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Montréal-Trudeau International Airport launches 10th successful edition of Premium Kids

8 April 2024 | By International Airport Review

Premium Kids at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport allows children with functional limitations to familiarise themselves with the airport.

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Pilot for Verified Traveller to launch at Ottawa International Airport and Halifax Stanfield International Airport

29 June 2023 | By International Airport Review

The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) will soon be launching a pilot for dedicated Verified Traveller screening lines at Ottawa International Airport and Halifax Stanfield International Airport.

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IATA sees Canada’s 2023 Federal Budget as insufficient

17 April 2023 | By International Airport Review

The air organisation sees the budget as lacking positive reinforcement to strengthen Canada's air system, encourage global competitiveness and sees it risk making travel unaffordable for passengers.

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Aéroports de Montreal runs successful Premium Kids event

4 April 2023 | By International Airport Review

Running for its ninth successful year, Premium Kids was hosted at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport (YUL) today. The event seeks to diminish anxieties children on the autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have around flying, enabling them to be calmer.

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YYZ progresses on passengers experience improvements

8 November 2022 | By International Airport Review

Toronto Pearson International Airport has announced updates to the airport's operational progress and highlighted innovative programmes and pilots aimed at improving the passenger experience.

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GTAA CEO provides progress update at Toronto Pearson Airport

8 August 2022 | By International Airport Review

President and Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, Deborah Flint, has provided stakeholders and media with an update on operational progress at Toronto Pearson International Airport.

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Government of Canada continues fight to reduce airport delays

27 July 2022 | By International Airport Review

The Government of Canada and air industry partners are continuing the fight to take significant action to increase resources and streamline processes to ease airport congestion and delays.

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Further action taken to reduce congestion at Canada’s busiest airports

7 July 2022 | By International Airport Review

The Government of Canada and aviation industry are working together to take further action to reduce congestion at Canada's busiest airports.

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Canada’s major airports making progress on reducing passenger delays

21 June 2022 | By International Airport Review

The Government of Canada has released an updated statement regarding the progress airport and airline partners have made to reduce passenger delays across Canada's airports.

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Government of Canada statement recognises passenger delays progress

17 June 2022 | By International Airport Review

The Government of Canada has provided an update on the progress being made to reduce passenger wait times at Canadian airports.

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Toronto Pearson’s Healthy Airport programme protects passenger health

3 September 2020 | By Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA)

As part of its efforts to restore passenger confidence in the aviation industry, the Greater Toronto Airports Authority has implemented its Healthy Airport programme at Toronto Pearson Airport to limit the spread of COVID-19 and keep the safety of passengers as its top priority.

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Canadian airports report 6.3 per cent growth in 2017

9 February 2018 | By International Airport Review

Passenger footfall rising by as much as 80 per cent in some airports has drawn positive nods from the Canadian aviation community, but behind it there remain concerns over the lack of funding for security projects.

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L-3 Security & Detection Systems awarded high-speed explosives detection systems from CATSA

7 September 2016 | By Roy Manuell, Digital Content Producer

L-3 Security & Detection Systems announced today that it has received two award notices from the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) to supply high-speed eXaminer® XLB explosives detection systems...

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Risk based security: What is acceptable or tolerable?

3 April 2014 | By Yves Duguay

Aviation security expert, Yves Duguay, provides a fascinating insight into the reality and perception of managing the probability of an aviation security attack...

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Security meets customer service in Canada

5 October 2011 | By Yves Duguay, Senior Vice-President, Operations and Customer Experience, Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA)

The next time you pass through security at a major Canadian airport, you may find the queues moving a little faster than usual. That’s because the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) is making a number of innovative improvements to the security screening process for a better passenger experience. The…

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