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  A third major Canadian airline has taken delivery of a Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft. Sunwing Airlines flew its new plane home to Toronto from the factory near Seattle on Friday. It’s one of […]

Construction of Canada’s first commercial spaceport has been put off until later this year as the company behind the venture goes through the government approval process. Maritime Launch Services had hoped to break ground this […]

Porter Airlines CEO Bob DeLuce says he’s not cancelling his order for CSeries jets because he believes allowing modern jet aircraft to use Billy Bishop Airport is inevitable. “We continue to be of the view […]

Col. Ralph Annis, one of the most important figures in the development of the RCAF Snowbirds died May 14 in McAdam, New Brunswick. Annis took over as base commander of CFB Moose Jaw from Snowbird […]

NATS, the U.K.’s privately operated air traffic services has taken a 10 percent stake in Aireon, the space-based air traffic surveillance system being developed by Nav Canada. NATS was already an Aireon customer and CEO […]

Both sides in the WestJet pilots’ dispute appear to be getting ready for a strike as the rhetoric rises and passengers start considering their options. The pilots, who are represented by the Airline Pilots Association, […]

The Victoria Flying Club is getting ready for a busy training season thanks to a strategy that has allowed it to keep a healthy complement of flight instructors. Chief Flight Instructor Graham Palmer has attracted […]

A Manitoba pilot is putting the time he’s building toward his commercial licence to good use by helping care for dogs on the region’s far-flung First Nations communities. Mateo Yepes was to have made a […]

Bombardier has sold its factory site and airport at Downsview in Toronto for $817 million as part of its financial rebuilding plan. The company currently makes Q400 airliners and Global business jets at Downsview and […]

Kelowna-based KF Aerospace and simulator and training giant CAE have formed a joint venture to bring all RCAF flight training under one umbrella company. The new company, called SkyAlyne, will continue to operate training facilities […]

Uniformed WestJet pilots will walk an information picket line outside WestJet’s Calgary headquarters on Tuesday as part of their campaign to ramp up pressure on the airline. The pilots are in a legal position to […]

Air Transat says it’s re-instating two pilots after Scottish authorities dropped charges against them for being under the influence of alcohol while preparing for a flight. Scottish prosecutors said blood samples that were to be […]

A CBC report suggests that even if a West Wind Aviation crew had tried to de-ice their ATR 42 before a fatal crash in northern Saskatchewan last December, it may not have done them any […]

WestJet pilots are taking a strike vote but the airline and the Airline Pilots Association are also sitting down for 14 straight days of negotiations while the voting is under way. The two sides have […]