Ottawa International Airport

• Feds give $12M to Ottawa airport for LRT station, COVID-19 recovery

  The federal government will provide $6.4 million in funding to the Ottawa International Airport to help complete construction of an LRT station at the travel hub.

  Economy

  Jun 16, 2021
  
• Canadian North employee dies in workplace incident at Ottawa hangar

  An airline employee died while loading an aircraft at the Ottawa International Airport on Monday, according to a statement from the company's CEO.

  Dec 10, 2020
  
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• Air Transat ordered to pay expenses for passengers stuck on Ottawa tarmac for hours

  A federal agency is ordering Air Transat to cover out-of-pocket expenses for passengers caught in an hours-long tarmac delay this summer as part of a ruling that places the blame for the fiasco solely on the airline.

  Canada

  Nov 30, 2017
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• Air Transat takes aim at Ottawa’s proposed passenger bill of rights after tarmac delays

  Jean-Francois Lemay made the comment in a response last week to the Canadian Transportation Agency about an incident July 31 in which two Air Transat planes sat for hours on an Ottawa tarmac.

  Consumer

  Aug 9, 2017
• Passengers stuck on ‘nightmare’ Air Transat plane for hours without air conditioning, food

  The passengers were stuck on the airplane for so long that some had to call 911.

  Canada

  Aug 1, 2017
• Ottawa airport police officers will now get military-style rifles

  City police officers patrolling the airport in the nation's capital are getting military-style rifles, but officials say the move wasn't prompted by any specific security threats.

  Canada

  Jun 22, 2017