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A red-faced pilot had some explaining to do when he or she landed at the airport in Kingston, Ontario last week and a phalanx of police vehicles were there to meet him. The pilot inadvertently […]

The Canadian Air Traffic Control Association (CATCA) is hitting back at signals from Nav Canada that more layoffs and closures are on the horizon at air traffic management facilities across the country. The organization, which […]

The RCAF will start accepting bids in 2021 for a $5 billion contract to provide future flight training requirements according to Defence News. The air force wants to combine the two training streams now providing […]

Transport Canada is expected to begin the process of clearing the Boeing 737 MAX for an eventual return to revenue service in the coming weeks. Transport Canada has not publicly confirmed its intentions but Minister […]

A new initiative to raise funds that will be used to help provide flight training for female pilots has been launched. The Women in Aviation Association (WIAA) has opened a GoFundMe account for the express […]

A movement to name Edmonton International Airport after late bush plane and air charter pioneer Max Ward is gaining some steam. A petition on change.org has gathered almost 3,000 signatures and more are being added […]

Coulson Aviation, of Port Alberni, has bought four ex-U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Citation 550s to use as high speed lead-in aircraft for firefighting operations. In addition to having the speed and range needed for […]

Transport Canada has mandated that all aircraft except gliders, balloons, airships, ultralights and gyroplanes be equipped with 406 MHz ELTs that simultaneously broadcast on 121.5. Aircraft operated for recreational purposes have until Nov. 25, 2025 […]

A Calgary-based group has formed to bring the vast store of aerial imagery from drones to everyone’s desktop. The Open Aerial Imagery Association (OAIA) is a not for profit group that wants to make the […]

The future of an airport named for one of Canada’s most famous pilots could be determined in an online open house scheduled for Nov. 25. Sarnia’s Chris Hadfield Airport is suffering financial difficulties since scheduled […]

Transport Canada has not cleared the Boeing 737 MAX to fly in its airspace even though U.S. authorities approved it for passenger service last week. Transport Minister Marc Garneau said his department will set its […]

Air Canada will accelerate retirement of 79 aircraft and has cancelled orders for 22 new aircraft as it leans itself for the post-pandemic market. “We have taken several measures to carefully rationalize our existing fleet,” […]

Canada-based flight training company CAE is predicting a return to a critical shortage of pilots as early as 2022 after aviation activity rebounds from the pandemic. While thousands of pilots are furloughed or have lost […]

In the first tangible example of sector-specific support for the pandemic-ravaged aviation industry, the federal government will pay up to $7 million to cover the losses of companies serving the 28 aviation-dependent communities in the […]

Max Ward, a bush pilot whose huge personality and entrepreneurial spirit made him well known to all Canadians died Nov. 2 at the age of 98. Ward cut his business teeth in the North, supplying […]