Air Canada Marks the 70th Anniversary of its Montreal–Paris Route
Air Canada is the North American airline that has offered service to France the longest MONTREAL, April 1, 2021 – Today, Air Canada, the longest-serving North American airline in France, is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its Montreal–Paris route. On April 1, 1951, a four-engine, 40-passenger Canadair North Star, registered as CF-TFO and operated by Trans-Canada Air Lines (now Air Canada), touched […]
cargo.one to welcome Air Canada Cargo as its first North American carrier
cargo.one to welcome Air Canada on its leading ebooking platform and to deliver on its global expansion strategy, funded by its December 2020 Series-B investment round. Berlin, March 30, 2021 – cargo.one has entered into a letter of intent with Air Canada, through its cargo division Air Canada Cargo, to offer its capacity on cargo.one’s leading […]
Transport Canada may consider banning Boeing 777s from airspace following engine fire
From CTV News – link to source story and video Cameron French, CTVNews.ca writer | Monday, February 22, 2021 TORONTO — Transport Canada may consider temporarily banning certain Boeing 777s from Canadian airspace depending on what investigators uncover about an engine fire that forced a 777 to land shortly after takeoff from Denver over the […]
Boeing recommends grounding 777 aircraft after plane makes emergency landing in Denver
From CBC News – link to source story Plane suffered catastrophic engine failure, debris rained down on suburbs The Associated Press · Posted: Feb 22, 2021 Boeing has recommended that airlines ground all of its 777s with the type of engine that suffered a catastrophic failure over Denver on the weekend. A United Airlines plane’s right engine blew […]
Misinterpretation of air traffic control communication identified as a factor in August 2019 runway incursion at Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International Airport
From: Transportation Safety Board of Canada News release Richmond Hill, Ontario, 15 January 2021 — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) today released its investigation report (A19O0117) into the August 2019 runway incursion between two aircraft at the Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International Airport, Ontario. There were no injuries. On 9 August 2019 at 1240 local time, an Air Canada Boeing 777-300 landed […]
Future of travel: these five planes could change everything
From the National News – link to source story Patrick Ryan, Dec 29, 2020 Supersonic speeds and less fuel consumption could become the norm for air travel The future of airline travel is set to change forever with the advent of a new era of high-powered jetliners. Travelling further distances at higher speeds while burning […]
Air Canada’s First Refurbished Airbus A330 Takes Flight
News from Simple Flying – link to story by Emily Derrick, June 25, 2020 Air Canada is celebrating the first flight of its newly refurbished Airbus A330 aircraft. The A330 flew from Montreal to Vancouver on June 24th. In 2018, Air Canada chose to do an interior refit on its A330s. This was in addition […]
Parked Plane Spins around when other Aircraft Clips its Tail in Toronto
News provided by the Independent – link to full story Both aircraft were unoccupied at the time The Indepedent Travel Desk, December 31, 2019 A Boeing 777 has clipped the tail of another plane at Toronto airport. The Air Canada jet, which was being towed at the time, banged the tail of the Airbus A321 aircraft belonging to […]
Severe turbulence seen on Air Canada flight will only get worse
News provided by DigitalJournal.com – link to full article BY KAREN GRAHAM An Air Canada plane on a flight from Vancouver to Sydney, Australia experienced severe turbulence Thursday, injuring 37 passengers, nine of them seriously. However, with the climate crisis, this will become a lot more common in the future. On Thursday, Air Canada flight 33 was […]