How will passengers be impacted? Air Transat pilots vote in favour of strike mandate
Lola Kalder / citynews - Air Transat pilots voted 99 per cent in favour of a strike mandate as contract talks with the airline continue to stall. So what does this mean for passengers as we head into the holiday travel season? CityNews spoke with Gábor Lukács, president of Air Pa…
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Air Transat pilots vote in favour of strike action
Patricia D'Cunha / citynews - Pilots with Air Transat pilots voted in favour of going on strike. In a post on X, Air Transat ALPA Pilots said workers voted 99 per cent in favour of strike action. “Air Transat pilots have voted overwhelmingly in favor of going on strike if management f…
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Airlines race to fix Airbus jets as U.S. reports little disruption
Tim Kelly and Abhijith Ganapavaram and Tim Hepher / theglobeandmail - Overnight effort appears to help head off the worst-case scenario, capping the number of flight delays in Asia and Europe
Back to Top / Saturday, November 29, 2025, 8:21 pm / permalink 16411 / 3 stories in 3 months
Trump orders closure of Venezuelan airspace
Jackson Loy / westernstandard - President Donald Trump announced his intention to close the airspace surrounding Venezuela and encouraged caution to anyone operating in and around Venezuelan territory.
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Airbus issues major A320 recall after passenger injuries during Jetblue flight
Tim Hepher and Allison Lampert and Dan Catchpole / theglobeandmail - Company orders immediate software change to half of global jet fleet, potentially disrupting flights
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Canada is shopping for new fighter jets—and on the verge of making a disastrous decision
Richard Shimooka / thehub - The post Canada is shopping for new fighter jets—and on the verge of making a disastrous decision appeared first on The Hub.
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Pilot dead after two small planes collide in Ontario: OPP
Prisha Dev / globalnews - One pilot is dead after two small planes collided near Martintown, Ont., OPP say. One aircraft landed safely and the Transportation Safety Board is investigating.
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Unifor says WestJet is outsourcing hundreds of customer service jobs to El Salvador
Vanmala Subramaniam / theglobeandmail - The union claims 400 call centre jobs have been outsourced as part of an offshoring plan between WestJet and Telus Digital
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U.S. flight cuts set to increase with tighter limits taking effect
Bloomberg News / torontosun - FAA requiring airlines to reduce U.S. operations by 6% from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. local time
Back to Top / Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 9:22 am / permalink 15869 / 6 stories in 3 months
U.S. government shutdown: How Senate vote happened and what’s next
Spiro Papuckoski / torontosun - To get 60-vote threshold, enough Democrats and independent Senator sided with Republicans
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Hundreds more U.S. flights cancelled as government shutdown deepens travel chaos
Bloomberg News / torontosun - Many flights that did eventually take off were delayed by hours
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Canadian airports brace for ripple effects of U.S. FAA flight cuts
Uday Rana / globalnews - Hundreds of flight cancellations spread across the U.S. as airlines began complying with the Federal Aviation Administration's unprecedented order to scale down routes nationwide.
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Traffic being cut at 40 U.S. airports due to government shutdown
Bryan Passifiume / torontosun - International flights are to be exempt from the reductions
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Air Canada cuts hundreds of management jobs
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The move arrives after a three-day strike by more than 10,000 flight attendants in August shut down operations and caused more than 3,000 flight cancellations.
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