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Competition for airline passengers just got more intense as New Leaf Travel announced it will allow bidding for unsold seats. The company, which hasn’t flown yet, is teaming with Calgary-based Jump On Flyaways for the […]

Bombardier is hinting a “large European carrier” will be next to order its CSeries airliner. In an interview with the National Post at the Farnborough Air Show Fred Cromer, the head the company’s commercial aircraft […]

A 22-year-old aerial application pilot died last week in an accident in southern Saskatchewan. Colby Becker died when the aircraft he was flying went down near Moosomin. He was apparently spraying at the time and […]

Lockheed Martin is now officially back in the running to supply a replacement for Canada’s CF-18 fighters. Officials of the Fort Worth company took part in a conference call with four other contenders for the […]

Buffalo Airways founder Joe McBryan has added another splash of colour to the Yellowknife aviation scene. The colourful aviation icon recently bought a rare Naval Aircraft Factory N3N. The aircraft was built with conventional gear […]

Local officials in Strathcona County near Edmonton are looking at ways to improve response time after an injured pilot waited more than four hours for rescue after crashing in Cooking Lake. Ed Boychuck had engine […]

An Air Canada Express pilot used his personal credit card to order pizza for famished passengers stuck on the ramp of a Wyoming airport. High winds forced the aircraft, operated by Sky Regional, to divert […]

The consortium of companies promoting the C-27 Spartan as Canada’s next search and rescue aircraft have upped the ante. The company has pledged to build a 72,000 square foot training centre in Comox if its […]

A Beech Musketeer that crash landed on a B.C. glacier last month has been flown back to its home airport under a helicopter. Owner Vern Hannah said he and his partners have a sentimental attachment […]

Paul Armstrong had some interesting choices to make as he prepared to land his Cessna 206 on amphibious floats at Toronto’s Buttonville Airport last Saturday. The experienced floatplane pilot had gear deployed on his right […]

Air Canada and WestJet pilots will have shorter duty days and less flying time within those days starting in 2018 but smaller airlines will have an extra three years to comply. Transport Canada is expected […]

Bombardier handed over the first operational CSeries airliner to launch customer Swiss International Airlines on Wednesday marking the end of a difficult development program that stretched the company’s resources. The first revenue flight of the […]

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has agreed to become the official spokesman of the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association. The announcement was made in front of more than 150 people attending the Canadian Owners and Pilots […]

Viking Aircraft, of Victoria, B.C. says there are no immediate plans to resume production of the CL-415 amphibious water bomber. The company, which announced a deal to assume the type certificate for the iconic aircraft […]

Canada is hosting this year’s international conference of the 99s and representatives of the female pilots organization will be heading to Ottawa in early July. The Canadian wing of the historic group, which was founded […]