Airline Employees’ Airport Improvement Fee/Passenger Facility Fee
Case Updates
Litigation in this class action is ongoing at this time. This case will proceed to a Certification Hearing once a new case management judge has been assigned.
- October 27, 2025: Appeal by Defendants dismissed. Link to Judgement
- April 2, 2024: Further Amended Notice of Civil Claim filed.
- April 28, 2021: A renewed and amended Notice of Civil Claim has been filed in the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
- It is intended that the proposed class action will continue in the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
- November 30 – 4, 2020: Hearing of the Certification Motion in Vancouver, BC.
- March 25, 2019: A proposed class action was filed in the Federal Court of Canada.
Background
On March 25, 2019, a proposed class action was filed in the Federal Court of Canada alleging that most airports in Canada improperly charged Airport Improvement Fees (AIFs) and/or Passenger Facility Fees (PFFs) from airline employees, contrary to the law of contracts and the Federal Competition Act.
This class action seeks, among other things, a court order requiring each of those airports to compensate all airline employees for the AIFs/PFFs they have previously paid, punitive damages, costs of investigation, and legal costs. The case is now in the BC Supreme Court and not in Federal Court.
Class Membership Criteria
This Action is brought on behalf of members of a class consisting of the Plaintiff and all individuals who, from the time each Defendant entered into either the AIF MOA, PFF MOA, or GTAA MOA (as defined further below), travelled through a Defendant’s airport using an airline employee travel pass and paid an “Airport Improvement Fee” and/or “Passenger Facility Fee” to the a Defendant.