Airlines
From The Air To The Airwaves
Have you ever wanted to see the world without leaving home? Starting this week, WestJet will show television viewers the plane truth with the launch of the WestJet Channel on Rogers for customers in Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland. Flying until Feb. 2 on Rogers channel 206, viewers will experience WestJet in a way they've never seen before. Cameras will capture ground crews preparing the airline's Boeing Next Generation 737 aircraft for take-off as they load baggage and push the aircraft back prior to taxiing to the runway. Viewers can catch a short video about the channel on...
Taking The Initiative
Improving air connectivity through a closer co-ordination of tourism and aviation policies to ensure the sustained growth of the tourism sector and of air transport was the commitment stemming from the annual UNWTO & World Travel Market (WTM) Ministers’ Summit (held in London, UK, Nov. 5). Critical issues related to bridging air transport and tourism policies, including the current regulatory framework, taxation and the way forward in facilitating the all travel process were discussed in a panel debate that gathered Tourism Ministers and private sector representatives from around the...
AC COMMENTS ON UNUSUAL TRADING ACTIVITY
Air Canada has provided the following statement on the unusual trading activity of AC-B shares yesterday morning on the Toronto Stock Exchange. “The Corporation has no pending material news to be issued and was advised by the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) that the temporary halt between 11:01 and 11:06 [Nov. 6, 2013] was solely triggered by their Single Stock Circuit Breaker Rule. Various external sources have indicated to Air Canada that there is speculation, not yet substantiated, that the Single Stock Circuit Breaker Rule may have been triggered by an...