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Ismail Shakil in OttawaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Plaza Premium LoungeCapital One just expanded its airport lounge network to include Plaza Premium Lounges. Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card members get complimentary access, on top of free Priority Pass and Capital One lounge visits. Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card or Capital One Spark Miles for Business cardholders receive two free visits per year. Starting today, the issuer is expanding its network of airport lounges you can enter for free with the Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card. Most Plaza Premium lounges are at airports overseas, although there are a few at US airports:Dallas-Fort Worth: Plaza Premium Lounge, Terminal ENewark (EWR): Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse (operated by Plaza Premium Group), Terminal BNew York (JFK): Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse (operated by Plaza Premium Group), Terminal 4San Francisco (SFO): Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse (operated by Plaza Premium Group), Terminal AWashington, DC (IAD): Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse (operated by Plaza Premium Group), Terminal AInternational Plaza Premium Lounge locations are far more plentiful.

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☆ Parking Meter for Stranded Russian Plane Hits $330,000 and Keeps Going
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-28 | by ( Vipal Monga | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TORONTO—The Toronto Pearson Airport is charging what amounts to nearly a penny a second for a special, extra-large parking space, a bargain given the size. An Antonov An-124 cargo plane has been parked there for more than a year. The flying monstrosity, one of 26 in the world, has a wingspan of 240 feet, double that of a Boeing 737’s, and is roomy enough to ferry satellites, locomotive engines and wind turbines—as much as 150 tons of stuff.

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