Year: 2017

Hundreds of Canada’s aviation leaders were on hand at Vancouver International Airport June 15 to witness the induction of four new members of the Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame and the honouring of the RCAF’s […]

Hundreds of delegates are expected at the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association annual convention and tradeshow in Kelowna, B.C. this week. Among the first things those attending saw was the organization’s new branding, which is […]

After one of the most complicated recovery and restoration efforts in warbird history, much of the town of Fairview, AB turned out to watch a PBY Canso lift off from the local airport for its […]

Six airport projects totalling about $2 million have been included in the Province of Alberta’s Strategic Transportation Infrastructure Program for 2017. The government announced the projects in early June and will pay 75 percent of […]

The Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA) has released a new study that highlights the economic impact general aviation contributes to Canadian communities and to the national economy. The study, compiled by Vancouver-based InterVISTAS, estimates […]

The non-certified use of mogas in a turbonormalized Beech Bonanza was cited as a risk factor in the forced landing and subsequent fire that destroyed the aircraft and badly burned its pilot in Osoyoos, B.C. […]

WestJet is poised to go head to head with Air Canada on lucrative international routes to Asia and Europe with the purchase of up to 20 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. The company announced earlier this […]

Canada’s four largest pilot unions have joined forces to pressure the federal government into tightening proposed crew rest requirements for commercial pilots. The Air Canada Pilots Association, Air Line Pilots Association Unifor and Teamsters, which represent […]

Despite sleet, near freezing temperatures and a generally miserable day, the French Air Force’s Patrouille de France were able to wow a determined air show crowd at Aero150 in Gatinueau April 30. The eight-plane formation […]

WestJet’s announcement that it will be spinning off a no-frills carrier by the end of the year may mean the end of its admittedly tenuous status as a non-union company. The airline has used profit […]

Summit Air has anounced it’s building a new operating base at Calgary International Airport and added its largest aircraft to date to its fleet. The company, which is a subsidiary of construction giant Ledcor, specializes […]

North Bay-based Voyageur Aviation has completed it first conversion of a Dash 8-100 for freight service. The company unveiled the first completion last week at its North Bay hangar and announced Wasaya Airways as launch […]

Transport Canada and the European Aviation Safety Agency have approved Bombardier CS100 airliner for service to London City Centre Airport. And that means Bombardier can sell the aircraft to airlines that want to provide non-stop […]

Ground crews at London’s Heathrow Airport were surprised to find an Air Canada A330 missing one of four wheels on its right main gear when it landed there on Monday. The aircraft took off from […]

An Air Canada Rouge lost consciousness as the aircraft approached Pearson International Airport on April 3. The flight was enroute from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and set up for the runway when the pilot flying […]