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WestJet’s new ultra low cost carrier Swoop hit some labour relations turbulence this week when the Airline Pilots Association applied to the Canadian Industrial Relations Board to stop WestJet management from allegedly negotiating directly with […]

The Transportation Safety Board says an optical illusion likely contributed to the crash of a Beaver on floats in central B.C, in October of 2016. The TSB report also noted the plane was 300 kg. […]

A pilot, his daughter, and the daughter’s friend have been identified as the three people killed when a Robinson R44 helicopter crashed and caught fire near Drummondville, Quebec on Thursday evening. Jean-Claude Mailhot, Jeannie Mailhot, […]

WestJet’s new ultra low cost carrier (ULCC) Swoop generated some media attention this week by giving away 2,000 seats and offering transit bus fares on others between low volume destinations. The tickets and the marketing […]

Nav Canada is making a direct appeal to teenage girls to join its ranks with its first summer camp for girls heading into Grade 10 in September.The air navigation services provider will invite 20 girls […]

The long-delayed retirement of the CH-124 began in earnest Jan. 26 as CFB Shearwater said goodbye to the venerable submarine hunter. Sea Kings flew in formation over Halifax in the final operational flight of the […]

Bombardier has won its case before the U.S. International Trade Commission and almost 300 percent duties against its CSeries airliners will not be imposed. Boeing launched the claim saying the CSeries were being dumped on […]

The RCAF has released the design scheme for its 2018 CF-18 demo aircraft, this year honouring the 60th anniversary of the North American Aerospace Defence Command. Each year the Air Force’s graphic designer Jim Belliveau […]

Goose Bay Airport had a couple of heavies on the ramp for a few hours earlier this week as yet another airline crew took advantage of the former Strategic Air Command Base’s 11,000-foot runway for […]

A close call for an Alberta pilot knocked out power to thousands of people in southern Alberta on Tuesday. The unidentified pilot was landing at the Olds-Didsbury Airport, north of Calgary, about 8 p.m. when […]

Bombardier has confirmed that it is looking at selling its Toronto manufacturing and flight test facilities and that it won’t necessarily be selling it as an aviation concern. The company said in a statement issued […]

The actual cause of the crash that killed seven people on Iles de Madelaine two years ago was the low altitude upset of the MU-2 turboprop but the Transportation Safety Board says the root cause […]

A highly experienced Canadian seaplane pilot killed in a crash in Australia on New Year’s Eve was remembered as “a great pilot and a great man,” at funeral services in Sydney. Gareth Morgan was flying […]

As was widely speculated at the time, an Air Canada A320 was on the wrong frequency when it ignored strident orders to go around from the tower controller at San Francisco International Airport last October. […]