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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 […]

Flair Airlines has apologized after one of its pilots called police to speak with passengers frustrated by a 12-hour flight delay in Vancouver and in the process became deputized as customer service agents. The flight […]

Nav Canada has implemented new separation standards at Calgary International Airport that will allow simultaneous arrivals on parallel runways and increased use of continuous descent approaches. The RNP-AR EoR (Established on RNP) standard will result […]

Edmonton pilot Scott Holmes is in Hannan, China this weekend participating in his second Air Race 1 event. Last year the event was held in Thailand but moved to China this year as the fledgling […]

A big gap on the air show circuit is being filled with the resurgence of the Saskatchewan Airshow in 2019. 15 Wing Moose Jaw Commander Col. Denis O’Reilly said the 14-year-hiatus will end July 6-7 […]

Nav Canada will close the tower and contract weather office at Buttonville Airport in Toronto on Jan. 3, 2019 over the objections of local pilots and airport management. The company says it has studied the […]

The new owners of Bombardier’s former Q400 type certificate say they’ll keep building the ubiquitous regional airliner in Canada but they’re not sure where. In a move that surprised most in the industry, Victoria-based Longview […]

A “stunt rapper” killed shooting a music video in B.C. in October had essentially turned himself into a large spoiler on top of the Cessna 172 wing on which he was attempting the stunt. Jon […]

Crown prosecutors are recommending the maximum 10-year sentence on mischief charges against a Quebec kit aircraft manufacturer and pilot who used a light aircraft to almost cut off electricity to the entire province of Quebec. […]

The federal government has moved the goalposts to the other end of the field in the ever more convoluted quest for a new fleet of fighter aircraft. The government released new criteria for a competitive […]

  Textron Aviation is expanding its footprint in Canada with the acquisition of Aspect Aircraft Maintenance in Calgary. Textron is focusing heavily on the business jet market with the launch of its Lattitude and Longitude […]