Year: 2020

The Quebec government is defending its $30 million stake in an airship company and is apparently convinced that hybrid lighter-than-air vehicles are the future of transportation in northern regions. Premier Francois Legault said skeptics will […]

Air Georgian appears to be headed for bankruptcy now that its contract with Air Canada has formally wound up. The transition to Jazz Aviation to supply the main line’s regional service was completed on Jan. […]

Unmanned Systems Canada has warned the City of Saskatoon it’s meddling in regulations outside its mandate and jurisdiction by trying to restrict drone use in the city. Last Monday the city passed a bylaw which […]

Mexico is now targeting Canada as a likely customer for a presidential jetliner that’s become a political football in that country. The Boeing Business Jet 787-8 is being sold off by the Mexican government for […]

Nominations are open until March 31 for the Northern Lights Aero Foundation’s Elsie MacGill Awards. Each year the foundation honours women who are leaders or future leaders in their fields. The categories are: Flight Operations […]

Air Canada and WestJet have both pushed back the return of their Boeing 737 MAX aircraft until June but there is some confusion on when the planes might be certified to fly again. Last week […]

Canadian officials are calling on Iran to send the cockpit voice and flight data recorders from Ukrainian International Flight 752 to either France or Ukraine to download the information they contain. Transportation Safety Board officials […]

Australian investigators say a Coulson Air Tankers C-130 dropped into a valley to drop a load of fire retardant but didn’t climb out, and crashed, killing the three American crew members on board on Jan. […]

The Department of National Defence will spend $800 million to quickly upgrade 54 CF-18 fighters so they can keep up with advanced threats facing Canada as other forces modernize their fleets. The $800 million is […]

Air Canada has put its first A220 into revenue service and those flying domestically between its Montreal and Toronto hubs and other major Canadian cities will be among the first to try the new plane. […]

Bombardier said this week it is reevaluating its participation in the Airbus A220 program and hinted it may sell off its business aviation division as well to pay down debt. The company cut its 2019 […]

For the second time in two years an aircraft has gone off the end of the runway at Halifax’s Stanfield International Airport. A WestJet Boeing 737-800, with 172 passengers and seven crew was landing in […]