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Jul 19, 2021 · By Pilar Wolfsteller 19 July 2021. Air Canada will offer up to 220 transborder flights every day after the government of Canada announced it would lift entry restrictions for US citizens and ...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented disruption to aviation. Air transportation is all about connecting the world through the movement of people and goods. At the start of the pandemic, the movement of people by air was essentially stopped by public health measures and travel restrictions implemented around the world to combat the spre...
Statistics Canada’s Civil Aviation Surveys collect data on operating and financial statistics from Canadian air carriers. Data from the beginning of 2018 through the end of 2021 were used for this analysis. The Monthly Civil Aviation Surveyis a census of Canadian Level I air carriers. Level I air carriers are the largest Canadian airlines: Air Cana...
Unprecedented declines and slow improvements in operating statistics
With the introduction of travel restrictions (such as closing the border to foreigners), stay-at-home advisories and restrictions on gatherings and activities in March 2020, passenger air travel was affected to an unprecedented extent. In April 2020, there was a 97% year-over-year decline in the number of passengers carried by Canadian Level I air carriers. Previously the largest year-over-year declines recorded were 26% following both the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the US and d...
International flights hit harder than domestic
Statistics Canada categorizes aviation data using three sectors – domestic (within Canada), transborder (between Canada and the United States) and other international (between Canada and other countries, except the United States). Using data from the quarterly survey, in 2019, Level I and II carriers transported 47.8 million passengers (51.5%) in the domestic sector, 19.8 million (21.3%) in the transborder sector, and 25.3 million (27.2%) in the other international sector. During the pandemic...
Cargo increases in importance
While passenger air transportation experienced steep declines during the pandemic, cargo transportation became a more important component. Before the pandemic, around half of all air cargo was carried in the cargo holds on passenger flights (IATA, 2020). When these flights were grounded by the pandemic, air cargo faced a capacity crunch as supply was down but demand was up due to the need to transport personal protective equipment and an increase in e-commerce.Note Cargo carriers increased fl...
The COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest shock to the aviation industry in history. This article examined its impact on Canadian airlines and the road to recovery up to December 2021. The biggest impact was on passenger airlines, as passenger traffic dropped to an unprecedented extent and has been sluggish to recover. High fixed costs amid falling reve...
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Sep 12, 2021 · A return to a freer level of international air travel likely won't be possible until there's greater agreement among nations on the COVID-19 tests and vaccination documentation needed to travel...
Jan 8, 2021 · Speaking Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the Liberals have given close to $1.5 billion to Canadian airlines, through the wage subsidy and “other measures.”. “We know the industry ...
Nov 19, 2021 · Air passengers flying on domestic, trans-border or international flights departing from most airports in Canada; and; Rail passengers on VIA Rail and Rocky Mountaineer trains. As of November 30, 2021, a valid COVID-19 test will no longer be accepted as an alternative to vaccination for travel within Canada.
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Oct 31, 2021 · After a near-grounding of flights, the Calgary-based airline expects to be at about 70 per cent its pre-COVID capacity by the end of December, fully restore its domestic business by next...
Apr 14, 2022 · INTERNATIONAL NETWORK RESTART Air Canada expands its summer schedule with the recent service resumption announcement of 34 routes to Europe, Asia, Africa and The Middle East. The airline’s international network extends to 67 airports from its Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver hubs, as well as from Calgary and Halifax, and 96 total routes.
