Month: April 2021

U.S. budget carrier JetBlue will dip its toe in the Canadian market with its first-ever flights to a Canadian airport in 2022. The airline will begin non-stop flights from Vancouver to Boston and JFK in […]

Harbour Air is partnering with electric flight pioneer André Borschberg’ H55 to move to an all-electric fleet of floatplanes. The company said this week that the two companies along with the electric motor developer magniX, […]

As expected, the federal government is moving ahead with assessing a “luxury” tax on new aircraft that sell for more than $100,000, which is virtually all of them except for some gliders and ultralights. The […]

The federal government is back in the airline business with the announcement that it has reached a deal with Air Canada on a bailout package that consists of $5.4 billion in low interest loans that […]

Porter Airlines says it’s planning to resume operation June 21 after suspending flights more than a year ago due to the pandemic. Although it’s based in Toronto, which is currently experiencing some serious pandemic problems, […]

Nav Canada says it’s decided to maintain tower services at seven smaller airports across the country but it’s giving no detailed reasons for the abrupt change of tack. The air traffic services company issued a […]

Bill Peppler, a towering figure in Canadian aviation died April 1 in Ottawa at the age of 95. Peppler was a founding member of the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association and served as its general […]

Researchers at the University of Alberta are polling pilots on whether their desire to maintain their flight medical keeps them from seeking care. “The study itself will ask a series of questions to determine how […]

Three Canadian-operated Boeing 737 MAX aircraft were pulled from service on Friday as part of a precautionary grounding related to electrical issues that affected dozens of aircraft operated by 16 airlines. Three Canadian airlines operate […]

The European Commission has put the kibosh on the proposed takeover of Air Transat by Air Canada and the two companies have reached an agreement on dissolving the merger process. The companies announced the move […]

Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame has cancelled this year’s induction ceremony and gala dinner event due to ongoing pandemic restrictions. The annual event is usually held in June each year. The 2020 inductees will instead […]

The European aircraft manufacturing giant is bringing Nav Canada on board its fello’fly program to further its ambition to prove it is both technically and economically viable to group long-haul, wide-body airliners into pairs so […]