LOCAL ABOUT Air Canada is indefinitely suspending dozens of domestic flight routes as the airline struggles to fill seats during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonetheless, an emergency was declared in order to obtain landing priority," it said. SHOWS Air Canada has more customer complaints about refunds to the U.S. Department of Transportation than any foreign airline. In 2018, a drone incursion at London's Gatwick Airport caused travel chaos for tens of thousands of passengers.

""A tire also reportedly ruptured on take-off," Air Canada said in a statement, adding that the tire is "one of 10" on the plane.

Air Canada has quietly changed its refund policy to allow some customers whose flights were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic to recoup their cash -- but not passengers whose trips originated in Canada. Aviation Herald - News, Incidents and Accidents in Aviation. Air Canada plans to rehire 16,500 laid-off workers via Ottawa's emergency wage subsidy, though the vast majority will remain at home amid the collapse of global travel triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Aimia Inc. says it plans to defend itself against a move by Air Canada in Quebec Superior Court to halt a merger that the smaller company sees as key to its corporate reinvention.

Air Canada plans to lay off at least 20,000 employees as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the airline industry. Reuters television footage showed the Boeing Co 767-300ER

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Air Canada is again urging the government to ease COVID-19 travel restrictions, this time by adopting a "science-based approach" that would open travel to countries with low risks of infection. European Union regulators are suspending their investigation into Air Canada's proposed purchase of Transat AT pending the arrival of more data from the two Canadian travel companies. Canada's largest airline will soon be taking the temperatures of would-be travellers boarding their planes, and will not allow adjacent seats to be occupied even among parties travelling together. At least 37 people were injured on board an Air Canada flight after the plane hit severe turbulence and had to make an emergency landing. "The aircraft, a Boeing 767-300, is designed to operate on one engine and our pilots are fully trained for this eventuality.

Air Canada says it will be at least three years before flights and earnings return to 2019 levels as the 'cataclysmic' effects wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic continue to mount. Air Canada did not respond to CNN's question about this.The airport's operator Aena said on Twitter that the Barajas was "prepared to receive" the flight destined for Toronto.Firefighters were deployed as a preventative measure, according to the Twitter account of the regional government-run emergency service. Updated 2:09 PM ET, Mon February 3, 2020 The Air Canada flight has been circling around Madrid to burn up fuel.

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According to Spain's main pilot union, Sepla, the flight lost part of its landing gear, which then entered its engine. Air Canada is again urging the government to ease COVID-19 travel restrictions, this time by adopting a "science-based approach" that would open travel to countries with low risks of infection. NEWS

It landed in Madrid's Barajas airport "without incident" at 7:15 pm local (1:15 pm ET) on Monday, airport operator Aena said on Twitter. An Air Canada Boeing 767 with 128 passengers and eight crew returned safely to Madrid's Barajas airport on Monday after reporting an engine issue and a burst tyre on take-off that forced it to circle for hours to burn fuel before landing. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.The Air Canada flight has been circling around Madrid to burn up fuel. CONNECT

Air Canada has revised its goodwill policy and will now offer customers two new options for flights that were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. The Boeing 767-300 -- which carried 128 passengers -- experienced problems shortly after takeoff on Monday afternoon, Air Canada said in a statement The Canadian flag carrier said flight AK837 was circling around Madrid "to use up fuel and lighten the aircraft for landing. Despite a wide-ranging operation and a £50,000 (about $65,500) reward, authorities have still been unable to find the person behind the drone attack.