Articles by Editor

The Brazilian government has come clean on its relationship with Embraer thanks to Boeing’s takeover overtures. President Michel Temer said that under no circumstances would the country give up control of the company, which is […]

The federal government is urging Air Canada to spend millions of dollars to quieten its A320-family aircraft, which it is gradually retiring,  mainly for the benefit of the neighbours of Pearson Airport in Toronto. Transport […]

Construction has begun on a new fixed-wing search and rescue training centre at CFB Comox on Vancouver Island. The facility is being built as part of the integration of the Airbus C-295 into its role […]

Boeing and Embraer are in talks for what might become the absorption of the Brazilian manufacturer by the Chicago-based giant. Although Boeing is cagey about the talks, saying they are about a possible “combination” of […]

The Transportation Safety Board has issued a safety advisory in the wake of last week’s fatal crash of a Hydro One helicopter reminding operators to ensure cargo being stored outside the cabin be securely attached. […]

Air Canada was showing off its new Boeing 737 MAX this week, running scheduled and test flights across the country and inviting planespotters to get out to see the new aircraft. The first MAX entered […]

Flair Airlines now says it will have 12 Boeing 737s in the air by early 2019 as it tries to establish a foothold in the ultra low cost carrier (ULCC) market as competition looms from […]

One of the passengers aboard a West Wind Aviation ATR 42 that crashed in northern Saskatchewan on Wednesday said the aircraft turned sideways before losing altitude and about a kilometre from the Fond du Lac […]

More than 500 pilots at WestJet’s regional carrier Encore have been certified as members of the Airline Pilots Association, a few months after the 1,400 pilots at the main airline joined the union. The certification […]

Acclaimed Canadian aviation photographer Rich Hulina has published his second volume of images and aimed his lens at some of the most beloved airframes in service today. Hulina sought out the operators of rare and […]

Telecommunications giant Rogers Communications is revisiting a plan to put a 40-metre cell phone tower near the shore of a southern Ontario lake used by floatplanes. The Waterloo Record says Rogers plans to put the […]

Air Transat says it will pay the hundreds of passengers bottled up on four aircraft for five to six hours last July in Ottawa $500 each in a settlement mandated by the Canadian Transportation Agency. […]

Canadian Aviator Publishers, which publishes COPA Flight and Canadian Aviator Magazine is taking a major step toward preserving the rich history of Canadian aviation through the establishment of a mail-order book store. Aviator’s Bookshelf is […]

Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame will induct four new members at a gala dinner at Sunwest Aviation at Calgary Airport next June. “In 2018 we will again be honouring four Canadians for their outstanding places […]

A young Canadian missionary pilot was instrumental in giving some African babies a shot at a normal life last August. Brett Reierson, who flies for Mission Aviation Fellowship, was able to land at the remote […]