NAV CANADA confirms continuation of ATC services, suspends northern aeronautical studies April 15, 2021
The control tower at Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International. (Photo: NAV CANADA)
NAV CANADA today confirmed today that it will maintain air traffic control service to seven Canadian communities, including Fort McMurray, AB, Prince George, BC, Regina, SK, Saint-Jean, QC, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Whitehorse, YT and Windsor, ON.
Last fall, NAV CANADA launched 29 aeronautical studies to determine how it could safely streamline operations under the economic impact of the long COVID-19 pandemic, aiming to ensure air navigation services align with market demand.
NAV CANADA is a private, not-for-profit company, established in 1996, providing air traffic control, airport advisory services, weather briefings and aeronautical information services for more than 18 million square kilometres of Canadian domestic and international airspace. Under the Civil Air Navig
How The Airline Crisis Is Affecting Air Traffic Controllers
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The events of 2020, which have unfortunately bled into 2021, have undoubtedly had a tremendous impact on aviation. While we have mainly focused on airlines, airports, as well as the world’s largest planemakers, air traffic controllers have also been negatively affected by travel restrictions and fewer flights.
Much of air traffic control is a fixed cost, meaning that expenditures are more efficient with increased activity. These costs largely remain the same, whether there are 50 or five flights per day. Photo: Getty Images
Case study: NAV Canada
To see how the aviation downturn has affected air navigation service providers, let’s look at Canada’s civil air navigation service – NAV Canada. This entity is one of the largest Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) by total Instrument Flight Rule (IFR) flight hours. Prior to 2020, the group handled 3.3 million flights a year for 40,000 customers
NAV CANADA today announced more restructuring efforts which will impact approximately 180 jobs across the country, including layoffs of operational and