Air Canada flight reports drone encounter while landing in Nanaimo
New from CTV News – link to story CTV News Vancouver Island,Staff – 28 April 2020 VICTORIA — An Air Canada flight reported a close encounter with a drone while landing in Nanaimo last week. According to a Transport Canada occurrence report, the incident happened during a flight from Vancouver on Friday. The Air Canada […]
WestJet Update: 20 April – Updates Domestic Flight Schedule
From WestJet WESTJET UPDATES DOMESTIC FLIGHT SCHEDULE FROM MAY 5 THROUGH JUNE 4 WestJet is making changes to its domestic flight schedule, removing approximately 4,000 weekly flights or 600 daily flights from May 5 through June 4, 2020. These changes are required to address significantly reduced guest demand during the COVID-19 crisis. While some city […]
WestJet Update: 13 April ~ Domestic Flight Schedule Changes
From WestJet DOMESTIC FLIGHT SCHEDULE CHANGES WestJet is making changes to its domestic flight schedule to address significantly reduced guest demand during the COVID-19 crisis. While demand remains low and some city pairings have been temporarily removed, we are maintaining critical lifelines to all 38 Canadian airports that we currently operate to, ensuring that those […]
Translators to be in place at YVR in time for new provincial travel rules
News from CityNews1130 – link to story and updates BY MARCUS FITZGERALD ~ Posted Apr 8, 2020 6:19 pm PDT FILE: A plane is silhouetted as it takes off from Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward SUMMARY North Delta MLA Ravi Khalon tells NEWS 1130 that the plan to lose nothing in […]
Coronavirus: More infected passengers reported on flights involving B.C. airports
News provided by Global News – link to story and updates BY SHELBY THOM GLOBAL NEWS ~ Posted April 5, 2020 WATCH: Videos from Global News The BC Centre for Disease Control has added three more international flights and five domestic flights in the past week to its list of COVID-19 in-flight exposures involving passengers who later tested positive […]
Class action launched after airlines give vouchers, not refunds for cancelled trips
News provided by CBC News – link to story and updates Suit targets major Canadian airlines and travel companies, could affect hundreds of thousands of people Yvonne Colbert · CBC News · Posted: Mar 31, 2020 A British Columbia woman is launching a class-action lawsuit against several major Canadian airlines and travel companies over their decision to issue credits and […]
Vancouver Airport YVR: 25 March Update
From YVR website Operations Update YVR Terminal Operations Update As part of the response to the COVID-19 situation and reduced passenger traffic, we are looking at every opportunity for efficiencies and will be consolidating areas of the terminal building on a phased basis. Consolidation is critical for us as an airport operator to ensure the continued safety and security […]
Air Transat: 30 March Update
From Air Transat Website Cancelled flights and rerouting of our passengers Due to the coronavirus pandemic, we have had to make changes to our flight operations and announce that we will gradually suspend our flights. If you were unable to travel due to the cancellation of your flight, you will receive a credit for future […]
WestJet: 29 March Update
Received directly from WESTJET NETWORK AND SCHEDULE CHANGES – WestJet announces schedule updates through May 4 and select seasonal route start dates On Thursday, March 26 WestJet marked the last day of our planned transborder (U.S.) and international (Europe, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean) flying due to the COVID-19 crisis and the closing of international borders. This is […]
More than 13,000 Vancouver airport workers to be laid off due to COVID-19
News provided by CBC News – link to full story and updates CEO predicts a yearly decline in passengers of 50 per cent Joel Ballard · CBC News · Posted: Mar 27, 2020 As the coronavirus pandemic continues to grind travel to a halt, more than half the workers at YVR are set to lose their jobs. Craig Richmond, […]