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☆ Passenger says airline offered him an 8-hour bus ride to his destination after his connecting flight was canceled
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A passenger said WestJet offered him an eight-hour bus trip after a connecting flight was canceled. The Canadian airline said it was arranging a bus service, which would depart at 4:30 pm to ferry passengers from Calgary to Regina. Other passengers in the line weren't so lucky and had to wait until Wednesday to fly to Regina, Henderson said. A spokesperson for WestJet told Insider in a statement the flight cancellation was due to "unscheduled aircraft maintenance." Ground transportation was arranged to offer a travel option to impacted customers who couldn't wait for another flight, the spokesperson added.

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.

One of Amazon 's key air cargo operators said Monday that the e-commerce giant is scaling back on flights this year, citing lower demand and slower economic growth. Air cargo rates, which surged in recent years due to port congestion and high demand for fast deliveries, have slumped. The International Air Transport Association said last month that air cargo demand in November was down nearly 14% from the year-ago period, while capacity fell 1.9%. Through Amazon Air, the company has built up a burgeoning air network to control more aspects of the delivery process and ensure faster delivery. WATCH: How the pandemic shifted how Boeing and airlines think about air cargo

☆ 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.

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☆ WestJet's Sunwing deal likely to raise 'substantial' competition issues
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Reuters Staff | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

FILE PHOTO: A WestJet Boeing 737-800 airplane prepares to land at Vancouver's international airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, February 5, 2019. REUTERS/Ben NelmsMONTREAL (Reuters) - WestJet Airlines’ planned purchase of leisure rival Sunwing would likely have “substantial anti-competitive effects” on sales of vacation packages, including higher prices and less choice, Canada’s Competition Bureau said on Wednesday. Calgary-based WestJet, which is owned by private equity firm Onex Corp ONEX.TO, said in March it would buy Ontario-based Sunwing and the travel booking website Sunwing Vacations. “It would also likely result in a significant reduction in travel by Canadians on a variety of routes where their existing travel networks overlap,” it added. Sunwing said in a statement that the routes identified as a concern in the report are predominantly in Western Canada, seasonal and account for just over 10% of all seats.

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☆ Canada to remove all Covid travel restrictions from Oct. 1
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Cars line up at Canadian side of the border between Canada and the United States, near Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia on August 9, 2021. Canada will drop all Covid-19 restrictions for travelers from Oct. 1, including vaccination and masking requirements for flights and trains, the government said on Monday. The move is likely to boost the Canadian travel industry, already booming after months of lull during the pandemic. More than 90% of Canadians over 12 have taken the primary series of a Covid vaccine. Cruise ship passengers and crew would also no longer be subject to vaccine requirements or Covid testing.

☆ Sunwing union opposes Canadian carrier's plans to hire foreign pilots
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Allison Lampert | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Airline industry use of foreign pilots as aviation rebounds from the COVID-19 pandemic is sensitive for unions in Canada and the United States. Those unions want greater efforts to hire pilots from the airlines' home countries despite complaints of shortages. The use of pilots as temporary foreign workers is rare compared with other sectors. In the first half of 2022, Canadian employers were granted permission to fill 32 pilot positions with temporary foreign workers, according to government data. A spokeswoman for O'Regan said it was up to an employer to meet requirements to bring in temporary foreign workers.

Francis Bruhm, Project Manager for general contractor G&R Kelly, places sandbags around the doors of the Nova Scotia Power building before the arrival of Hurricane Fiona in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada September 23, 2022. It was due to make landfall in eastern Nova Scotia Saturday morning, but rain and wind had already started Friday night. Canadian authorities sent emergency alerts in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, warning of severe flooding along shorelines and extremely dangerous waves. The storm could prove more ferocious than the benchmarks of Hurricane Juan in 2003 and Hurricane Dorian in 2019, Canadian Hurricane Centre meteorologist Bob Robichaud told a briefing. Trailing Fiona in the Caribbean is Tropical storm Ian, which is expected to become a hurricane on Sunday night.

Francis Bruhm, Project Manager for general contractor G&R Kelly, places sandbags around the doors of the Nova Scotia Power building before the arrival of Hurricane Fiona in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada September 23, 2022. REUTERS/Ingrid Bulmer/File PhotoHALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Powerful storm Fiona slammed into eastern Canada on Saturday with hurricane-force winds, nearly a week after devastating parts of the Caribbean. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the center of the storm, now called Post-Tropical Cyclone Fiona, was crossing eastern Nova Scotia, bringing high winds and heavy rains. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterExperts predicted high winds, storm surges and heavy rainfall from Fiona. Canadian authorities sent emergency alerts in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, warning of severe flooding along shorelines and extremely dangerous waves.

☆ 6 best ways to use Delta SkyMiles in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-10 | by ( Jennifer Yellin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Delta is part of the SkyTeam alliance, meaning you can use your Delta SkyMiles earned from these credit card offers with many partner airlines such as Aeromexico, Air France, China Eastern, KLM, Korean Air, LATAM, Virgin Atlantic and WestJet. Delta personal credit card offersDelta business credit card offersiStockWith the SkyMiles that are on offer in mind, here are six of our top ways to redeem your SkyMiles with Delta and its partner airlines. You have two options when looking to use your SkyMiles: fly directly on a Delta plane or book through its partner airline WestJet. Thanks to the partnership, you can use your Delta SkyMiles to visit many destinations throughout the continent. DeltaUltimately, Delta SkyMiles can be tricky to use.

☆ Un avion Boeing 737 MAX a aterizat de urgență după o problemă la unul din motoare
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-26 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

„Aparatul a fost dirijat spre Tucson, unde a aterizat normal şi se află în continuare la sol”, a adăugat Air Canada, fără alte precizări legate de natura defecţiunii, intervenită în cursul unui „zbor de poziţionare” fără pasageri. Potrivit site-ului specializat belgian Aviation24.be, care a dezvăluit informaţia, o scădere a presiunii hidraulice în motorul din stânga a fost cauza acestui incident. Boeing 737 MAX, oprit la sol după moartea a 346 de persoane în două prăbușiriGuvernul canadian a anunţat la jumătatea lui decembrie că a validat modificările aduse avioanelor Boeing 737 MAX, blocate la sol de 21 de luni ca urmare a două accidente în care şi-au pierdut viaţa 346 de persoane. Aparatul, cumpărat de companiile aeriene Air Canada, Westjet şi Sunwing, nu a primit încă autorizaţia de a relua zborurile cu pasageri în Canada. Săptămâna trecută, compania braziliană Gol a devenit prima din lume care a pus din nou în serviciu Boeing 737 MAX pe un zbor cu pasageri fără probleme între Sao Paulo şi Porto Alegre.

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