Author Archives: Ehsan Monfared

The federal government outlined a proposed new regulatory regime for air passenger rights. We speak to airline and travel lawyer Ehsan Monfared for his analysis on the compensations passengers could be entitled to. www.yyzlaw.com Source:  CTV News Channel

Passenger Protect Program Update – YYZlaw Article For the last few months, we have been trying to determine, for our numerous foreign business aircraft operators, which air carriers fall withing the scope of Transport Canada’s Passenger Protect Program (PPP). As we indicated in our April 1st blog, the confusion lay with the wording of the Secure […]

COVID-19 Pandemic and Business Jets Not all sectors of the aviation industry have suffered at the hands of the COVID-19 pandemic. Business jet ownership has become increasingly necessary as ever-changing government regulations, including restrictions on travel generally, have reduced the availability and ease of use of scheduled flights. Gulfstream G700 Article, If anything, the pandemic […]

Aircraft Registry Canada, The Canadian Aircraft Registry is operated by Transport Canada. Aircraft owned by Canadians – or based and primarily operated in Canada – must be registered under the Canadian Aircraft Registry. This requirement stems from obligations set out in the 1944 Convention on International Civil Aviation, also known as the Chicago Convention. Alternatively, aircraft […]

Transport Canada (“TC”) is canvassing air carriers licensed by TC, both domestic and foreign, in regard to compliance with the Secure Air Travel Regulations, enacted under the Aeronautics Act. This circularization is labelled as the Passenger Protect Program, and is geared to the TC responsibility of passenger security in regard to passengers on aircraft operating into […]

Aircraft transactions are complicated processes that require detailed knowledge of aviation regulations, business practices, taxation of aircraft assets, and international law – knowledge that YYZlaw has been steadily building over many decades. These processes can be boiled down to three main categories of agreements: i) contracts of purchase and sale, ii) lease or finance agreements, […]

With the rapid pace of development in the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) sector and the consequent commercial opportunities that follow, entrepreneurs in this emerging industry stand to be among the next generation of great commercial innovators. Already UAVs, more commonly referred to as drones, are being put to work in an assortment of sectors including […]

Aircraft Registration Canada Operating under the Cape Town Convention and Aircraft Protocol (CTC), the International Registry of Mobile Assets (IR) provides for the electronic registration and protection of ‘international interests’ in aircraft objects, namely airframes capable of transporting 8 or more passengers or goods in excess of 2750 kilograms, helicopters capable of transporting 5 or […]

It has recently come to our attention that one American financial institutions acting as owner trustees for the purposes of aircraft registration under the United States FAA Aircraft Registry system, had begun denouncing their appointments as trustees and commencing the process for either transferring or collapsing the existing trust structures.BackgroundUnder the rules for registering aircraft […]

For example, when the top of the Toronto’s CN Tower was lifted into place using a helicopter, it was carried out in accordance with and under the authority of an SFOC. To date, Transport Canada has reacted relatively swiftly in dealing with the rapidly expanding demand for commercial UAV operations. In addition to the two […]