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Air Canada has cut four seasonal flight routes earlier than anticipated due to the soaring price of jet fuel. Global’s Jazan Grewal speaks with David Soberman, a professor with University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.

Air Canada is ending service on four seasonal flights earlier than planned, due to the high cost of jet fuel. The airline says it plans to resume service on these routes in summer 2027.

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report into the deadly March 22 collision between a fire truck and an Air Canada jet at New York’s LaGuardia airport. Jackson Proskow reports on the communication failures that led to the crash that killed two pilots.

There’s been another incident with an Air Canada flight at a New York airport. On Monday, an Air Canada jazz flight from Toronto to John F. Kennedy International Airport narrowly avoided a collision when an American Airlines regional jet veered into its path on final approach.

Air Canada announced Friday it would suspend flights to New York’s JFK airport from Toronto and Montreal this summer because of high fuel prices tied to the US-Iran war. The decision impacts flights from June 1 to Oct. 25.

The surge in fuel prices is delivering yet another blow to the air travel industry. Air Canada announced Friday it will be suspending select routes in the coming months , including between Toronto Pearson and New York’s JFK airport. But now that the US and Israel have reached a 10-day ceasefire with Lebanon – will...

Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau will retire in September amid heavy criticism for his English-only condolence video after two of the airline’s pilots were killed in a plane crash at LaGuardia Airport. Mike Armstrong looks at the fallout from the bilingual backlash toward Rousseau, and what happens next.

After a week of backlash over an English-only condolence video following a deadly plane crash, Air Canada’s CEO has announced he will be retiring later this year. Michael Rousseau will stay until the fall until his successor is in place. Felicia Parrillo has more.

An Air Canada employee is facing charges for attempting to export 66 kilograms of cannabis from Toronto Pearson International Airport. Investigators determined an employee working in the baggage room had placed luggage tags that included the names of “unsuspecting” passengers on the suitcases containing the cannabis.

Michael Rousseau, the CEO and President of Air Canada, is retiring after nearly two decades with the company. This comes after Rousseau received heavy scrutiny for his English-only condolence message following the crash at LaGuardia last week that claimed the lives of two pilots. He was summoned to Ottawa and faced calls to resign.

Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said while it’s up to the company’s board of directors, he believes hiring somebody bilingual would be “the right thing to do.” Champagne’s comment comes after recent controversy surrounding Rosseau, who delivered English-only condolences last week after two Air Canada pilots – one Quebecois – died in a crash on...

Andrea Macpherson has the latest on the Air Canada Express crash at LaGuardia Airport in New York. Officials say they are still investigating what happened right before the crash in which the two pilots died.

New details are emerging about the victims of the deadly plane crash at LaGuardia Airport. Among the two pilots killed Antoine Forest from Coteau-du-Lac. The young pilot is remembered for his passion for flying and for the active life he lived. Felicia Parrillo reports.

Global News Morning speaks with Aviation Expert John Cox about what investigators will be looking for as they piece together the cause of deadly crash involving an Air Canada jet and a fire truck at La Guardia airport in New York.

One of two runways that has been closed since Sunday night at LaGuardia Airport — due to a fatal collision between an Air Canada Express plane and a fire truck — reopened Thursday, ahead of schedule, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said

Investigators at New York’s LaGuardia Airport have revealed some of the failures that may have contributed to the collision between an Air Canada flight and a fire truck on Sunday night. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) findings, which are preliminary, point to an overlapping series of failures. One of them involves the fire truck,...

A somber repatriation unfolded Thursday as the remains of two Air Canada pilots killed in Sunday’s LaGuardia crash were returned to Canada. Co-pilot Mackenzie Gunther arrived in Ottawa, while pilot Antoine Forest landed in Montreal. Dozens of Air Canada pilots and employees gathered on the tarmac to pay their respects.

As the investigation continues into the deadly Air Canada crash at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, questions are being raised about who could be held legally responsible. Kevin Mahoney, an aviation accident attorney with Kreindler and Kreindler, joins Nicole Di Donato to break down potential liability, passengers’ rights, and what legal options may be available to...

New York’s LaGuardia Airport reopened Monday, one day after a fatal collision involving an Air Canada Jazz flight late Sunday. Both the captain and the first officer on that flight were killed. The entire cockpit of the flight from Montreal was shredded after what appears to have been a head on collision with an airport...

One of the Air Canada pilots who was killed has since been identified. Passengers who were aboard the fatal flight have also described how they had to scramble to find a way out of the airplane. Mike Armstrong reports on how a flight attendant managed to survive.