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Mexico is now targeting Canada as a likely customer for a presidential jetliner that’s become a political football in that country. The Boeing Business Jet 787-8 is being sold off by the Mexican government for […]

Nominations are open until March 31 for the Northern Lights Aero Foundation’s Elsie MacGill Awards. Each year the foundation honours women who are leaders or future leaders in their fields. The categories are: Flight Operations […]

Air Canada and WestJet have both pushed back the return of their Boeing 737 MAX aircraft until June but there is some confusion on when the planes might be certified to fly again. Last week […]

Canadian officials are calling on Iran to send the cockpit voice and flight data recorders from Ukrainian International Flight 752 to either France or Ukraine to download the information they contain. Transportation Safety Board officials […]

Australian investigators say a Coulson Air Tankers C-130 dropped into a valley to drop a load of fire retardant but didn’t climb out, and crashed, killing the three American crew members on board on Jan. […]

The Department of National Defence will spend $800 million to quickly upgrade 54 CF-18 fighters so they can keep up with advanced threats facing Canada as other forces modernize their fleets. The $800 million is […]

Air Canada has put its first A220 into revenue service and those flying domestically between its Montreal and Toronto hubs and other major Canadian cities will be among the first to try the new plane. […]

Bombardier said this week it is reevaluating its participation in the Airbus A220 program and hinted it may sell off its business aviation division as well to pay down debt. The company cut its 2019 […]

For the second time in two years an aircraft has gone off the end of the runway at Halifax’s Stanfield International Airport. A WestJet Boeing 737-800, with 172 passengers and seven crew was landing in […]

Canada’s two newest astronauts graduated from the rigorous NASA Artemis program and have set their sights on becoming the first Canadians on the moon. Jenni Sidey-Gibbons and Joshua Kutryk were among a graduating class of […]

Collége Air Richelieu has become the first flight school in Canada to become an Approved Training Organization (ATO) in a Transport Canada pilot project to update flight training methods. The pilot project will develop the […]

Both sides on the future of the Pickering lands northeast of Toronto are gearing up for a renewal of the debate over a proposed major airport in the coming year. Local politicians who favour development […]

An Air Canada Jazz Dash-8-300 bound for Saguenay from Montreal had to abandon the flight when it lost a wheel on takeoff on Friday. A passenger shot cell phone video of the inboard wheel on […]

An internal report is suggesting the federal government subsidize flight training programs to ensure an adequate supply of airline pilots. The briefing note, obtained through an Access to Information Act request by The Canadian Press, […]

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 […]