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Transport Canada had some Christmas cash for small airports across the country. Although the money was budgeted months ago, the announcements were nonetheless good news for the individual airports and a good sign that the […]

The airline whose possibly icing-related crash in northern Saskatchewan last year prompted an unusual warning from the Transportation Safety Board says it has vastly improved its de-icing capabilities at the airports it serves. West Wind […]

A Calgary aviation museum is hoping a final holiday push for donations will secure the future of a Canadian aerospace icon. The Hangar Museum has been displaying a CF-100 Canuck, owned by the city of […]

A three-year upgrade of the terminal at Billy Bishop Airport in downtown Toronto is complete and it’s now better able to handle its own success. PortsToronto said in a news release that passenger traffic has […]

Technology has always driven aerial warfare and the RCAF says it needs to adapt training to meet new challenges. So it’s postponing its signature battle exercise in the coming year. Maple Flag, which draws fighter […]

The Transportation Safety Board says aircraft frequently fly without effective de-icing and it’s calling on Transport Canada to improve de-icing services at remote airports across the country.  The TSB said it surveyed pilots across the […]

An elaborate exact replica of a CF-105 Avro Arrow fighter is now safely tucked in a hangar at Edenvale Airport as the centrepiece of the Canadian Air and Space Conservancy. The replica, faithful in every […]

Even though the case for police helicopters has been proven time and again, the normal replacement cycle of airframes sometimes hits turbulence with pennywise city council members and sometimes they need a ride along to […]

Airbus is investing in the A220 plant at the former Bombardier facilities at Mirabel Airport as it ramps up production of the former CSeries airliner according to industry blog Fliegerfaust. The company, which took over […]

The federal government is creating a new flight test centre at Ottawa MacDonald-Cartier International Airport that will be operated jointly by the Department of National Defence, Transport Canada and the National Research Council’s Flight Research […]

Air Canada has embraced the rebirth of one of the U.S.’s most historic major airports with the construction of a new Maple Leaf Lounge at New York’s La Guardia Airport. The airline invited media (including Canadian […]

Harbour Air was awarded Hope Air’s Outstanding Philanthropist Award at the Air Transport Association of Canada meeting in Vancouver in November. Hope Air arranges free flights to specialized medical services for patients living in rural […]

A House of Commons committee will investigate Canada’s pilot shortage and report back to Parliament by next June. In a rare move, the Commons gave unanimous support to Kelowna MP Stephen Fuhr’s private member’s bill […]

A dedicated long-time instructor who helped develop curriculum for a post secondary degree is the winner of the David Charles Abramson Memorial Flight Instructor Safety Award. Wayne Cave, works for the fixed wing division of […]

U.K. authorities say a Sunwing pilot’s data keying error led to his Boeing 737 hitting a runway end light before staggering into the air at Belfast Airport for Corfu on July 24, 2017. Outside temperature […]