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  • Grounded WestJet Boeing 737 Max aircraft are shown at the airline's facilities in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, May 7, 2019. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh)

    Passengers unfazed as WestJet returns Boeing 737 Max to service

  • Travelers arrive at Terminal C at LaGuardia Airport, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

    Luxury vacationing in Caribbean during pandemic; prepare to be swabbed

  • Air Canada planes sit on the tarmac at Pearson International airport during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

    Air Canada reduces first-quarter capacity by 25 per cent, cuts 1,700 jobs

  • Air travelers process through a security check point at Love Field Airport in Dallas, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

    U.S. to require negative COVID-19 tests for arriving international air passengers

  • A passenger wearing protective gear sanitizes his hands at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. The first Alitalia flight landed in Rome from New York with passengers tested before departure and upon arrival and, as a result, aren’t required to undergo the mandatory 14-day quarantine imposed by Italy. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

    'It only takes one uncaring person;' global vacationers fined for violating quarantines

  • A pilot taxis a Westjet Boeing 737-700 plane to a gate after arriving at Vancouver International Airport in on Feb. 3, 2014. (The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck)

    WestJet puts 1,000 workers on leave, citing government's 'Incoherent' policy

  • FILE- In this Sept. 30, 2020, file photo, a Boeing 737 Max jet, piloted by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Steve Dickson, prepares to land at Boeing Field following a test flight in Seattle. Boeing will pay $2.5 billion to settle a criminal charge related to its troubled 737 Max jetliner. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

    Boeing will pay $2.5 billion to settle charge over 737 Max

  • Health-care workers wait at COVID-19 testing stations located at the international arrivals area at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

    Travel industry disappointed as Ottawa forges on with COVID-19 testing requirements

  • People leave the airport after arriving at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Monday, March 16, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

    Ban on U.K. flights to Canada to expire tonight as testing scheme takes effect

  • A traveller walks between check-in kiosks at Toronto's Pearson International Airport during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

    Travel industry "in tailspin" as federal government adopts new COVID-19 test rules

  • People line up and check in for an international flight at Pearson International airport during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

    Airlines, travellers slam 'confusion' created by new COVID-19 testing rules

  • People wearing protective face masks, goggles and Tyvek suits who said they traveled from Colombia gesture while waiting for a car rental company shuttle, after arriving at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., on Thursday, December 31, 2020. Beginning January 7, air travellers arriving in Canada will be required to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test conducted within 72 hours of boarding the plane. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

    Airlines slam confusion surrounding Canada's new negative COVID-19 test requirement for passengers

  • People line up and check in for an international flight at Pearson International airport during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

    Feds weigh cutting COVID-19 benefit for travellers as Canada surpasses 600,000 cases

  • Minister of Health Patty Hajdu is seen via videoconference as she participates in a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

    Air travellers will soon have to test negative for COVID-19 before arrival in Canada

  • FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2020 file photo, an American Airlines Boeing 737 Max jet plane is parked at a maintenance facility in Tulsa, Okla. The American Airlines flight is scheduled to land at New York’s LaGuardia Airport with about 100 passengers aboard, according to an airline spokeswoman. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

    Boeing Max returns to US skies with first passenger flight

  • A Boeing 737 MAX 8 operated by Air Canada lands, Wednesday, March 27, 2019, at Boeing Field in Seattle. The Federal Aviation Administration plans to revamp oversight of airplane development after the two deadly crashes of 737 Max 8 airplanes, according to testimony prepared for a Capitol Hill hearing on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

    Air Canada 737 MAX 8 forced to land in Arizona due to engine issue

  • A traveller walks between check-in kiosks at Toronto's Pearson International Airport during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

    Airline watchdog ordered to develop new rules for flight cancellation refunds

  • An Air Transat sign is seen Tuesday, May 31, 2016 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

    Transat shareholders vote to approve sale to Air Canada

  • A silhouette of an airplane flying overhead. (AP)

    Federal Court says class action on COVID-19 airfare refunds a matter for other courts

  • FAA chief Stephen Dickson brings a Boeing 737 MAX to a stop at Boeing Field in Seattle, after concluding a test flight on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. Dickson, who previously flew for Delta Air Lines, piloted the plane on a planned two-hour test flight, one of the final steps before he grants approval for the MAX to fly passengers again. The MAX has been grounded since March 2019, after the second of two deadly crashes that killed 346 people. (Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times via AP, Pool)

    American regulators allow Boeing MAX 737 to return to skies, 2 years after deadly crashes