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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 […]

The RCAF has officially taken delivery of its first CC-295 search and rescue but the first new aircraft to enter the inventory in five years won’t touch Canadian soil for at least six months. The […]

Mandatory equipage with ADS-B Out goes into effect for most controlled airspace in the U.S. Jan. 1. Although there are no official figures being kept, it would appear only a small minority of Canadian civil […]

The two hour flight stretched to 36 hours and involved overnight stays in Anchorage and Vancouver, but passengers aboard an Air Canada flight from Vancouver to Whitehorse finally reached their destination Wednesday. The 88 passengers […]

The RCAF is hoping to bring back retired pilots as contract instructors to deal with a pilot shortage. The drain of experienced pilots to retirement and early departure for flying jobs with airlines and other […]