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  MONTREAL -- The Bloc Québécois and head Westjet executive are both calling out Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra's decision to approve the sale of Transat A.T. to Air Canada. On Thursday, the minister said the proposed acquisition will bring greater stability to the Canadian air transport market and that it will be accompanied by strict terms that will promote international competition and connectivity, and protect jobs. Bloc Québécois Transport, Infrastructure and Communities spokesperson Xavier Barsalou-Duval said, however, that by ignoring a rival offer, Alghabra acted as if h...

Air Canada posted a staggering $1.16 billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2020, a result that caps off what the company's chief executive called the bleakest year in aviation history.

Air Canada hopes the Canadian government will adopt a Covid testing mandate in order to jump start the country's stalled travel recovery.

Air Canada ended 2020 with a fourth-quarter loss of C$1.2 billion ($950 million), closing a year the company’s outgoing chief executive calls “undeniably grim”.

Posted: Feb 02, 2021 10:12 PM CT | Last Updated: February 3 WestJet kiosks at James Armstrong Richardson airport in Winnipeg, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Around 130 WestJet employees working in customer service and ground handling services in Manitoba will lose their jobs as the company shifts those jobs to contract workers.(Walther Bernal/CBC) An anticipated wave of layoffs from Canadian air carrier WestJet has hit workers in Manitoba as the company starts contracting out all customer service and ground handling duties in the province.  In June, WestJet announced it was laying off 3,333 workers ...