ALERT Justin Trudeau’s plane damaged in Victoria Airport after a media bus hit one of its wing

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s election plane sustained some damage in Victoria (CYYJ) after a media bus drove under one of its wings Wednesday night. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. C-GTQB) landed in the British Columbia capital after transporting Trudeau, his team and several journalists travelling with the campaign across the country for day one of the…

Southwest to cut nearly 20 direct routes by January

Southwest Airlines is dropping nearly 20 nonstop routes in January to free up planes for flights with stronger demand. Airlines routinely eliminate flights with weaker-than-expected performance but don’t trumpet the cutbacks like they do new flights. Southwest’s flight cuts were part of its latest schedule extension. Effective Jan. 6, Southwest will eliminate nonstop flights between…

Air Canada has to pay $15,000 to a couple because the word ‘lift’ was not engraved on seatbelts in French

The Federal Court ordered Air Canada to pay more than $15,000 ($21,000 CAD) and send formal apology letters to a French-speaking couple in Ottawa for repeated language equality violations. The lawsuit concerned more than 22 complaints that Michel and Lynda Thibodeau filed against the airline in 2016. The couple complained the word “lift” was engraved…