Travel Delays

• VIA Rail CEO tells MPs climate change is leaving transport networks vulnerable

  Earlier this month, the Crown corporation apologized for the widespread delays passengers saw between Dec. 23 and 26 as a winter storm swept across Ontario and Quebec.

  Canada

  Jan 26
  
• Canada needs more airline competition, oversight to avoid travel ‘catastrophe’: Poilievre

  Poilievre said the federal government needs to step up its regulation and enforcement of airlines, which he says feel they can 'get away with mistreating' their customers.

  Politics

  Jan 13
  
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• Here are North America’s most punctual airlines. No Canadian carriers made the list

  OAG released its 2023 report earlier this week, revealing which airlines and airports were among the world’s most punctual for 2022.

  Canada

  Jan 13
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• Ottawa ‘not hiding’ from holiday travel chaos fallout, transport minister says

  The House of Commons transport committee is probing the lengthy travel delays and the treatment of thousands of passengers who faced cancellations and rescheduled trips.

  Canada

  Jan 12
• What led to holiday travel delays? Sunwing, airline execs set to face committee

  MPs will meet for multiple hours on Thursday to hear from not only the airline executives, but airport authorities, federal agencies and the minister of transport.

  Politics

  Jan 11
• The tale of Bunbun, stranded at Vancouver’s airport, has happy ending in Edmonton

  A spokesperson for Vancouver International Airport says the saga of Bunbun the stuffed rabbit has a happy ending, with the toy now on its way back to its young owner.

  Canada

  Dec 28, 2022
• Quebec winter storm could make holiday travel difficult

  With the lifting of pandemic restrictions, airport officials expect that this December, they will have 1.5 million passengers travelling through the Montreal airport in December.

  Weather

  Dec 22, 2022
• Airplane de-icing options limited below -29 C: WestJet, Calgary airport

  'At temperatures including and below -29 degrees Celsius, anti-icing fluid is no longer effective,' said a spokesperson for Calgary International Airport.

  Canada

  Dec 21, 2022
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• Flight delays, cancellations cripple Alberta’s two big airports

  WestJet attributed the 'multiple cancellations and delays over the past 24 hours' to the severe winter weather impacting operations across Western Canada. 

  Canada

  Dec 19, 2022
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• Kelowna-bound travellers stuck in Vancouver for days as flights cancelled, delayed

  Between snowstorms delaying flights and airlines not coming through as planned, travelers trying to make it to Kelowna had a very long layover in Vancouver.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2022