Porter Airlines said on Tuesday that no imminent safety issues were involved in an incident some 4years ago when it received a warning from Transport Canada inspectors charged with implementing new air safety regulations.
Rather, the incident involved a previously sanctioned maintenance manual that the small, regional airline was needed to bring more into line with the federal body's newly minted safety management system (SMS), Porter Chief Executive Robert Deluce said.
The issue occurred "in the early phase of our progress, at a time when we were struggling to realize the implication of SMS. Today SMS is much better understood," Deluce told.
He said Porter was the first planned airline in Canada needed to be fully SMS compliant as its launch coincided with the unveiling of the new regulations. Much bigger-rivals, Air Canada and WestJet Airlines, were given two to three years to phase in the rules, he said.
Postmedia group, which owns the National Post newspaper, described on Monday that Porter had in the past faced the menace of being grounded for failing to obey with Transport Canada's air safety regulations. It did not give details of what the issue involved had been or when it had happened.
Closely held Porter, which was establish nearly five years ago, flies to short haul destinations in Eastern Canada and the United States from the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, which is placed just minutes from the city's center.
Rather, the incident involved a previously sanctioned maintenance manual that the small, regional airline was needed to bring more into line with the federal body's newly minted safety management system (SMS), Porter Chief Executive Robert Deluce said.
The issue occurred "in the early phase of our progress, at a time when we were struggling to realize the implication of SMS. Today SMS is much better understood," Deluce told.
He said Porter was the first planned airline in Canada needed to be fully SMS compliant as its launch coincided with the unveiling of the new regulations. Much bigger-rivals, Air Canada and WestJet Airlines, were given two to three years to phase in the rules, he said.
Postmedia group, which owns the National Post newspaper, described on Monday that Porter had in the past faced the menace of being grounded for failing to obey with Transport Canada's air safety regulations. It did not give details of what the issue involved had been or when it had happened.
Closely held Porter, which was establish nearly five years ago, flies to short haul destinations in Eastern Canada and the United States from the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, which is placed just minutes from the city's center.
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