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NavCanada Partner in Satellite ADS-B System

NavCanada is a founding partner of a system giving satellite based radar-like coverage worldwide. Innovation by NavCanada could help prevent recurrence of the mystery surrounding the loss of Malaysia Airlines MH370. The nation’s air services […]

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Air Canada Stops Caracas Flights

Air Canada has suspended its thrice-weekly flights between Toronto and Caracas, Venezuela citing the civil unrest that is gripping the South American country. “Due to ongoing civil unrest in Venezuela, Air Canada can no longer […]

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Sunwing 737 Hits Severe Turbulence

A Sunwing 737 hit severe turbulence over Montana early Sunday Two Sunwing flight attendants were slightly injured and 181 passengers significantly inconvenienced when the Boeing 737 hit “extreme turbulence” east of the Rockies and made […]

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TC Approves Blackshape AULA

An Italian design that pushes the envelope for tiny airplanes has been approved by Transport Canada in the advanced ultralight category. Aircite Aviation-Aviasport, based at the increasingly active Lachute Airport in Quebec, has been appointed […]

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Bombardier Freezes Wages

Bombardier has frozen the wages of about half of its employees, clapped limits on travel and instituted various measures to conserve cash as the delays of a couple of high-profile development projects threaten to eat […]

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Canadian Women Celebrate Flight

At events all over the country last week, Canadian women aviators encouraged other women to consider aviation as a pastime or vocation. It was Women of Aviation Worldwide Week, founded and led by Canadian Aviator […]

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Snowbirds Uncancel U.S. Shows

Some high-level intervention has ensured the Snowbirds will fly south this summer. Photo by Ken Lin In a news release last week, the RCAF announced the schedules of both the Snowbirds and the CF-18 demo […]

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Lancaster Formation Flight Planned

The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s Mynarski Memorial Lancaster will cross the pond in August for a formation flight not seen in 50 years. The CWH Lanc was a popular attraction at Wings Over Gatineau last […]