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Canada is rather unique in western aviation civilizations, as due to constitutional restrictions, it has not been able to enact a central aircraft title registry. However, Transport Canada (TC) is mandated by the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CAR’s) to establish a custody and control registry, which is called the Canadian Civil Aircraft Register (CCAR). Pursuant to CAR Standard 222, […]

We have received various inquiries from our international carrier community regarding several decisions of the CTA on consumer oriented issues. These have been decisions on overbooking, business names, refunds, tariff filings, overweight passengers, etc.  At least Canada has not yet reviewed tarmac delays. All of these decisions, from our review, are in regard to domestic […]

Many of the international carriers for whom we have acted on their entry to the Canadian market, have been surprised that Canada has no regulatory standard regarding air carriers overbooking a flight, or on compensating passengers for delayed flights. The Canadian Transportation Agency (“CTA”) recently remedied that situation, but only in regard to Air Canada […]

TARIFFS Over the past few years, the Canadian Transportation Agency has developed a great concern that Canadians booking travel on air carriers, be made totally aware of the legal terms and conditions of the ticket. In the old paper days of tickets, abbreviated and common language terms and conditions were printed as one of the […]

Airplane Registration Canada Walk the ramps of any Canadian air field and you will find a significant percentage of aircraft, especially general aviation aircraft, under U.S. Registry. All of these aircraft are in Canada illegally – some more so than others! Most countries, Canada and the U.S. being included, restrict the registration of aircraft through […]