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Travellers, business groups and politicians expressed fervent relief on Sunday after Air Canada and the union representing thousands of its pilots negotiated a new labour deal and averted a disruptive, countrywide shutdown. Canada’s largest air carrier announced shortly after midnight Sunday that it had reached a tentative, four-year collective agreement with the Air Line Pilots Association.  The deal, reached after more than […]

Air Canada pilots say they have voted overwhelmingly to approve a strike mandate, putting them in a position to walk off the job as early as Sept. 17. The Air Line Pilots Association, which represents more than 5,400 aviators at the country’s largest carrier, says the vote passed by 98 per cent on Thursday. The employees have been negotiating […]

The province is putting $850,000 in cost-shared grants to 21 community airports across the province. The 50/50 cost-sharing grants will go towards repairs and upgrades through the Community Airport Partnership program. Projects are evaluated based on improving safety, airport utilization, extending the life cycle of the asset, economic benefits and partnership opportunities. “Community and regionally-owned […]

The WestJet Group says it has closed its acquisition of Sunwing Vacations and Sunwing Airlines that was first announced in March last year. The company says that, initially, the airlines will continue independent operations. However, WestJet says the two airlines will move from being competitors to collaborators. Stephen Hunter, formerly the CEO of Sunwing Vacations, […]

Despite the some cuts to services here and there from airlines, there will be a whole lot of travel options for people flying out of Regina International Airport. WestJet is announcing a 64 per cent increase in seats in and out of Regina, and 46 per cent to and from Saskatoon. Justin Reves at the […]

Sunwing Airlines is annoucing its trimming the number of flights out of Saskatoon. It amounts to almost half of the flights planned in the coming months. This is part of a “restructuring” of its schedule as it recovers from a disasterous holiday season where a series of strorms swept across north america bringing air travel […]

A parliamentary committee voted Monday to launch a study into the causes behind Canada’s chaotic holiday travel season and to hear not only from industry giants, but also from some of the passengers who saw their plans upended. Members of the federal transport committee met to discuss the scope of the study, which all agreed […]

Kelly Klassen was driving to central Alberta with her family to visit her brother for the holidays when the emails started filling her inbox. The travel agent from Rosthern, Sask., says she had dozens of bookings affected by Sunwing’s decision last week to cancel service to Regina and Saskatoon for a month. The airline announced […]

Its been a tough few years for the air travel industry.  COVID, shutdowns, borders being closed, all contributing to a huge decline in air travel.  You have probably seen in the last few months, as the restrictions have been stripped away, passengers are flying in droves.  That is also causing a few problems at major […]

Federal regulators are hoping a wave of new air passenger rights arriving this weekend will take the humbug out of holiday travel. New rules will take effect on Sunday affecting flight delays and cancellations, including requiring airlines to seat parents beside or near their children at no extra cost, and compensate flyers for delays and […]