Instructor Karina Vasylenko, front, shows media how the air traffic control simulator works at the CAE training facility in Montreal, on Jan. 14, 2025. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
Nav Canada’s head of operations says the country continues to face a dearth of air traffic controllers as the busy summer travel season kicks off, but that the organization has put a raft of measures in place to plug the holes.
With more than 2,100 controllers on staff, the non-profit body that runs Canada’s civil air navigation system remains about 200 short of target levels—a figure unchanged from a couple of months ago—said Marie-Pier Berman.
