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Aviation - General

. International Air Transport Association v. Canadian Transportation Agency

In International Air Transport Association v. Canadian Transportation Agency (Fed CA, 2022) the Federal Court of Appeal, in a ultra vires regulation challenge to some Canada Transportation Act regulations [born of the 'Direction Respecting Tarmac Delays of Three Hours or Less', S.O.R./2019-110 ], laid out some primary actors in the international aviation world:

[6] The appellant International Air Transport Association (IATA) is a trade association whose members include 290 airlines from 120 countries, which carry approximately 82 per cent of the world’s air traffic. The appellant Air Transportation Association of America, DBA Airlines for America, is a trade association which brings together passenger and cargo airlines based in the United States, whose members transport more than 90 per cent of US air passenger and air cargo traffic. The remaining appellants are air carriers serving a large number of Canadian and international airports. With the exception of Air Canada and Porter, headquartered in Canada, all of the other appellant air carriers are foreign air carriers.