Air Canada plans to appeal court case
Posted January 9, 2011 8:22 am.
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ONTARIO – Air Canada said it plans to appeal after being ordered to pay $2-million in court costs stemming from a fight with Porter Airlines.
The case dates back to last summer when the airline filed a judicial review to challenge and increase the 30 tarmac clots they were granted to fly out of the Island Airport by the port authority.
On Tuesday, the federal high court dismissed Air Canada’s claim and ordered it to pay court costs for the port authority and Porter.
The use of the Island Airport has been a contentious one after Air Canada was originally barred from using the airport in 2004.
In 2006, Porter Airlines was given exclusive rights to the site.
