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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 […]

There will be a new sound at the Buffalo Airways hangar later this year as the company adds its first jet cargo aircraft to the fleet. The company, most famous for maintaining a fleet of […]

Bombardier’s transformation to a builder of large business jets was completed last week when the company delivered its last Learjet 75. Bombardier has owned the iconic brand for more than 20 years but Lear was […]

De Havilland Canada will go ahead with building a next generation amphibious firefighting aircraft and is calling it the DHC-515 Firefighter. The factory will be located in Calgary and employ about 500 people to start. […]

The 12-year quest for a new RCAF fighter that began with the F-35 predictably ended with the F-35 being chosen to replace the CF-18s that have served since the early 1980s. Earlier this week, the […]

In response to an accident that killed a young student glider pilot and his instructor in 2019, an Alberta MP has introduced a Private Member’s Bill that would require most gliders and all tow aircraft […]

After a couple of decades of a seeming transition to a Boeing fleet, Air Canada announced last week that it will acquire as many as 40 Airbus A321neo airliners. The airline said it will buy […]

An Indian airline has ordered five De Havilland Twin Otters and taken an option on five more. flybig will use the aircraft to do what it does best: get into tight places with short and […]

A Vancouver family of five is embarking on the ultimate family vacation by flying their Gippsland GA8 Airvan around the world and then some. Ian Porter, his wife Michelle and their kids Christopher, 14, Samantha, […]

It would appear a full schedule of “normal” airshows will go ahead in Canada this summer with all the usual Canadian and international performers. According to the International Council of Airshows (ICAS), there are at […]

The Transportation Safety Board says a communications breakdown led to the tragic accident that killed a young woman on a lawn tractor at a private airport near Montreal last summer. A Nanchang CJ6 landing on […]