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Nav Canada is adopting a time-based separation system for aircraft arriving at Toronto Pearson Airport in a bid to maintain runway capacity during bad weather. The system, called Intelligent Approach, was developed by British tech […]

The first of 16 CC-295 search and rescue aircraft has rolled off the Airbus assembly line in Spain and should be in the RCAF’s hands by the end of the year. The aircraft, an SAR […]

The crew of a Buffalo Airways DC-3 (C-GJKM) was described as “safe” after a forced landing north of Hay River on Friday. The aircraft departed Hay River for Yellowknife at 7:41 a.m. and the crew […]

Search and rescue personnel were dispatched to the ELT signal from a Cessna 182 that triggered about 8:45 a.m. Saturday about 50 nautical miles north of Smithers, B.C. and it’s confirmed it came from a […]

Bombardier has consolidated its aviation business under one umbrella company called Bombardier Aviation. The move will result in the closure of plants in Belfast and Morocco, which manufacture aerostructures. Bombardier has been on a selling […]

Centennial College has formally opened its Downsview Campus Centre for Aerospace and Aviation at the former site of de Havilland Canada’s pioneering facilities in the heart of Toronto. Although students have been attending classes and […]

WestJet opened the doors on a $50 million hangar at Calgary International Airport that will accommodate its new flagship Boeing 787 aircraft. The 125,000 square foot hangar will be the maintenance hub for WestJet’s Dreamliner […]

Air Canada passengers heading from Montreal to Barcelona and Paris might be surprised by the Middle Eastern hospitality that awaits them onboard the A330-200s that will take them to Europe. Air Canada has arranged wet […]

The RCAF is robbing wheel assemblies from its legacy fleet of C-130H aircraft to keep its frontline C-130J aircraft flying according to a National Post report. The Air Force has been having trouble getting parts […]

Transport Canada may break with its customary practice of accepting FAA safety standards and will not allow Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to operate in its airspace unless the crews have additional simulator training. The FAA […]

Honda announced this week that its latest version of its business jet has been certified by Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA). “Following the overwhelmingly positive reaction to the HondaJet in Canada, we are pleased the […]

Canada’s largest MRO is getting bigger and adding 75 new skilled jobs. KF Aerospace announced it is adding 21,000 square feet of hangar space at its Kelowna headquarters and the total workforce at the facility […]

WestJet has put off cabin upgrades to its Boeing 737NG aircraft so it can use the planes to fill in for the 13 MAX aircraft that were grounded in March. Instead, the brand new MAXes […]

Aviation accidents dropped by about 20 percent in 2018 compared to the five year average and a sharp reduction in flight training accidents led the way. In a preliminary assessment of 2018 data, the board […]

WestJet Encore pilots have reached a tentative agreement for a first contract with the airline after a year of “tense” negotiations, the Airline Pilots Association said in a news release. The union, which also represents […]