After a brief foray in the southwestern Ontario city, Flair Airlines has paused trips to and from Windsor International Airport as it needed to reallocate planes to busier routes, according to the company’s vice-president of revenue management and network planning. “Unfortunately, during our first forays into Windsor, the market just didn’t really perform that well,”… Read More »
A Westjet Boeing 737-800, registration C-GWSV performing flight WS-2652 from Toronto,ON (Canada) to Sint Maarten (Sint Maarten) with 164 people on board, had acquired visual contact with the runway 10 and was flying visually on very short final to Sint Maarten’s runway 10 at about 15:33L (19:33Z), when the aircraft went around from low height,… Read More »
A low-cost Canadian upstart airline had four of its planes repossessed by New York-based aircraft lessor Airborne Capital on March 11, forcing the carrier to cancel multiple flights and leaving a trail of disgruntled passengers behind. Repossession of planes is rare in North America. Flair Airlines CEO Stephen Jones blamed “behind the scenes” scheming between… Read More »
According to the authorities, the private plane lost the door around 5:30 p.m. as it flew over Cheektowaga, a few miles south of the airport.Cheektowaga: In a bizarre incident, the rear door of a small plane fell mid-air as it approached landing at Buffalo Niagara International Airport on Monday. According to the police, the plane… Read More »
WestJet passengers faced more flight disruptions Tuesday despite a deal reached over the weekend to end a strike by its mechanics, as the airline says full resumption of operations “will take time.” The airline said it cancelled 75 flights scheduled for Tuesday and expected eight more cancellations on Wednesday. That was on top of 104… Read More »
All the guests and the crew were safely off-loaded and they were bused (back to the terminal),” said Neely. “There were no injuries to report and currently (2:30 p.m. Aug. 9) the passengers are in the terminal making arrangements to reschedule to get to their destinations.” Andre Gagne was a passenger on the WestJet flight… Read More »
WestJet has announced that it will continue to cancel flights “for the foreseeable future” following significant damage to its aircraft caused by a hailstorm in Calgary. This severe weather event, which occurred last week, has led to a substantial impact on the airline’s operations, leaving thousands of passengers scrambling to adjust their travel plans. The… Read More »
Niagara Regional Police said the domestic violence unit investigated after the man threatened a St. Catharines woman. A Niagara Falls man was arrested this weekend after police said they seized weapons and drugs at his home while investigating threats to his ex. Niagara Regional Police said the man had been in a relationship with a… Read More »
An incident at Comox Valley Airport on Wednesday, Aug. 9, involving a WestJet plane and a military aircraft, is under investigation. “It was a minor incident with a WestJet plane and one of the planes from 19 Wing,” said Comox Valley Airport marketing manager Erin Neely. A WestJet statement confirmed the incident, involving Westjet flight… Read More »
When Javaune Wallen boarded his Calgary-bound flight in Kamloops on Thursday afternoon, he never thought he’d be in for a tense flight. The flight, WestJet Encore 3252, was forced to divert and make an emergency landing at Kelowna International Airport after one of its two engines failed. The plane, with its 75 passengers onboard, landed… Read More »
A passenger onboard a recent Flair flight to Toronto described moments of panic after the captain declared an emergency, oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling and the plane made a sudden descent. “I thought I was going to die – sitting next to my partner was the only comfort,” Toronto resident Bhagya Ramesh told CTV… Read More »
It happened on one of the busiest travel days in the U.S. as people across the country hit the road for Thanksgiving, and as there was a heightened awareness due to the holiday. The White House closely monitored developments, an official said, and the Department of Homeland Security said it was in touch with Canadian… Read More »