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Federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced on Friday (March 10) that, after consultations with the Commissioner of Competition and other interested parties, the federal government has given approval for the acquisition of both Sunwing Airlines […]

The Northern Lights Aero Foundation announced on International Women’s Day (March 8) the awarding of eight scholarships to deserving recipients. The number of scholarships has doubled to eight this year, with CAE Inc. joining with […]

The National Championship Air Races scheduled for September 13 to 17 of this year will be the last at the Reno/Stead airport in Nevada. In an open letter issued Friday (March 10), the organizer’s board […]

Sikorsky is off the hook for the flight software modification required to allow for the safe operation of the RCAF’s shipborne helicopter fleet. The federal government will pick up the tab because, according to DND […]

Citing a recent contract settlement between U.S. carrier Delta Airlines and its pilots that saw a 34 percent pay hike over four years, the Air Canada Pilots Association (ACPA) sees an opportunity to address their […]

Toronto’s Porter Aviation Holdings Inc. (PAHI) has entered into a partnership with the operators of Longueil, Quebec’s Saint-Hubert Airport (CYHU) that will see the construction of a passenger terminal designed to handle up to four […]

With demand for the Airbus A220 exceeding expectations, and other product lines seeing rapid growth, Airbus Canada is planning to hire an additional 800 employees across Canada, with the majority (700) in Quebec. The European […]

There was already a downward trend in the number of helicopter pilot licences in force in Canada before the COVID pandemic hit, and it has only gotten worse. The decade leading up to 2016 saw […]

While the North American public is clamouring for more information about not only the alleged Chinese spy balloon shot down by the U.S. military off that country’s Atlantic coast, but also about the three other […]

A Canadian Press story carried by numerous media outlets in Canada on Friday (Feb. 17) told the story of a young commercial pilot, Adam Sheard, who had to wait seven months since completing the requirements […]

In what it considers to be a humanitarian mission, the Department of National Defence has dispatched a CP-140 Aurora long-range patrol aircraft to the Caribbean nation of Haiti. Its mission, according to a press release […]

The two pilots escaped major injury after their 737 Fireliner crashed during firefighting activities in Fitzgerald River National Park in southwestern Australia last Monday (Feb. 6). They reportedly walked away from the wreck, which was […]

Less than a week after taking out one object flying over the U.S., albeit clearly identified as a balloon, the United States has once again shot down what they are referring to this time as […]

The untethered balloon rode the jet stream, which at times was slow, at other times much quicker, carrying the balloon over the countryside at 100 km/h or more. The authorities decided to wait until the […]