Popular Canadian airlines are continuing to push incentives and vacation packages despite public health officials calling for people to not travel for non-essential purposes amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted: Jan 05, 2021 11:30 PM ET | Last Updated: January 6
The ministers of transport, foreign affairs and public safety are expected to hold a news conference Wednesday afternoon about the pre-departure COVID-19 testing requirements for airlines. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press)
Despite reassuring words from the minister of transport last week, airlines have been told new regulations that come into effect Thursday are not expected to give them the power to exercise their own discretion and allow travellers to board planes to Canada if they were unable to get a negative COVID-19 test abroad, CBC News has learned.
The airline industry received briefings from government officials Tuesday about the draft regulations, according to airline industry sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the regulations are not finalized yet.
People wearing protective face masks, goggles and Tyvek suits who said they traveled from Colombia wait for a car rental company shuttle, after arriving at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., on December 31, 2020. Canada s travel industry is reacting with disappointment after hopes for a last-minute extension to new COVID-19 testing requirements for international travellers were dashed by Transport Minister Marc Garneau. On New Year s Eve, Ottawa announced that travellers flying to Canada as of Jan. 7 would have to provide proof of negative COVID-19 test result in order to board their flight. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
CALGARY Canada s travel industry is reacting with disappointment after hopes for a last-minute extension to new COVID-19 testing requirements for international travellers were dashed on Wednesday.
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