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Upstart ultra low cost carrier Flair Airlines is girding for the fight of its short life as it adds capacity to meet the formidable challenge that WestJet’s new entry into that market will bring. Swoosh […]

A drunk cargo pilot may have intentionally crashed the Carson Air Metroliner he was flying in 2015 and that has prompted a call for government oversight of substance abuse programs. The Transportation Safety Board released […]

A sudden turn by the pilot of a survey helicopter likely caused an interruption fuel flow to the engine, resulting in a fatal crash near Whitecourt, Alberta in September of 2016 according to the Transportation […]

As a trade battle over Boeing’s successful bid to get import duties slapped on Bombardier’s CSeries airliner, there was a touch of irony in WestJet’s big announcement on Wednesday. It took delivery of Canada’s first […]

Bombardier announced Monday it has sold a 50.01 percent interest in its CSeries passenger jet business to Airbus for no cost. With this deal, Bombardier would retain 31 percent with the remaining 19 percent being […]

The Department of National Defence has taken the first step toward buying used F-18s from Australia to beef up the RCAF’s fighter force. Canada’s procurement agency said in a statement it has formally enquired to […]

The Air France A380 that made an emergency landing in Goose Bay almost two weeks ago remains stranded there while the airline works on a complex scheme to get it back to France. The airline […]

Analysts seem to agree that Boeing has little chance of proving that Bombardier’s sale of 75 CSeries airliners to Delta Airlines caused it any harm. It has to prove harm for countervailing and anti-dumping duties […]

The Northern Lights Aero Foundation presented awards to eight female aviation leaders and up and coming recipients at its annual Gala Sept. 30 in Vaughan, ON. Each year the group recognizes industry veterans for their […]

An ancient airframe at home on unimproved strips in the Arctic is employing its unique capabilities in much different environment for the next while. Canadian North has dispatched one of its Boeing 737-200 aircraft to […]

France will lead the investigation into an uncontained engine failure on an Air France A380 that prompted an emergency diversion to Goose Bay Airport last Saturday. The No. 4 engine came apart over Greenland on […]

A spilled drink of some kind led to a major emergency aboard an Air Canada flight in May of 2016. The Transportation Safety Board issued a report into the incident involving an Embraer E-190 flying […]

Bombardier, with the backing of the federal and Quebec governments, will fight U.S. government action that would effectively kill the company’s most important deal for the CSeries airliner. The U.S. Commerce Department slapped a 219.3 […]