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May 13, 2021 · We kept private jet airlines but excluded companies using special aircraft, like helicopters. According to FlightRadar24, Air Canada’s flights with AC7XXX as flight numbers are cargo planes.
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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...
Dron, Alan. (2020, November). Air freight shifts its centre of gravity. AEROSPACE, 47(11), 18-21. IATA. (2022, January 25). Air cargo market analysis, December 2021. https://www.iata.org/en/iata-repository/publications/economic-reports/air-freight-monthly-analysis---december-2021/ IATA. (2021a, October). Annual review 2021. https://www.iata.org/con...
Apr 13, 2021 · Customers don’t have to have bought their tickets directly from Air Canada to get the refund, either. People who booked through third party websites or used Air Canada Vacation packages can also ...
- Rachel Gilmore
Dec 7, 2023 · Although these aircraft have taken a backseat role in the fleet to the airline’s newer Boeing 737 MAX 8 and Airbus A220 aircraft, they remain an integral part of the carrier’s operations. Air Canada currently has approximately 30 mainline Airbus A320 family jets and is expected to take delivery of an additional used A320 and three used ...
Jun 26, 2022 · Airlines have been taking advantage of recent demand for air travel by returning aircraft and flight schedules to close to 80 per cent of pre-pandemic levels, with the resulting volume of flights ...
- John Gradek
Apr 14, 2022 · Check Air Canada’sTravel Ready Hub for the most recent government entry requirements. Government requirements may change at short notice. SCAN YOUR COVID-19 TRAVEL DOCUMENTS Air Canada’s digital solution is available on select routes through its mobile app for customers to securely upload and verify their COVID-19 test results.
Aug 11, 2022 · Date modified: 2022-08-11. This is the third in a series of articles that examines the impact of COVID-19 on aviation in Canada and looks for signs of recovery up to the end of 2021. This third article puts Canada into an international context with a focus on airlines.
