Air Canada’s flights to Tulum & Charleston take off
Air Canada is boosting its North American network capacity for summer 2024. The move comes with the addition of two new destinations, five new routes, increased flight frequencies on key routes, and earlier resumption of popular seasonal...
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Air Canada Laying Off 20,000 As Of June 7
As Canadians prepared for the annual May 24 long weekend, media across the country began reporting the details of an Air Canada internal memo that indicates the carrier will be laying off 20,000 of its workers as the impact of COVID-19 cuts deep...
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Doing All That’s Necessary
Air Canada is reconfiguring the cabins of three of its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft to give them additional cargo capacity. The first aircraft conversion is complete and is now in service, with the second and third aircraft to be completed...
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Air Canada Adopting Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy
Air Canada says it intends to adopt the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) for the benefit of its 36,000 Canadian-based employee workforce. The airline’s decision to do this has received the support of all of its Canadian-based unions:...
Air Canada Has A Plan
Air Canada offered an update on its response to COVID-19, noting that like the rest of the global airline industry, it is facing a severe drop in traffic and a corresponding decline in revenue as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak...
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