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WestJet is blaming the federal government’s sudden requirement for airline passengers arriving in Canada to have negative COVID-19 tests for the slashing of its schedule and job cuts affecting 1,000 employees this week. The airline […]

An Ontario MP says he’s found a way for the federal government to intervene in Nav Canada’s apparent intention to cut air traffic control services at seven airports. Windsor MP Brian Masse had asked Transport […]

The Transportation Safety Board says fatigue failure of the right wing strut attach assembly caused the crash of a Blue Water Aviation DHC-3 Otter near Little Grand Rapids, Manitoba in October of 2019. The float-equipped […]

After a disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, work has resumed on the restoration of an RCAF Lancaster at the National Air Force Museum in Trenton. According to a CBC report, volunteers are committed to […]

RCMP and local authorities in Birch Hills County in northern Alberta are investigating the New Year’s Day crash of a Robinson R44 helicopter that killed all four people onboard. Details are scant but the aircraft […]

The end of 2020 is proving positive for the Airbus A220 as sales ramp up and rumors circulate about a stretched version that would seat as many passengers as a Boeing 737 MAX. On Jan. […]

With the return to service of the Boeing 737 MAX, there is intense scrutiny on the first flights of the aircraft and even the most mundane maintenance snags rate prominent attention in the mainstream media. […]

Two RCAF pilots earned high honours in the U.S. recently. Capt. Chris “Lime” Swartz graduated from the U.S. Navy’s Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor (SFTI) program, better known as TOPGUN. Meanwhile Maj. Maciej “Match” Hatta has […]

A Quebec man known as the “pilot to the stars” is on the run after failing to show up to jail when his bail was revoked. Normand Dubé is suspected to be hiding out at […]

A Canadian astronaut will be on the first crew to travel to the moon as part of an effort to build a space station in lunar orbit. The Canadian government signed a deal with the […]

Aircraft are unable to use a new taxiway extension at Victoria International Airport because an obstruction blocks the view of part of the taxiway. Taxiway Echo was lengthened in a $4.3 million project in 2019 […]

Canada’s search and rescue service is now using space-based ADS-B tracking data as part of its response to missing aircraft after a 2019 crash in Quebec that may never have been located without the technology. […]

The RCAF has released the schedules for its air demonstration teams and named the CF-18 demo pilot. The Army had earlier cancelled the season for the Skyhawks parachute team citing pandemic concerns. The Air Force […]

 B.C. company Coast Dog Aviation has teamed up with Airworthiness Resources to neatly solve a design issue with Cessna 206 aircraft that has vexed engineers and regulators for 40 years. The mod will allow owners […]

A red-faced pilot had some explaining to do when he or she landed at the airport in Kingston, Ontario last week and a phalanx of police vehicles were there to meet him. The pilot inadvertently […]