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 […]
A Boeing 747-400 was landing on a wet runway in a brisk quartering tailwind when it was destroyed in a runway excursion at Halifax-Stanfield International Airport on Thursday. Four crew members on the Skylease Cargo […]
One person is dead after two aircraft collided in mid-air collision in Carp near Ottawa on Sunday morning. One of the aircraft crashed into a field in Ottawa’s west end while the other made a […]
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 […]
Swoop Airlines has fixed its regulatory issues with the U.S. FAA and flew its first revenue flight to the U.S. on Saturday. The airline, a budget subset of WestJet, cancelled 24 flights last week because […]
Bombardier is claiming in a lawsuit that Mitsubishi stole some of the secret sauce it uses to smooth the aircraft certification process. In a suit filed in Seattle last week, Bombardier said Mitsubishi lured 92 […]
Transport Canada has joined the long list of agencies investigating an aerial stunt gone wrong that killed a Canadian-born “stunt rapper.” Jon James McMurray, fell to his death in a farmer’s field in the rural […]
Air Georgian is hoping to get regulatory approval to fit its pilots with monitors that will map their fatigue levels to allow them to better understand their relative fitness to fly. The wearable devices will […]
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