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Transport Canada has published the advisory circular laying out the liberalization of rules on the commercial use of small unmanned aerial systems (UAS). As expected, two exemptions allow restricted use of very small (less than […]

Pratt and Whitney Canada has received a $300 million “repayable contribution” from the federal government that it says will be used to research new technologies for engines it produces at Longueuil, QC and Mississauga, ON. […]

COPA President Kevin Psutka will retire in 2015 and the search is on for his replacement. COPA announced the move on Thursday and noted Psutka’s service. “Kevin’s extraordinary vision and leadership guided COPA through times […]

The wind storm that blew through southern Ontario on Monday heavily damaged Burlington Airpark but amazingly spared most of the airplanes. The 60-knot winds blew nine hangars up and over the row of hangars immediately […]

WestJet flight attendants, who are not unionized, nevertheless have rejected a new deal from the airline and the airline says it will work to resolve the impasse. More than 90 percent of flight attendants voted […]

Transport Canada is working through service delays and implementing internal measures to try to speed up the various approvals, exemptions and certificates that keep the aviation industry running. In a question-and-answer session at the 80th […]

The heads of two of Canada’s biggest aviation groups were to appear before a Senate committee to oppose a controversial move that would allow the minister of transport to dictate the scope and terms of […]

Various authorities are planning to create a new system to help track down those who shine lasers at aircraft. At the Air Transport Association of Canada meeting in Vancouver this week, delegates heard on an […]

It appears there will be labour peace in the cockpits of the country’s two main airlines for the foreseeable future after a tentative deal was struck between WestJet and its pilots on Tuesday. About 1,300 […]

By Ken Lin Canadian Forces Snowbirds and the CF-18 demo team were scheduled to perform at the airshow at Stratford Airport in Southern Ontario this past Wednesday, unfortunately heavy downpour forced the airshow to be […]

Southwest Airlines has confirmed that it has expansion plans that could include Canada, perhaps by the end of the decade. “I’d be surprised if we weren’t in Canada at least by the end of the […]

Alberta’s new premier has taken the politically expedient but impractical step of selling the province’s four aircraft and laying off the 27 staff who kept them flying. The sale of three King Airs and a […]

The emergency exit door and some other parts were stolen from the Alberta Aviation Museum’s Boeing 737 last weekend and they’re likely headed to the black market. Museum staff discovered the theft earlier this week but were […]

SAM Aircraft owner Thierry Zibi says he’d rather design and test aircraft rather than build them on a production line so his first project is for sale. The SAM is certified as and advanced ultralight […]