Halifax Stanfield International Airport

• Runway overshoot that destroyed 747 cargo jet in Halifax caused by many factors: TSB

  Confusing runway instructions, an unexpected tailwind, insufficient braking on a wet runway and crew fatigue were partially to blame for the accident in 2018.

  Canada

  Jun 29
• COVID-19 testing at Halifax airport begins Tuesday

  Nova Scotia encourages all travellers to get tested twice during their first 14 days in the province — once on their first or second day and again on day 12, 13 or 14.

  Health

  Jun 7
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• TSB says miscalculations led to 2020 runway overrun in Halifax

  WestJet Flight 248 skidded of the end of a runway at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport on Jan. 5, 2020.

  Canada

  May 20
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• Halifax airport COVID-19 test facility proposal still awaits provincial approval

  Halifax Stanfield International Airport is waiting for a decision from the province to move forward with an airport COVID-19 test facility.

  Consumer

  Apr 21
• Air Canada service between Sydney and Halifax cut until January

  Until this month the route had been in place between the two major centres since 1942. 

  Economy

  Nov 10, 2020
• Decades-old regional Air Canada route from Sydney to Halifax suspended

  The route, which has now been suspended through February, has been in place since 1942.

  Health

  Oct 30, 2020
• Halifax’s airport not expecting business to bounce back to 2019 levels until 2024

  International flights, including those from the United States, were halted in March in an effort to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

  Canada

  Jul 14, 2020
• Motorcade procession held for 4 military members killed in crash

  The helicopter carrying the military members - a relatively new CH-148 Cyclone - crashed off Greece on April 29, killing all six people aboard.

  Canada

  Jun 25, 2020
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• Cyclone crash victims from Nova Scotia to get a motorcade procession

  Six Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members who died in the CH-148 Cyclone helicopter crash in the Mediterranean Sea on April 29.

  Canada

  Jun 24, 2020
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• Halifax International Airport Authority reducing staff by 25 per cent: CEO

  Joyce Carter said the reduction in staff is needed to match expected airport operations and service delivery requirements over the next few years.

  Canada

  Jun 2, 2020