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Senate Wants Ramp Delay Limit

A Senate committee has amended a proposed passenger bill of rights to toughen language on ramp delays. Parliament’s version of the bill would set a three-hour limit on ramp delays before passengers would have to […]

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Air Show Funding Challenge

Vanderhoof International Airshow organizers are hoping the new NDP government in B.C. will have a change of heart and re-instate its past level of financial support for the show. The government is enforcing strict limits […]

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B-29 Fifi Visiting Canada

  The Commemorative Air Force has announced an expanded schedule for the first Canadian visit of its B-29 Superfortress. Fifi will spend six weeks in central Canada, stopping at eight airports. It will skip its […]

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Jetlines Delays Debut

Canada Jetlines says it can’t join the ultra low-cost carrier fray as scheduled because it can’t find the airplanes it needs to run the service. The company had hoped to match WestJet’s Swoop to get […]

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Gimli Glider Movie Considered

One of Canada’s best flying stories has caught the attention of Hollywood. Inkubate Entertainment is in the early stages of putting the story of the Gimli Glider on the silver screen. “The latest we’ve heard […]

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Boeing Cagey On Fighter Bid

Boeing says it still hasn’t decided if it will bid to supply Canada’s new fighter aircraft even though it’s been approved as one of five potential suppliers. The Canadian government earlier canceled a deal to […]

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TSB Report On Drone Collision

The Transportation Safety Board has uncharacteristically failed to make any recommendations resulting from the collision between a chartered King Air and small drone in Quebec City last October. The TSB looked into the mishap but […]

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Costly Drone Encounter

An Abbotsford, B.C. flight school may have the dubious distinction of being the first to suffer serious aircraft damage from a midair collision with a drone. A Chinook Helicopters Cessna 172 (the school does both […]