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| FLash | Frankfurt Airport Tops 50 Million Passengers This Year
Today, Frankfurt Airport welcomed its 50 millionth passenger for 2004, the first time that Germany's largest airport has topped the 50 million annual passenger figure. The record-breaking passenger, Ingelore Winkelmann-Sevastopoulos, arrived on the Lufthansa morning flight from San Francisco and was personally greeted by Fraport AG's executive board chairman Dr. Wilhelm Bender. |
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| Marianne Babouder leaves Rêvatours; Patricia Corcos is new General Manager |
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Lina De Cesare, President, Tour Operators, for Transat A.T. Inc., announces the departure of Marianne Babouder from Rêvatours. Patricia Corcos succeeds her
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| Patricia Corcos | as General Manager. “I want to thank Marianne for her significant contribution to the success of Rêvatours, which she co-founded along with Martine Côté,” Mrs. De Cesare said. “I particularly want to acknowledge her commitment to continuing to make this tour operator an industry reference for top-quality products appreciated by a loyal clientele. Mrs. Babouder has decided to take a well-deserved retirement after having devoted many years to the industry.”
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| Ursilla Breen, new manager, new product development at Signature Vacation |
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| Kathleen Manuel, Signature Vacation's vice-president of marketing and distribution, announced the promotion of Ursilla Breen to the new position of manager, new product development. In her new role, Ursilla Breen will be responsible for identifying and developing new destinations and business opportunities. A 15 year veteran of the company, Ursilla Breen was most recently a payload manager. She can be reached at (416) 934-2454 or ubreen@signature.ca. |
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| CATSA Clarifies Cause for Delays at Toronto's Pearson International Airport |
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The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) today clarified the cause of Saturday's delays at Toronto's Pearson International Airport's pre-board screening checkpoints. Although CATSA had made preparations for increased passenger flow over the past weekend, some unscheduled charter flights caused significant delays on Saturday morning. In addition, this being the holiday season, many passengers were carrying wrapped gifts which had to be unwrapped in order to be properly screened.
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| Canadian aviation costs rise while our neighbours get more competitive |
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While Canada continues to force the cost of flying and landing aircraft ever higher, Germany will drive down those costs and make that country more competitive, the Air Transport Association said today. The German Transport Ministry announced yesterday that airport landing fees will drop 28% on January 1, 2005 and air navigation overflight fees will fall about 20%. "Meanwhile in Canada the federal government continues to drive up airport fees by imposing ever-rising rental charges," says Cliff Mackay, the association's President. "Airport rent will rise another 30% in Montreal on January 1st. Landing fees at the key hub in Toronto will rise again next month by 17%. We've faced two substantial increases in air navigation charges since 9/11. The trend is clear across the country."
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| VIA service from Churchill to Winnipeg temporarily suspended |
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 VIA Rail Canada wishes to advise the public that due to technical difficulties in Northern Manitoba, Train 692 from Churchill to Winnipeg has been cancelled for today, December 21, 2004. VIA is making alternate arrangements for passengers holding tickets from Churchill through to Winnipeg. Communities affected by today's cancellation include Thompson, Ilford, Pikwitonei, Thicket Portage, Wabowden, Cormorant, The Pas, Hudson Bay, Canora and Dauphin.
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| FLash | No escape from Arctic blast for Canadians in Florida
Hilary and Steve Corbeil of Toronto bundled up in winter coats and knit hats at Florida's Magic Kingdom theme park Monday, while their preschool-age children were wrapped in blankets in a stroller. The family drove down last week, hoping to escape the Arctic chill. ``This sucks!'' said Steve Corbeil. ``We drove 1,500 miles to get out of weather like this.'' A wave of cold air dropped temperatures to near or below freezing in northern Florida and into the single digits in central Florida on Monday morning. Forecasters expect it to be even colder by early Tuesday, with lows predicted to be below freezing in northern Florida, just above zero in central Florida and into the Everglades and in the single digits along the southeastern coast. |
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| FLash | Mechanics union makes final plea to judge in US Airways bankruptcy
Mechanics at bankrupt US Airways are unfairly being asked to approve a new labour contract that would eliminate more than half the jobs in that work group, a union lawyer argued Friday. The International Association of Machinists, which represents mechanics and fleet service workers at US Airways, made their final arguments to U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Stephen Mitchell, asking for rejection of the airline's request to terminate certain union contracts and impose new terms that would lower pay, reduce benefits, and allow extensive outsourcing. The airline has warned that it needs the new labour contracts if it has any hope of surviving beyond mid-January, when its interim financing arrangement with the U.S. government's Air Transportation Stabilization Board is set to expire. |
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| FLash | American Airlines asks pilots to fly extra holiday hours
American Airlines is asking pilots to volunteer for overtime because the nation's largest carrier is worried about flight delays during the busy holiday season. American is asking pilots to add flights – at premium pay – if they aren't already scheduled for the maximum workload of 78 hours per month, set in a contract between the Fort Worth-based carrier and the pilots union. The airline can change pilots' schedules to fill its 3,800 daily flights but can't force them to work more than the contract limit. |
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