Articles by Russ Niles

Its business is only a fraction of what it was six months ago but Chorus Aviation, which operates Jazz, says it’s weathering the storm and even turned a small profit in the second quarter of […]

A legendary pilot with deep roots in northern aviation has been identified as the instructor who was aboard a Murphy Moose that crashed near Edmonton last week. Keith Krueger, who spent most of his 50 […]

Airline passengers arriving at and departing Canada’s 15 largest airports will all have their temperatures checked before boarding and will be turned away if they have fevers. Transport Canada said its part of a worldwide […]

The federal government is buying two Challenger 650 business jets to replace two original Canadair Challengers bought in the 1980s that it says are beyond necessary upgrades, most notably ADS-B The feds will spend $105 […]

Toronto won’t need a new airport on the Pickering lands until at least 2038 according to a report released last week by Transport Canada. The KPMG Aviation Sector Analysis says Pearson and Billy Bishop Airports […]

One of Canada’s best known aviation elder statesmen died Christmas Day at the age of 92. According to some reports, Lt. Col. Fern Villeneuve (Ret.) died from injuries suffered in a car accident three days […]

The RCAF has officially taken delivery of its first CC-295 search and rescue but the first new aircraft to enter the inventory in five years won’t touch Canadian soil for at least six months. The […]

Mandatory equipage with ADS-B Out goes into effect for most controlled airspace in the U.S. Jan. 1. Although there are no official figures being kept, it would appear only a small minority of Canadian civil […]

Canada’s last surviving Battle of Britain pilot John Hart has died at the age of 102. Hart was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for a combat career that started in Spitfires in the famous air […]

Longview Aviation Capital has become Canada’s largest exhibitor at the Paris Air Show this year with its recent acquisition of airliner and air tanker programs from Bombardier. The company, which includes the newly revived De […]

Friday evening traffic was snarled in Surrey, B.C., just east of Vancouver, when a Cessna 152 Aerobat made an emergency landing on one of the area’s busiest commuter routes. The pilot reported an issue with […]

A flying eye care hospital made public relations stops in Ottawa and Toronto this month to spread the word about the unique services it provides. The Orbis MD-10 widebody, which spends most of the year […]