‘THE WORLD WAS CHANGING BEFORE MY EYES’: Airline execs recall how they navigated 9/11
Twenty-five years ago today – Sept. 11, 2001 – Calin Rovinescu was strolling through an art museum in Barcelona on a wedding anniversary getaway when he heard the news. In a pair of phone calls, his assistant told him planes had just struck the twin towers in New York City.
FROM 9/11 TO THE ‘UNDERWEAR’ BOMBER: How attacks on flights changed air travel
Taking a commercial flight from a North America airport generally requires security screening controlled by the federal government, a boarding pass or prior authorization to get anywhere near a gate, and careful attention to the contents of carry-on bags.
PORTER PILOTS FILE FOR FEDERAL CONCILLATION
Porter pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), filed a Notice of Dispute with the Minister of Labour on Thursday, requesting conciliation assistance from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
AT THE ACTA SUMMIT: Association proud of past, looks to the future amid challenges
By MICHAEL BAGINSKI/ The Association of Canadian Travel Agencies and Travel Advisors (ACTA) held its largest Summit event yet in Toronto Wednesday, bringing together travel advisors, agencies, suppliers, destinations and industry partners from across Canada and around the world.
LIFE UNDER SAIL JUST GOT MORE ADVENTUROUS
By WALLACE IMMEN/ There are quicker ways to cruise, but there’s nothing more romantic and intimate than doing it the timeless way, under thousands of square feet of billowing sails.
LISTENING IN: CanCon in cottage country is Something to Live For
By MICHAEL BAGINSKI/ Summer in these parts is sadly winding down, but there are still a few weekends left to enjoy (hopefully) some warm weather, the great outdoors, barbecues – and classic Canadian tunes!
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‘I APOLOGIZE ON BEHALF OF MY COUNTRY’: Gander 9/11 pax heartbroken by Trump’s trade war
Every September, Sue Riccardelli and her wife, Maureen Murray, fly a large flag composed of Canada’s Maple Leaf and America’s Stars and Stripes outside their New Jersey home. The flag honours the people of central Newfoundland who cared for them and more than 6,500 other passengers aboard 38 planes grounded in Gander, N.L., for days after the terrorist attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.
AIRLINES, PAX LEFT SCRAMBLING AFTER UK TECH OUTAGE
The head of Britain ’s air traffic control system was summoned to a meeting with the country’s transport minister as airlines scrambled Wednesday to dig out from the backlog triggered by technical problems that forced the cancellation of more than 1,750 flights.
CANADIAN AGENTS DISCOVER THE ‘WONDER OF WALES’
By MICHAEL BAGINSKI/ Last week, a handful of Canadian travel advisors were whisked off to Wales to get a taste of the small country’s large personality with the aim using their first-hand experience to return with the stories, confidence and product knowledge to inspire their clients to discover a lesser-known side of Britain – and one considered an “undiscovered gem.”
MY DUAL PILGRIMAGES IN JAPAN AND SPAIN: Journeys both physical and spiritual
BY MOIRA SMITH/ On pilgrimage, you learn how close the past and present are. Millions of other travellers have trod the same path you’re currently walking on. Passing through forests and over fields that have remained unchanged for millennia, you realize it’s the same soil, the same spiritual pull, that unites you and all those people that have come before you.
BEYOND INSURANCE: Blue Cross elevates awareness of expert travel assistance
Designed to encourage travellers and the travel professionals who serve them to better understand the value of expert travel assistance, Blue Cross Travel is conducting its largest-ever awareness campaign in Ontario.
‘SPOOKY SEASON’ IN FULL SWING IN ORLANDO
Orlando is stretching Halloween into its longest spooky season yet, with 94 consecutive days of ghoulish celebrations having already kicked off in some places and creeping along until Nov. 8.