Year: 2021

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 […]

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 […]