The Antonov An-124 belonging to Russian airline Volga Dnepr Airlines remains at Toronto-Pearson airport over four-and-a-half years on. The giant airplane was initially grounded at the outset of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February […]
Using funds from the Arctic Infrastructure Fund (AIF), the federal government will provide up to $49.5 million to upgrade the existing runway and access road at the Inuvik Mike Zubko Airport. This is in addition […]
This week we are recognizing one of the eight 2026 Elsie award winners. Named after Elsie MacGill, the chief aeronautical engineer at Canadian Car and Foundry who oversaw the production of 1,451 Hawker Hurricanes during […]
The government of Ontario has delivered to first of five Airbus H-125 single-engine helicopters to the Peel Regional Police in Southern Ontario in the first phase of the Joint Air Support Unit, a provincial initiative […]
At a press conference held in front of Cascade Aerospace’s hangar at Abbotsford airport in British Columbia on August 7, Stephen Fuhr, Secretary of State for Defence Procurement, announced that 10 surplus RCAF CC-130H Hercules […]
In an announcement made today (May 19) at CFB Moose Jaw in Saskatchewan, Defence Minister David McGuinty confirmed what has been rumoured for weeks – that the Canadian Forces Snowbirds are being grounded at the […]
CANADIAN NORTH PILOTS’ UNION REACHES TENTATIVE AGREEMENT Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA-I), the union representing the pilots of Canadian North, have reached a tentative agreement with the airline’s management. The deal was six months […]
CANADIAN COMPANY WINS CONTRACT TO TRANSITION TO F-16s Top Aces Inc., the Montreal-based private organization whose mission is to train fighter pilots worldwide, announced in March the awarding of a contract to train Argentine air […]
Alberta’s government has announced it has ordered five CL-515 “Super-Scooper” water bombers from De Havilland Canada (DHC). Delivering the announcement on February 17 in the company’s Calgary, Alberta office were Alberta premier Danielle Smith and […]
Transport Canada – Civil Aviation has certified Gulfstream G500 and G600 business jets in an apparent reaction to U.S. president Donald Trump’s threats to “decertification’ Canadian aircraft as well as the levelling of new tariffs […]
Canada’s federal government announced on Dec. 12 that it will be purchasing a fleet of six Bombardier Global 6500s to replace the aging fleet of 1980s-era Canadair Challengers, with options for an additional four depending […]
Personnel from several organizations were on hand at the Airbus facility in Donauwörth, Germany to inspect the first RCAF CT-153 Juno helicopter before its delivery to Airbus Helicopters’ facility in Fort Erie, Ontario where completion […]
The crash of a 1942 Grumman Goose operated by Wilderness Seaplanes Ltd. shortly after takeoff from Bella Bella Airport (CBBC), British Columbia in December 2023 was due to contaminated fuel. Both engines of the piston […]
Beginning in November of next year, pilots using controlled airports in Canada will be required to read back certain additional instructions and clearances given them by Air Traffic Service (ATS) providers, be they tower controllers […]
After years of delays, replacements for the RCAF’s fleet of Search & Rescue (SAR) de Havilland Canada CC-115 Buffalos are finally operational on Canada’s West Coast. The Airbus CC-295 Kingfishers first began arriving at CFB […]
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