- Faculty Lecturer and Academic Program Co-ordinator, Supply Network and Aviation Management, McGill University
Canada’s approach to airline strikes pits the need for reliable air travel against the constitutionally protected right to strike. Other countries show there is a workable middle ground.
Buying more planes will not help Canada tackle wildfires if there is not a thought-out plan for their use well ahead of a fire.
Le nouveau PDG d’Air Canada, Anko van der Werff, peut s’exprimer en français. Mais le vrai enjeu du transporteur aérien, c’est le service en français à bord de ses avions.
Canada’s wildfire aviation system remains decentralized. That model worked when fire seasons were staggered geographically. Increasingly, they are not.
Avec Air Canada et WestJet qui coupent des vols et haussent leurs tarifs, les voyageurs canadiens font face à moins d’options et des coûts en hausse cet été.
With Air Canada and WestJet cutting routes and raising fares, Canadian travellers face a summer of compressed options and rising costs.
Air Canada flight attendants have been in negotiations with the company since March, fighting for fairer wages and working conditions.
Can Boeing overcome its current challenges and regain its reputation as a winning corporation?
La fermeture de Lynx est un moment opportun pour faire le point sur l’état du transport aérien commercial au Canada et pour identifier les défis et les possibilités qui s’offrent.
The closure of Lynx is an opportune time to review the state of Canadian commercial air travel and identify the challenges and opportunities Canada has in improving the sector.
Les passagers aériens doivent être indemnisés pour les retards et les annulations des compagnies aériennes. Mais il est tout aussi important, sinon plus, de s’attaquer aux causes de ces perturbations.
While it is critical that air passengers be compensated for airline delays and cancellations, it is equally — if not more — important to address the underlying causes of such disruptions.
The chaos at airlines and airports appears to finally be over, but will the relief last? Or will Canadians have to brace themselves for more delays, cancellations and miscommunications?
Les changements apportés dans le secteur aérien canadien pourraient alourdir un système qui fonctionne déjà au maximum de sa capacité.
Changes to the Canadian airline industry will offer consumers new choices when flying from major airports. But the new services could burden a system that’s already at capacity.
Que cache le chaos qui règne dans les aéroports d’Europe et d’Amérique du Nord ? Un expert du secteur aérien nous éclaire sur les raisons pour lesquelles plusieurs vols ont été retardés ou annulés.
What’s behind the chaos at airports across Europe and North America? An airline industry expert explains the problems that have resulted in delays and cancelled flights.
Will the joy and exhilaration of travel return after the COVID-19 pandemic? Yes, but with a new value proposition built around safe and secure travel.
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