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Luke Penner, of Steinbach, Manitoba, won the sportsman category at the U.S. National Aerobatics Championship but he didn’t get to take home the trophy. Second place finisher Cory Johnson was named the winner because the […]

The federal government quietly changed the so-called “five-year rule” for pilots in August and the Canadian Federal Pilots Association isn’t happy about it. Before Aug. 23, pilots couldn’t let more than five years go by […]

A year after unsuccessful drives by flight attendants and pilots to form unions at WestJet, the pro-union forces have regrouped amid law changes that should make the next effort easier. Last year, the union forces […]

Viking Air has completed the acquisition of Bombardier’s iconic line of amphibious water bomber designs. The company announced Monday that it now holds the type certificates to the CL-215, CL-215T and CL-415 aircraft and all […]

There were three fatal light plane crashes last week in Canada, one of the toughest weeks in recent memory. On Sunday, two passengers on a Cessna 206 died when the aircraft crashed in northern Quebec. […]

A class action lawsuit filed in Saskatchewan alleges that WestJet and Air Canada colluded in levying baggage fees for domestic flight in 2014. The suit says it’s an unlikely coincidence that the two airlines announced […]

A Swedish group has awarded its Environmental Product Declaration to the Bombardier CSeries airliner adding credence to one of the company’s biggest selling points for the aircraft. The International EPD System says the average CSeries […]

She’s one of 14 indigenous pilots working for an indigenous airline but Melissa Haney is the first woman captain. The pilot flew an Air Inuit Dash-8 to her home town of Inukjuaq to a hero’s […]

A House of Commons Committee has issued its report on the state of the RCAF and it doesn’t paint a very encouraging picture. Decades of political wrangling and procurement paralysis have led to a situation […]

An Okanagan Valley man who called in a bomb threat against a WestJet flight in 2014 will spend a year in jail for what he admits was a “stupid” idea. Michael Howells, 37, was late […]

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard says the federal government “must” invest in Bombardier’s CSeries program because it’s good for the country. He told Bloomberg that CSeries “is by far the most innovative project in Canada in a […]

Westjet has inked a deal with Suncor Energy to conduct more than 100 weekly flights between five cities and Fort MacMurray to move its workers. It wasn’t immediately clear what affect the deal might have […]

Battle of Britain Pilot Goes Flying Canada’s last surviving Battle of Britain pilot got reacquainted with an old friend Sept. 10, the day before celebrating his 100th birthday. The former fighter pilot went for a […]

A pristine 1930 Fleet Model 2 was substantially damaged in a landing accident at Springbank Airport in Calgary Sept. 13 but its owner and pilot escaped injury. Geoff Pritchard said he lost control of the […]

A tiny homebuilt that was the subject of a documentary is safe at the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre in Sault Ste Marie after an unusual trip from Vermont. The 18-foot-long aircraft’s fuselage made the 1,300-km […]