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Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
TORONTO PEARSON ANNOUNCES DEBBIE SIMPSON AS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
TORONTO, May 15, 2025 /CNW/ - Deborah Flint, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority ("GTAA"), announced today that Debbie Simpson officially assumes the role of Chief Financial Officer ("CFO"). Ms. Debbie Simpson joined the GTAA as Interim CFO in November 2024, with a focus on enhancing Toronto Pearson's strategic goals and capital projects. With 35 years of experience in complex financial management and now serving as CFO, Ms. Simpson will play a key role in shaping our financial strategy and financing capabilities, with a focus on enabling Toronto Pearson to deliver its 10-year Strategic Plan. Before joining GTAA, Ms. Simpson played a key role in leading strategic and transformational investments at Li-Cycle, where she established a funding strategy and roadmap, built the Finance function, and developed a governance framework for the newly established public company. She also served as CFO of Maple Leaf Foods, where she executed several major acquisitions and dispositions, supported a shift in strategy and transformation for the company, established capital allocation principles, and secured more than $2 billion in funding to support financial resiliency. "Debbie's financial leadership experience, which spans large commercial enterprises and complex transactions, has positioned her to make strong contributions to our organization," said Deborah Flint, President and CEO. "Debbie is an excellent complement to the executive team and will further strengthen our financial planning and management and lead the execution of our 10-year strategy, inclusive of our LIFT program," added Ms. Flint. Ms. Simpson was educated in the UK, earning a Bachelor's degree in Business and a Master's degree from the University of Stirling. She is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, where she trained with EY. About Toronto Pearson The Greater Toronto Airports Authority is the operator of Toronto Pearson International Airport, Canada's largest airport and a vital connector of people, businesses, and goods. Toronto Pearson has been named "Best Large Airport in North America serving more than 40 million passengers" seven times in the last eight years by Airports Council International, the global trade representative of the world's airports. Toronto Pearson was also recognized in 2025 as one of "Canada's Best Employers" by Forbes. For our corporate X channel, please visit @PearsonComms. For operational updates and passenger information, please visit @TorontoPearson/@AeroportPearson on X. You can also follow us on Facebook or Instagram SOURCE Toronto Pearson View original content to download multimedia: Sign in to access your portfolio
Cision Canada
15-05-2025
- Business
- Cision Canada
TORONTO PEARSON ANNOUNCES DEBBIE SIMPSON AS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
TORONTO, May 15, 2025 /CNW/ - Deborah Flint, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority ("GTAA"), announced today that Debbie Simpson officially assumes the role of Chief Financial Officer ("CFO"). Ms. Debbie Simpson joined the GTAA as Interim CFO in November 2024, with a focus on enhancing Toronto Pearson's strategic goals and capital projects. With 35 years of experience in complex financial management and now serving as CFO, Ms. Simpson will play a key role in shaping our financial strategy and financing capabilities, with a focus on enabling Toronto Pearson to deliver its 10-year Strategic Plan. Before joining GTAA, Ms. Simpson played a key role in leading strategic and transformational investments at Li-Cycle, where she established a funding strategy and roadmap, built the Finance function, and developed a governance framework for the newly established public company. She also served as CFO of Maple Leaf Foods, where she executed several major acquisitions and dispositions, supported a shift in strategy and transformation for the company, established capital allocation principles, and secured more than $2 billion in funding to support financial resiliency. "Debbie's financial leadership experience, which spans large commercial enterprises and complex transactions, has positioned her to make strong contributions to our organization," said Deborah Flint, President and CEO. "Debbie is an excellent complement to the executive team and will further strengthen our financial planning and management and lead the execution of our 10-year strategy, inclusive of our LIFT program," added Ms. Flint. Ms. Simpson was educated in the UK, earning a Bachelor's degree in Business and a Master's degree from the University of Stirling. She is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, where she trained with EY. About Toronto Pearson The Greater Toronto Airports Authority is the operator of Toronto Pearson International Airport, Canada's largest airport and a vital connector of people, businesses, and goods. Toronto Pearson has been named "Best Large Airport in North America serving more than 40 million passengers" seven times in the last eight years by Airports Council International, the global trade representative of the world's airports. Toronto Pearson was also recognized in 2025 as one of "Canada's Best Employers" by Forbes. For our corporate X channel, please visit @PearsonComms. For operational updates and passenger information, please visit @TorontoPearson/@AeroportPearson on X. You can also follow us on Facebook or Instagram
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Fire near London's Heathrow airport means cancelled flights for Canadians
A fire that knocked out power to London's Heathrow airport has had knock-on effects around the world, including for travellers in Canada. Heathrow, the fifth-busiest airport in the world and the busiest in Europe, said it would be closed until midnight local time on Friday night after a large fire broke out in an electricity substation nearby. In a statement to the National Post, Air Canada said it cancelled seven flights to London on Thursday. 'Six were in the air and had to return while a seventh was cancelled before departing,' a spokesperson said. 'This included three from Toronto, and one each from Montreal, Calgary and our Delhi-London-Calgary flight. Including return flights by those aircraft from London, the total cancelled is 16.' They added: 'For today, March 21, we have cancelled our morning flight from Halifax to London. We are waiting for more information from Heathrow to determine when the airport will reopen and how many flights we will be permitted to operate this evening. For this evening, we have six flights scheduled, three from Toronto, and one each from Calgary, Montreal and Vancouver.' Air Canada currently has one aircraft on the ground in London, a Boeing 737 used for its Halifax-London service. 'We have been able to reroute some customers to other European gateways, but our available space for doing so is limited,' the spokesperson said. 'As well, we have put in place a policy for customers travelling to London to change their travel plans. Customers are advised to check the status of their flights at The airline is waiting for more information from Heathrow. 'Once we are told by Heathrow how many flights we will be permitted to operate we will finalize tonight's schedule and notify customers and, as the situation normalizes, we will look to add extra capacity if needed to move delayed customers.' They added: 'We regret the impact this event is having on our customers, but we are committed to moving them as soon as we are permitted to do so.' A spokesperson from Toronto's Pearson airport confirmed that all arriving flights from Heathrow had been cancelled, and advised passengers to check the status of their flight with their airline or through the airport. Andre Nadeau, Airport Duty Manager for the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, told CP24 on Friday morning that 'this is going to be a multi-day recovery for (Heathrow). So continue to check your flight status on that.' Air Canada plans if Canadian travel to US drops Air Canada told to pay $18K to Brink's for $24M theft Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark and sign up for our newsletters here.
Voice of America
19-02-2025
- General
- Voice of America
Questions emerge about what may have caused Delta plane to burst into flames and flip over
Investigators will consider the weather conditions, as well as the possibility of human error or an aircraft malfunction as they try to determine why a Delta Air Lines jet burst into flames and flipped upside down as it tried to land in Toronto, aviation experts said Tuesday. Witnesses and video from the scene Monday afternoon shows the plane landing so hard that its right wing is sheared off. It bursts into flames before sliding down the runway and flipping over. Miraculously, all 80 people on board the flight from Minneapolis to Toronto's Pearson International Airport survived. 'It appears from the video that the plane landed so hard that the right main gear collapsed. The tail and right wing began skidding causing the plane to roll over to the right,' Ella Atkins, the head of Virginia Tech's aerospace and ocean engineering department and a pilot. 'During the rollover, the right wing and tail sheared off, and a fire ignited, likely due to skidding and fuel leakage at least from a right-wing tank.' All but two of the 21 people injured on the flight have been released from hospitals, the airport CEO said Tuesday. 'How grateful we are there was no loss of life, or life-threatening injuries," Deborah Flint, CEO of Greater Toronto Airports Authority, said during a news conference. 'The crew heroically led passengers to safety.' Crash investigation Communications between the tower and pilot were normal on approach and it's not clear what went wrong when the plane — a Mitsubishi CRJ-900 made by the Canadian company Bombardier — touched down. Aviation experts said investigators will consider conditions on the ground, the pilot's actions before landing, and potential problems with the landing gear. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is leading the investigation with support from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board. Juan Browne, a commercial pilot who discusses aviation incidents on his popular YouTube channel, said preliminary data suggests the speed and rate of descent, crosswinds and the weather were "within limits.' But Browne raised concerns about the pilots' actions before landing. 'It appears that the aircraft simply did not flare at all,' Browne said. Flaring slows the aircraft's rate of descent. 'They just drove it into the runway.' At the time of the crash, Pearson was experiencing blowing snow and winds of 51 kph, gusting to 65 kph, according to the Meteorological Service of Canada. The temperature was about minus 8.6 degrees Celsius. Browne said blowing snow reduces visibility. Michael McCormick, an assistant professor and program coordinator for air traffic management at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, said investigators would look closely at the landing gear to make sure it was properly locked in place, and would consider staffing on the ground and in the aircraft. 'They will look at the number of people working both on the aircraft and the control towers. And they will look at their schedules," McCormick said. "Are they well-rested? Are they well-staffed?' A Canadian investigator refused to comment on preliminary theories. 'At this point, it's far too early to say what the cause of this accident might be,' TSB Senior Investigator Ken Webster said in a video statement Tuesday, as he stood near the remains of the aircraft. He said investigators will examine the wreckage and runway, and have removed the cockpit voice and flight data recorders and sent them to the lab for analysis. 'Everything just kind of went sideways' Peter Carlson, who was traveling to Toronto for a paramedics' conference, said the landing was 'very forceful.' 'All the sudden, everything just kind of went sideways and the next thing I know, it's kind of a blink, and I'm upside down, still strapped in,' he told CBC News. That everyone survived the Delta crash is a testament to the safety improvements made by airlines and aircraft manufacturers, including wings that are designed to come off to reduce explosions, well-trained flight crews and seats built to withstand impacts of up to 16 times the force of gravity. 'That seat is your single best resource in order to keep you protected,' McCormick said. 'There's a reason why the flight attendants walk around the aircraft prior to (landing) ... to make sure everybody has their seat belts fastened." But is it safe to fly? The crash was the fourth major aviation accident in North America in recent weeks. A commercial jetliner and an Army helicopter collided near Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 29, killing 67 people. A medical transportation plane crashed in Philadelphia on Jan. 31, killing the six people on board and another person on the ground. And on Feb. 6, 10 people were killed in a plane crash in Alaska. Nevertheless, according to Jeff Guzzetti, an airline safety consultant and a former FAA and NTSB investigator, air travel is 'extremely safe." 'The odds of getting injured or killed in a commercial airline accident is far less than driving in your car,' Guzzetti said. Still, he worries about layoffs at the Federal Aviation Administration under the Trump administration. ''I am concerned that the proposed cuts and changes to the FAA may increase the risk of further accidents,' he said. The Delta flight was cleared to land at about 2:10 p.m. Audio recordings show the control tower warned the pilots of a possible air flow 'bump' on approach. 'It was windy, but the airplanes are designed and certified to handle that,' said John Cox, CEO of aviation safety consulting firm Safety Operating Systems in St. Petersburg, Florida. 'The pilots are trained and experienced to handle that.' Carlson said when he took off his seat belt, he crashed onto the ceiling, which had become the floor. He smelled gas, saw aviation fuel cascading down the cabin windows and knew they all had to get out. Carlson and another man assisted a mother and her son out of the plane, then Carlson dropped onto the snowy tarmac. "All of us just wanted to be out of the aircraft,' he said.
Yahoo
18-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Only 2 people out of 21 hurt in Toronto Delta crash still hospitalized
Just two out of the passengers hurt in the Delta Air Lines plane crash in Toronto are still hospitalized, the airport CEO said Tuesday. All 80 people aboard the plane made it out of the crash landing alive, when the Minneapolis to Toronto flight hit the ground at the airport and turned upside down. Seventeen people, including a child, were injured in the crash, and the cause of the incident remains under investigation. Deborah Flint, the CEO of Greater Toronto Airports Authority, said in a press conference Tuesday that 19 of the 21 people injured in the crash had been released by the hospital. She did not provide details about the two remaining hospitalized people, The Associated Press reported. Aviation experts said it was a 'miracle' that everyone aboard the plane survived and said although the crash occurred, several things went right, including the plane shedding its wings. Investigators will examine what happened and how much of an impact the high winds had on the crash landing. It's the latest in a string of aviation accidents in North America, which began with the deadliest crash in more than 20 years when an American Airlines flight collided midair with a Black Hawk military helicopter, killing nearly 70 people. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
