Year: 2022

Lineups at major airports are testing the patience of flight crews as they endure hours of what is effectively unpaid overtime. Although security delays and the effect on passengers have dominated the news, Customs bottlenecks […]

B.C. pilots will be taking part in an emergency response exercise in Washington State on June 18. The 20 or so pilots will be lending their expertise earned in a volunteer effort to carry supplies […]

The Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash of a pilotless Citabria that crashed into the back deck of a house under construction in Medicine Hat on Tuesday. The plane apparently got away from someone […]

Two hardened criminals, one an international fugitive and both wanted on murder-related charges, were  passengers killed on a Cherokee 140 that crashed in Northern Ontario April 29. A pilot and another man also died in […]

The National Post says Dominican prosecutors are appealing the granting of bail for five crew and seven passengers who arrived there last month in a Pivot Airlines CRJ100. The prosecutors are accusing the Toronto-based airline […]

Saskatoon drone manufacturer Draganfly is supplying 200 aircraft to a Ukraine charity that will use them to distribute lifesaving drugs to citizens whose access to medical care has been disrupted by the invasion of Russia. […]

Yellowknife-based Air Tindi is supplying one of its Dash-7 airliners for a NASA project to create a hybrid electric airliner for remote operations. The Dash-7 is a four-engine aircraft developed in the 1970s for STOL […]

Field Aerospace has been appointed the prime contractor for a uniquely Canadian solution to the challenging aviation requirements of the British Antarctic Survey. The Toronto modification centre will oversee the creation of a customized Dash-8 […]

The Regina Police Department says it will go airplane shopping after no one responded to its request for proposals for its first fixed wing eye in the sky. After some public opposition, city council approved […]

Lt. Col. Billie Flynn (retired), a former RCAF test pilot and a test and demo F-35 pilot for Lockheed Martin until 2020 says the airplane is now a good buy for Canada. “The F-35 is […]

WestJet has taken delivery of the first of four dedicated cargo aircraft. The converted Boeing 737-800 arrived in Calgary on April 7. It’s not clear when it will go into revenue service. The plane is […]

Budget carrier Flair Airlines could be shut down on May 3 by the Canadian Transportation Agency’s apparent determination that an American company is pulling the strings there. Canadian law requires that Canadian-based airlines be majority […]

Canadian aviation groups and the powerful U.S.-based General Aviation Manufacturers Association have urged Transport Canada to suspend plans to require lightweight data recorders on most general aviation aircraft. For decades, the Transportation Safety Board has […]

A malfunctioning seat led to the loss of a CH-149 Cormorant search and rescue at Gander International Airport last month. Air Force investigators released their initial report on the crash, which injured five of the […]

Waterloo Wellington Flight Centre will host its annual Girls Can Fly event on May 14. “The event will be similar to last year in that we will offer free flights for girls aged 8-18 years […]