Year: 2016

What may be the world’s most expensive DC-9-87 is not allowed to leave Ontario thanks to a legal squabble between the King of Swaziland and a former business partner who says the king owes him […]

A massive airlift, likely the largest in Canadian history, evacuated more than 10,000 people from fire-ravaged Fort McMurray last week. Airlines, charters, private aircraft and oil company planes were all pressed into service to get refugees […]

CHC Group, the Texas-based company that owns CHC Helicopters, based in Vancouver, had filed for bankruptcy protection, citing the worldwide slump in oil prices. The company is the world’s largest provider of helicopter services to […]

Air Canada has announced that it has picked Montreal-Trudeau International Airport for the addition of 400,000 litres of biofuel to the regular fuel supply at the airport. The three-year project, known as Canada’s biojet Supply […]

The Typhoon Legacy Project has launched a gofundme campaign to help in restoration of their rare warbird. Typhoon JP843 is undergoing restoration at the group’s hangar in Comox, B.C. and the hope is to return […]

A long-time Manitoba flight instructor says owners of older Piper Cherokee models should thoroughly check the control columns in their aircraft after the yoke on his aircraft broke on landing in February. Tom Larkin, of […]

The owners of Buttonville Airport in Toronto have decided to keep the facility open a year longer than planned. The airport was slated for closure at the end of October but will be available until […]

Bloomberg is reporting that JetBlue is reconsidering the purchase of CSeries airliners after it abandoned talks with Bombardier last year. The New York-based airline operates a lot of short-hop routes in the Northeast and already […]

The Royal Canadian Air Force, oil company aircraft and numerous other carriers and private operators are helping deal with the catastrophic fire in Fort McMurray. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has pledged the full support of […]

Today (April 25, 2016) , we at Canadian Aviator Publishing are very excited to announce a new partnership with the Canadian Owners and Pilot’s Association (COPA).  This agreement transfers the responsibilities for COPA’s magazine, Web […]

Bombardier likely has some “good news” for investors ahead of the company’s annual general meeting and that could mean some major order announcements for its CSeries airliner. The company moved up its earnings release by […]

The Fairview Aircraft Restoration Society is nearing completion of the ex-Buffalo Airways Canso it has been rebuilding for the past few years. And in Victoria, B.C., the Catalina Preservation Society has almost completed installation of […]

Coulson Flying Tankers’ Hawaii Mars will make its first appearance at EAA AirVenture in July. The huge flying boat will stage out of Lake Winnebago for flight demonstrations during the world’s biggest airshow. “This is the […]