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Canadian airline cabin crews are demanding adequate personal protection equipment for the remaining flights they are working to help them prevent being infected with Coronavirus. Airlines are providing gloves, masks and sanitizing solution and wipes […]

Sunwing Airlines is rescuing stranded Canadians at the sun destinations it serves and offering its empty seats to anyone, including non-customers, who needs a ride home. The airline began fetching its customers from the Caribbean […]

Longview Aviation Capital Corp. has paused production of its Q400 and Twin Otter aircraft, resulting in the combined total of 980 employees being laid off because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company owns De Havilland […]

Another close call on a runway at Pearson International Airport has prompted the Transportation Safety Board to open an investigation. On March 7, an Air Canada Boeing 777 crew had to slam on the brakes […]

Women of Aviation Week Worldwide involved 76,000 women in 316 sanctioned events in 49 countries. The week, the brainchild of pilot, educator and Canadian Aviator columnist Mireille Goyer, was the 10th anniversary edition and participation […]

Viking Air’s first production CL-415EAF amphibious air tanker flew for the first time last week in Abbotsford, B.C. and will soon be ready to tackle wildfires in the western U.S. The aircraft is a significantly […]

The Airline Pilots Association is calling on the federal government to make pointing a laser at an aircraft a criminal offence after one of its members was hospitalized in a laser attack last month. “Without […]

Transport Canada has told the FAA it wants pilots to be empowered to get rid of major distractions, including disabling the stick shaker, as part of the process of getting the Boeing 737 MAX back […]

From coast to coast, the aviation industry and advocacy groups promoted initiatives to attract more women to aviation as the lead-up to International Women’s Day on Sunday. Women of Aviation Worldwide held a series of […]

Toronto won’t need a new airport on the Pickering lands until at least 2038 according to a report released last week by Transport Canada. The KPMG Aviation Sector Analysis says Pearson and Billy Bishop Airports […]

The federal government has pushed back the deadline for bids on replacing the RCAF’s CF-18 fighters by three months to June 30 and it appears Saab requested the extension. The Swedish company is the only […]

Now that the C295,  RCAF’s newest aircraft, is being welcomed to the fleet, the Air Force has to figure out what to do with some of its longest-serving airframes. The RCAF still operates six CC-115 […]

Police in Toronto are looking for whoever used gasoline to set fire to a 1980 Falcon 50 on the ramp at Buttonville Airport late Thursday. Emergency crews responded to the fire call about 11:30 p.m. […]

Police are still looking for the man who got a Seair Beaver running and crashed into at least one Harbour Air Otter at the seaplane terminal in downtown Vancouver on Friday. At least one other […]

Airbus announced on Thursday it will invest another $1.08 billion USD in the A220 program after taking over 75 percent of the business earlier this month. The company teamed with the province of Quebec to […]