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It would appear that April is the cruellest month - at least for Air Canada passengers (though pets have won out - after a year!). And this used to be consistently voted one of the top airlines by passengers.
April 26 2008
Air Canada to charge $25 for […]

The disastrous events at Terminal 5 should be looked at in the light of an earlier (March 12) declaration from IATA:
Failure: UK Economic Regulation of Airports
Geneva - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) blasted as a failure the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority’s decision to allow costs at London airports to rise by a massive […]

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Airlines Cut Profit Outlook 10% on Fuel, U.S. Economy
By John Hughes and Andrea Rothman
April 1 (Bloomberg) — Airline profits worldwide will be 10 percent lower than the industry’s previous 2008 forecast as fuel costs rise and the U.S. economy slows, a trade group said.
Carriers will earn a collective net profit of $4.5 billion, […]

February 13, 2008
(The Guardian) Leaked UN report says pollution three times higher than previously thought
The true scale of climate change emissions from shipping is almost three times higher than previously believed, according to a leaked UN study seen by the Guardian.
It calculates that annual emissions from the world’s merchant fleet have already reached 1.12bn tonnes […]

A380 flies on alternative fuel
1 February 2008
Test aircraft A380 MSN004 has flown between Filton and Toulouse with one engine powered by alternative fuel. The test, part of Airbus’ research programme into alternative fuels, was run in collaboration with Shell International Petroleum and Rolls Royce.
The project is particularly important for environmental and economical reasons. Crude oil […]

Train comes full circle, back into vogue
Airport transit line, high-speed T.O. link suddenly feasible
ANDY RIGA The Gazette
January 15, 2008

CREDIT: JOHN KENNEY THE GAZETTE

Bumper-to-bumper traffic on Highway 20 near Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport last night

To understand why two long-mulled train megaprojects are suddenly in vogue again, visit Dorval at rush hour.
Streams of cars arrive and […]

December 27, 2007
Keeping aircraft flying safely is a $43-billion global market. ACTS CEO Chahram Bolouri wants to make his company the leader in the Americas for maintenance, repair and overhaul
ROBERT GIBBENS, Freelance
When ACTS’s CEO Chahram Bolouri looks toward Dorval from his sparse office in St. Laurent’s Technoparc, he’s thinking of a $43-billion global market for […]

We are very pleased to have Marc Garneau, the Liberal candidate for Westmount-Ville-Marie, with us this coming Wednesday. While it is highly improbable that he is unknown to you, we would remind you that Dr. Garneau holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from London’s Imperial College of Science and Technology, and that in addition […]

7 December
Westmount-Ville-Marie Liberal Association Site not ready
Famous, Should be famous and Infamous Canadians
Marc Garneau graduated from the Royal Military College in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Physics. Three years later, he received his doctorate in Electrical Engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London, England. In 1974, Garneau […]

Don’t Miss Your Flight — It Could be the Last One Out for a Few Days
By BARBARA DE LOLLIS and BARBARA HANSEN
USA TODAY
Dec. 4, 2007
Responding largely to high fuel costs, the USA’s six big network airlines continue to trim their U.S. schedules despite strong travel demand.
The six carriers American, United, Delta, Continental, […]