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After an election promise from then-candidate Justin Trudeau to eliminate the F-35 as a possible replacement for the RCAF’s CF-18s, the controversial platform appears to be back in the running and getting a serious second […]

The last E model Hercules was retired Tuesday. The RCAF’s last flying CC-130E was flown from CFB Trenton to the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa on Tuesday. The aircraft, tail number 07, was […]

A $1 billion class action lawsuit has been launched on behalf of hundreds of workers who lost their jobs in 2012 when Air Canada folded its maintenance division Aveos. The suit, filed in Quebec Superior […]

Air Canada says it will use about 400,000 litres of jet fuel made from plant material as part of Canadian initiative to field test the fuel. The fuel will be blended with regular jet fuel […]

A 19-year-old Chinese woman who lost her legs in an earthquake got a chance to live her dream thanks to Imperial Canadian Flight School in Pitt Meadows, B.C. Huang Meihua was injured when her school […]

Start-up travel company New Leaf will start booking flights again shortly after the Canadian Transportation Agency determined that it’s not an airline and therefore doesn’t need an air carrier licence. Passengers are unlikely to be […]

The London Jet Aircraft Museum in London, Ontario will soon take delivery of an ex-RAF Hunter Hawker fighter-bomber. Museum volunteers simon Pont, his wife Laura and Graham Rawlinson bought the recently-retired aircraft at an auction […]

Officials at one of Manitoba’s busiest general aviation airports say a new housing development could become a safety hazard. The development, about 5.6 kilometres north of St. Andrews Airport, just north of Winnipeg, will include […]

Porter Airlines has signed on as a major sponsor for the Northern Light Award Foundation and its mission to recognize the achievments of female aviation professionals. The sponsorship coincides with launch of the airline’s Women Soar […]

Private aircraft orphaned by the closure of Waterville Airport in Nova Scotia will find a home at the nearby RCAF base at Greenwood. The Freedom Aviation Society, which represents the pilots based at Waterville, signed […]

Virtually every municipal and regional government organization in and around Collingwood, Ontario is fighting the provincial government’s approval of a wind turbine farm about two nautical miles from Collingwood Airport. No less than six formal […]

Georgian Bluffs, Ontario, which owns Wiarton-Keppel International Airport near Wiarton, Ontario is launching a fund-raising drive to improve facilities at the airport. The airport was turned over to local communities in 1996 when Transport Canada […]

The sixth Women of Aviation Worldwide Week attracted 44,000 participants worldwide  and Canada hosted 21 of the 120 events held on four continents. The Canadian events were held in six provinces and attracted hundreds of […]