updated Sat. August 24, 2024
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Globalnews.ca
April 28, 2018
A Toronto woman says she and her son were ordered to leave an Air Canada flight in Frankfurt when the woman questioned a seating policy in business class. As Sean O'Shea reports, the woman says she wanted an explanation but instead had to pay €3000 for new tickets.
Globalnews.ca
April 28, 2018
Mom, son booted from Air Canada flight. A Toronto woman says she and her son were ordered to leave an Air Canada flight in Frankfurt when the woman questioned a seating policy on business class. As Sean O'Shea reports, the woman says she wanted an explanation but instead had to pay €3000 forÃâà...
Toronto Star
April 28, 2018
HALIFAX - An Edmonton woman says she was publicly humiliated and booted off an Air Canada flight after a rash was mistakenly labelled as contagious. Jeanne Lehman, a community activist and officer with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, said she is seeing a psychologist for mentalÃâà...
CBC.ca
April 27, 2018
Air Canada has waded into labour issues at rival WestJet, promising to help get customers to their destination in the event of a strike at the airline. After eight months of negotiations, WestJet's main pilots union is calling for a strike vote that could theoretically lead to a job action by the middle of May at theÃâà...
MLive.com
April 27, 2018
Those looking to cut the travel time to Montreal down have another option as Air Canada announced Wednesday, April 25 that it added a nonstop flight out of Windsor. The airline made the announcement in a news release, and said that flights are no available for purchase via its app, travel agents andÃâà...
CBC.ca
April 26, 2018
Air Canada has announced it will begin offering new non-stop regional flights from London and Windsor to Montreal, beginning July 2. The airline says the permanent year-round service is a strategic expansion of its domestic network. "With the continued growth in the southern Ontario market, we see theÃâà...
CBC.ca
April 25, 2018
An Edmonton woman visiting Halifax says she was removed from an Air Canada flight after the crew wrongly assumed she had a contagious disease. On Sunday evening, an Air Canada flight between Halifax and Toronto was delayed from 6:25 p.m. to 2 a.m. Monday, which the airline says was because "aÃâà...
CBC.ca
April 25, 2018
Air Canada has been charged with a string of offences in the death of an employee killed at Toronto's Pearson International Airport after the baggage-handling tractor he was driving flipped over, ejecting him onto the tarmac. Federal officials allege five health and safety violations by the airline "contributed"Ãâà...
CBC.ca
April 23, 2018
That's because rather than retire, Clegg was resigning — a decision the woman who, in the 1990s was part of the military's VIP squadron, flying the prime minister and members of the Royal Family, claims she was forced into by Air Canada's mishandling of sexism she encountered on the job. "I don't thinkÃâà...
Travelweek
April 23, 2018
TORONTO — Air Canada's nonstop Vancouver-Melbourne service is going year-round starting June 1, 2018. The service has already proved popular, initially offered with four times weekly flights when it first took off in December 2017 as Canada's only nonstop service to the Australian city and Melbourne'sÃâà...
The Motley Fool Canada
April 23, 2018
It seems the party for Canada's airline stocks is over, at least for now. After surging 87% in 2017 and reaching a record high last month, the share price of Air Canada (TSX:AC)(TSX:AC.B) has fallen more than 10% from a record high. WestJet Airlines Ltd. (TSX:WJA), another Canadian operator, is downÃâà...
Biomass Magazine
April 23, 2018
Air Canada will save 160 metric tons of carbon on 22 domestic flights this Earth Day through an innovative biofuel demonstration project at Toronto-Pearson Airport. Under the project, coordinated by Canada's Biojet Supply Chain Initiative, Air Canada is a leading partner, introducing 230,000 liters ofÃâà...
Aviation Week
April 20, 2018
Air Canada unveiled its new “Signature Service” premium travel brand this week for international flights and plans to introduce the service upgrade on certain transcontinental flights within North America in June. Aimed squarely at business class travelers, the enhanced service will offer what the airlineÃâà...
CBC.ca
April 20, 2018
Thought economy was the lowest class on a plane? Think again: Air Canada and WestJet are selling "basic economy" fares that cost less and offer even fewer features, such as no options to change your flight. "Basic economy fares are getting you a seat, that's it " says Ottawa-based travel blogger AnshulÃâà...
MTL Blog (blog)
March 13, 2018
This is the second time this has happened on an Air Canada flight in less than a month. Although the risk of catching the infection is low, pregnant women, children, and those who have not been immunized are the most vulnerable to infection. If symptoms are experienced you are advised to stay home as to avoid spreadingÃâà...
Computer Dealer News
March 13, 2018
The U.S. government is trying to delay a hostile takeover of Qualcomm on national security grounds. An IT outage at Air Canada wrecks many a March Break travel plan. And Elon Musk thinks he'll be ready to send us to Mars in a year.
BNN
March 13, 2018
The company took to Twitter Tuesday afternoon apologizing for technical issues with its web site, just one day after the company's computer system went down. We're currently experiencing some technical difficulties on our website https://t.co/j6Q9rcq8zw. We apologize for any inconvenience and areÃâà...
Meetings + Incentive Travel
March 13, 2018
Air Canada will launch daily, seasonal flights between Calgary and Palm Springs, and between Edmonton and Las Vegas, starting October 28, 2018. “We are very pleased to offer additional convenient travel options to Albertans with non-stop flights from Calgary and Edmonton to Palm Springs and LasÃâà...
Calgary Sun
March 12, 2018
Air Canada has confirmed a system outage is leading to service interruptions as angry passengers take to Twitter to complain about long lines and flight delays during the March break travel rush. The airline tweeted that it was “experiencing an interruption” at its contact centres and website and is workingÃâà...
BNN
March 12, 2018
Air Canada said Monday its website and customer centres were experiencing an “interruption,” while some airports reported the disruption was causing congestion in their terminals. “We apologize for any inconvenience and are working towards restoring our service as quickly as possible,” Air Canada wrote in a tweet.
CBC.ca
March 12, 2018
This is the second such incident in less than a month. Public health officials confirmed a case of measles in an infant on a Feb. 12 Air Canada flight, also going from Zurich to Toronto. Measles is highly contagious, and babies, pregnant women and people with weak immune systems are most vulnerable.
CBC.ca
March 12, 2018
A system-wide computer outage led to long lines at airports across Canada on Monday, but as of the afternoon Air Canada says things are getting back to normal. Social media was full of reports of long lines at airports, including those in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Calgary. In the morning, AirÃâà...
The Desert Sun
December 31, 1999
“We are pleased to offer additional convenient travel options to Albertans between Calgary and Palm Springs,” said Benjamin Smith, president of passenger airlines at Air Canada. Air Canada currently offers seasonal flights between Palm Springs and Vancouver and Toronto. Smith noted in a press releaseÃâà...