Expanding on the discussion earlier in the thread, Air Canada has confirmed its plans to convert several former passenger Boeing 767s to freighters, and the collective agreement with the ACPA has been finalized. "Air Canada today also provided an update on its cargo business and the next steps ...
Jump to postAir Canada is indefinitely suspending service on 30 domestic routes and closing eight stations: Bathurst (New Brunswick) Wabush (Newfoundland and Labrador) Gaspé (Quebec) Baie Comeau (Quebec) Mont Joli (Quebec) Val d’Or (Quebec) Kingston (Ontario) North Bay (Ontario) Of the eight stations Air Canada...
Jump to postcrosscheckyyz wrote:Will AC Cargo want to invest the money to convert the 767s? Is it worth it for the frames?
To support the 21 Airport Authorities in Canada (and PortsToronto, operator of Toronto Billy Bishop), the federal government is temporarily waiving ground lease payments from March until December, 2020. Release Hopefully this will have a positive impact as these facilities navigate significant decli...
Jump to postThe launch of Dawson Creek has been pushed back to July 3, 2020. Source - WestJet.
Further to my post above, Central Mountain Air did indeed terminate it's operations from Dawson Creek following WestJet's route announcement. Source
shoelessjoe wrote:They have been using the few remaining DH1s in the fleet to operate these flights - my guess is this corresponds with exit of those last DH1s from the Jazz fleet.
Effective April 1, Air Canada will no longer serve Lethbridge and Medicine Hat from Calgary. Lethbridge is currently served three times daily and Medicine Hat twice daily, both with the Dash 8-100 operated by Jazz Aviation. Historically, these flights have been operated on the Dash 8-300 (Jazz Aviat...
Jump to postThis is an interesting addition to Link's network, although their number of destinations will be unchanged as Prince George is being to switched to WestJet Encore as of April 26. I wonder what impact this will have on Central Mountain Air's operation; in the case of Lloydminster, CMA exited the sche...
Jump to postLethbridge Airport (CYQL) handled 104,078 passengers in 2019, up 19% over 2018. This is the first time that Lethbridge has exceeded 100,000 passengers since 1990, and this is nearing the record of 123,000 passengers in 1989
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