Tags: Canada

Ready for the runway: Swoop unveils new uniforms prior to inaugural take off

Swoop – Canada’s new Low Cost Carrier – unveiled their official crew uniforms on June 14th and with only one week to go until Swoop’s June 20, 2018 inaugural flight from Hamilton, ON to Abbotsford, BC, the unveiling of the Swoop uniforms has been much anticipated. Swoop were officially granted its air operating certificate (AOC) […]

WestJet unveils its Dreamliner ‘Spirit of Canada’ to the world

WestJet unveiled its new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner livery, logo and cabin interior including the airline’s first-ever business class cabin on 8th May. The reveal is part of WestJet’s lead-up to the arrival of its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners in early 2019.   “The introduction of Boeing’s 787-9 Dreamliner, a state-of-the-art aircraft, is the dawn of a new […]

U.S. opens civil aircraft from Canada imports investigation

U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced the initiation of new antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations to determine whether imports of 100- to 150-seat civil aircraft from Canada are being unfairly dumped in the United States and whether Canadian producers are receiving alleged unfair subsidies. The investigations were initiated following a petition […]

Transportation Modernization Act proposed in Canada

The Government of Canada on May 16, 2017 announced the proposal of the Transportation Modernization Act, which includes establishing new air passenger rights and liberalizing international ownership restrictions for Canadian air carriers, raising foreign ownership limits from 25% to 49%. The new legislation aims “to provide a better experience for travelers and a transparent, fair, […]