Month: May 2021

Hope Air, Canada’s only national charity providing free travel and accommodations to those in financial need who need to obtain medical services far from home, named Spirit of Hope award recipients at their virtually annual […]

One of Canada’s most celebrated aviators has a big birthday coming up and his hometown of Comox, B.C. is rolling out the red carpet, in a COVID-safe way, of course. Stocky Edwards a Second World […]

Transport Canada says it is working on a fix for a maze of confusing regulations that was cited in a runway excursion in Nunavut last year but the Transportation Safety Board wants it to hurry […]

The first long-haul flight using Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) made in France landed at Montreal-Trudeau airport on Wednesday, May 18. Air France’s flight AF342 left Paris-Charles de Gaulle with SAF made in France by that […]

If there’s a bright side to the effect of the pandemic on aviation it’s that laser strikes on aircraft have been cut in half in Canada. There were still 236 reported attacks in 2020 less […]

Porter Airlines has so far denied persistent reports that it will look south, far south, for a fleet of jet aircraft to expand its service. Several aviation news outlets, including Leeham News and Analysis and […]

CAE is jumping into the eVTOL business with a joint venture to develop a new aircraft. Jaunt Air Mobility has chosen the Montreal company to “lead the design and development of the Jaunt Aircraft Systems […]

The CBC says private aircraft continue to operate international flights without the need for their passengers to spend a three-day hotel quarantine when they arrive. The network combed FlightAware to find the private aircraft that […]

Cargojet is threatening to lay off  almost half of its 283 Canadian pilots and move part of its operations to the U.S. if Transport Canada doesn’t exempt the company from new crew rest rules. The […]

Canadian North is phasing out its last remaining Boeing 737-200s and will replace them with ATR42-500s. The 200s have been in service for almost 50 years and were unique among Boeings in that they could […]

The Transportation Safety Board is highlighting the importance of stabilized approaches with a press release on a relatively minor mishap in northern Quebec in January of 2020. The Air Inuit Dash-8-300 had a hard landing […]

The Airline Pilots Association has taken the rare step of slamming another union in defence of recently introduced crew rest provisions in Canada. ALPA’s international president Capt. Joe DePete said in a news release that […]

As good flying weather returns, pilots and others who use Owen Sound Airport are trying to increase pressure on Owen Sound City Council to reverse a January decision to impose onerous landing fees at the […]

The RCAF has reprimanded a pilot for running a personal errand and using a few thousand pounds of Jet A in the process while at work. Capt. Nathaniel D’Arcy was commanding a CP-140 Aurora on […]

Canadian air race and aerobatic pilot Pete McLeod has signed on to be a racer in the World Championship Air Race series, which will take off in 2022. “Super stoked to get to announce I’ll […]