Air Canada aims to hire 350 pilots ahead of eventual Boeing 737 Max return
News provided by TheRecord.com – link to full story – with a hint from P.N. Once authorities lift the airspace ban it could take up to a year for all 50 Max jetliners slated to be in operation by mid-2020 to hit the skies. Oct 29, 2019 by Christopher Reynolds The Canadian Press The 737 Max crashes in […]
Air Canada Updates Schedule Through to February 14, 2020 in Response to Ongoing Grounding of Boeing 737 MAX Aircraft
Provided by Air Canada/CNW MONTREAL, Oct. 16, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ – Air Canada said today that it has now removed the Boeing 737 Max from its flying schedule until February 14, 2020. The decision is based on operational considerations for the airline, as it launches a new reservation system beginning next month. “Today we are […]
Lithuania’s GetJet provides ACMI service for Canada’s Sunwing
News provided by Air Transport World – link to full story, with a hint from P.N. Jack Wittman 24 September 2019 Lithuanian wet-lease provider GetJet Airlines has entered the Canadian market with a contract to perform flights for leisure carrier Sunwing Airlines. GetJet began flying on behalf of Toronto-based Sunwing Sept. 2 with an Airbus A319 […]
WestJet expects 737 Max software certification next month, planes to remain grounded
News provided by BNN Bloomberg – link to video and full story, plus updates 20 September 2019 by Paige Ellis, BNN Bloomberg WATCH: Video WestJet Airlines Ltd. says Boeing Co. has completed a critical software update to its troubled 737 Max jets, although the carrier still doesn’t know when the grounded aircraft will return to […]
FAA waiting for more software details before 737 MAX can return to service
News provided by The Vancouver Sun – link to full story and updates REUTERS September 20, 2019 WASHINGTON — Boeing Co still has a series of steps to complete before the 737 MAX can return to service, including submitting a pre-production version of a software update, Federal Aviation Administration chief Steve Dickson said. Dickson met with […]
WestJet cancels 10 Sask. flights to sunny locations after Max 8 grounding continues
News provided by CBC News – link to full story and updates Flights to Phoenix, Cancun, Puerto Vallarta affected, not known when flights will return to normal CBC News · Posted: Sep 10, 2019 Saskatchewan travellers looking to fly south for the winter this year might be in for a bumpy ride. This week, WestJet announced flight […]
WestJet suspends four Regina hot holiday routes
News provided by CBC News – link to full story and updates 9 September 2019, By David Baxter, Reporter Global News WestJet is temporarily cancelling some direct hot holiday destination flights due to continued grounding issues with Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. Four Regina routes are being affected by the move, with scheduling changes set to run Nov. 4, […]
Airlines won’t fly Max 8 in Canada until 2020, at the earliest: How that affects you
News provided by CBC News – link to full story Air Canada, Sunwing and now WestJet have said they won’t be flying their Max 8 planes this year CBC News · Posted: Sep 05, 2019 Calgary-based WestJet has announced it will keep its Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft out of service during its winter schedule from Nov. 4 to […]
Westjet drops 737 Max 8 from busy holiday-season flight schedule
News provided by CBC News – link to full story and video WATCH: Videos Decision means no Canadian airlines expected to use aircraft until 2020 even if it’s cleared to fly Ian Hanomansing · CBC News · Sep 04, 2019 Forty one aircraft, three Canadian airlines and almost six months out of service. The grounding of the Boeing 737 […]
Boeing’s 737 MAX fallout won’t slow pursuit of $50B worth of services business
News provided by Global News – link to full story and video 27 August 2019, By Eric M. Johnson Reuters WATCH: Link to Video Shares of Boeing jumped on Thursday after Reuters reported that the planemaker plans to ramp-up production of its grounded 737 MAX jet to record levels by June 2020, as it anticipates […]