The last Martin Mars water bomber will fly again.

The famed Martin Mars bomber, a massive water tanker aircraft used for fighting fires for more than a half-century in British Columbia, is expected to make its last flight this fall when it will be flown to North Saanich for a permanent display in the B.C. Aviation Museum. (www.timescolonist.com) More...

Passenger on Boeing flight that suddenly dropped says pilot told him he lost control after instrument failure

Passenger on Boeing flight that suddenly dropped says pilot told him he lost control after instrument failure (www.ctvnews.ca) More...

Air Transat flight attendants are now the highest paid in the industry

Air Transat’s 2,100 flight attendants have a new collective agreement that makes them the highest paid in the industry in Canada. (worldairlinenews.com) More...

Delta flight makes emergency landing at Montreal airport after smoke detected

A flight from New York made an emergency landing at Montreal's Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport on Friday after officials say smoke was detected on board. (montreal.ctvnews.ca) More...

Fatal Jetstream32 accident in Fort Smith, NWT

Accident immediately after takeoff. Canadian TSB investigation in progress (www.cbc.ca) More...

United to resume direct flights between Winnipeg and both Denver, Chicago in May

United Airlines plans to resume direct flights between Winnipeg and both Denver and Chicago, re-establishing routes the U.S. airline cancelled after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. United will resume daily, year-round service between the cities on May 23, said Michel Rosset, communications manager for the Winnipeg Airports Authority. (www.cbc.ca) More...

Deadly Plane Crash Near Fort Smith, N.W.T.

A passenger plane crashed early Tuesday near the town of Fort Smith, N.W.T., close the Alberta boundary. The coroner's office has confirmed there are fatalities... (www.ctvnews.ca) More...

Air France flight from Paris to Toronto experiences tail strike while initiating ‘go around’

Air France flight 356 from Paris to Toronto dragged its tail on the runway at Toronto Pearson Airport after a failed landing resulted in initiating a “go around” on Sunday. (toronto.citynews.ca) More...

Passenger restrained after attempting to open exit door on Air Canada flight from London to Toronto

A passenger had to be restrained following reports they tried to open one of the emergency doors while on a transatlantic flight from England. (toronto.citynews.ca) More...

American Airlines jet skids off icy NY runway

Jan. 18 (UPI) -- An American Airlines plane slid off the runway in snowy and icy conditions at New York's Greater Rochester International Airport after it landed Thursday. There were 50 people and three crew members aboard. No injuries were reported. (www.accuweather.com) More...

Saskatoon passengers landing in Orlando told they 'entered the country illegally'

A Saskatoon-area couple travelling to Orlando last Friday is left with many unanswered questions after an unexpected delay because of a security breach by an airport employee... (www.youtube.com) More...

Delta employee shuts down 'misgendered' claim at LaGuardia Airport

Did this employee handle the situation properly? Or should he face disciplin? (www.msn.com) More...

DAL 135 diverted to Goose Bay

Before diverting to Goose Bay, the A330 was over the Gaspe Peninsula and could have as earily have landed in Quebec City or even Montreal (rsoe-edis.org) More...

Canadian government to buy Boeing P-8A surveillance planes to replace aging Auroras

The federal government is buying at least 14 Boeing surveillance planes from the United States to replace the aging CP-140 Aurora fleet, cabinet ministers announced Thursday. The deal costs more than $10 billion in total, including US$5.9 billion for the jets themselves, and the planes are expected to be delivered in 2026 and 2027. (www.ctvnews.ca) More...

Canada moving forward with sole-source contract to replace military surveillance planes

Canada is seeking to replace its CP-140 Aurora fleet that's used to protect Canada's sovereignty along the coastline. Originally procured 50 years ago, the aging planes are slated to retire from service in 2030. The federal government will award a multibillion-dollar, sole-sourced contract to Boeing to replace its aging military surveillance planes, Radio-Canada has learned. Two sources confirm a decision has been made amid public campaigns to launch an open and fair competition. An… (www.cbc.ca) More...

Frontier CEO Targets European-Style 'Out & Back' Model By Spring '24

Frontier Airlines is considering adopting elements of the European low-cost carrier model to improve operational reliability and achieve pre-COVID utilization levels. (simpleflying.com) More...

Passenger forced to drag himself off Air Canada flight after airline failed to provide wheelchair assistance

A B.C. man who uses a wheelchair says he was forced to drag himself off an Air Canada flight in Las Vegas, after the airline failed to provide the assistance required for him to safely exit the plane. ... Rodney lifted himself down to the floor and used his arms to drag himself from row 12 to the front of the plane, while in excruciating pain. ... In a statement, Air Canada said "we use the services of a third party wheelchair assistance specialist in Las Vegas. Following our… (www.cbc.ca) More...

Helijet S-76 Loses Half of tail rotor

"Suddenly, off to the left of the helicopter, there's a big flash and a bang," she said. "I see the pilots both look at each other, then the helicopter starts to swoon back and forth, almost like you're in a washing machine." The Sikorsky S-76 helicopter rolled sideways and began to fall from approximately 1,280 metres (4,200 feet) above sea level.Lands safely (bc.ctvnews.ca) More...

What Aircraft Does NASA Have After Retiring Its Boeing 747 Telescope?

NASA has a big fleet of diverse aircraft used for a wide variety of experiments. (simpleflying.com) More...

B.C. couple’s dream vacation ruined after Air Canada refuses to take bags off flight

This couple made one-in-a-lifetime plans in Mongolia, but their first flight of three was delayed, twice. They were going to miss their connection for the second flight. Air Canada scrambled to get them new flights to get them to their destination, but their luggage was still on the first, delayed flight ... (globalnews.ca) More...

FAA Issues Unapproved Parts Notification Over Fake Parts

American Airlines is the latest airline to fall victim to dubious parts. (simpleflying.com) More...

What Are ETOPS Rules And Why Do They Matter?

Have you ever been flying over the Atlantic in a two-engine aircraft and wondered what would happen if your plane lost the function of one of its engines? This question perplexed civil aviation authorities globally when they considered whether twin-engine jets should be allowed to overfly oceans. This eventually gave way to the ETOPS rules in the 1980s, which allowed these aircraft to fly longer and longer, provided they could operate with one engine as well. (simpleflying.com) More...

Baltimore Celebrates Thirty Years Of Southwest Airlines Service

Thirty years ago, Southwest served two destinations from Baltimore. Now, it serves almost 70. (simpleflying.com) More...

Passenger yelling ‘Allahu Akbar’ tackled while trying to open airplane door in middle of flight

A crazed man yelling “Allahu Akbar” tried to open a door in the middle of a flight from Israel to England Monday — before a brave passenger stepped up and tackled him... (nypost.com) More...

Air New Zealand Passenger Removed From Flight In Auckland For Security Risk

Passengers looking to head to the tropical paradise of Samoa had unfortunately delayed their outbound trip by four hours on Thursday when a passenger comment was misconstrued. (simpleflying.com) More...

Russian firm escalates dispute with Canada over seized cargo plane

Volga-Dnepr Airlines served notice Monday of its intent to initiate a formal dispute with the Canadian government over Ottawa's seizure of an Antonov-124 cargo plane that's been parked at Pearson airport ever since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine 18 months ago. (www.cbc.ca) More...

WestJet Boeing 737 Collides With Royal Canadian Air Force Hercules

On Wednesday, August 9th, in the afternoon, a WestJet passenger aircraft at Comox Valley Airport (YQQ) came in contact with a CC-130H Hercules military aircraft while taxiing on the ground. The aircraft was on its way to Edmonton and was on its way to the runway when the incident occurred. (simpleflying.com) More...

Families sue U.S. manufacturer over helicopter crash that killed 6 Canadian military members

The families of six Canadian Armed Forces members killed in a helicopter crash off the coast of Greece are suing the aircraft's U.S. manufacturer, accusing it of gross negligence and a reckless disregard for safety. A 2021 air force flight safety investigation concluded the CH-148 Cyclone helicopter hit the Ionian Sea at full speed in April 2020 after the pilot tried to manually override the flight control function and did not see that the autopilot was still engaged. The families'… (www.cbc.ca) More...

Portugal To Investigate Ryanair And Azores Airlines Near-Miss In Porto

On Monday, June 26th, a serious catastrophe was avoided by a Ryanair aircraft on final approach to land in Porto (OPO), when the pilot noticed an Azores Airlines aircraft occupying the runway it was cleared to land on and performed a go-around procedure. The Office of Prevention and Investigation of Accidents in Civil Aviation and Rail (GPIAAF) is now investigating the incident. (simpleflying.com) More...

Qatar Airways Airbus A350 Diverts To Seoul After Crew Shuts Engine Down

On July 12th, a Qatar Airways A350-1000 en route from Doha to Tokyo Narita diverted to Seoul because of a problem with one of the engines. After shutting the engine down, the pilots landed the aircraft safely at Seoul Incheon Airport (ICN). (simpleflying.com) More...

Bombardier patrol planes would sport price tag ‘competitive’ with Boeing bid

The patrol planes Bombardier Inc. hopes could replace aging Canadian military aircraft will have a price "competitive" with that of jets from rival Boeing Inc., the Montreal-based company says. The business jet maker joined forces earlier this year with U.S.-based General Dynamics on a surveillance aircraft with submarine-hunting technology. Both partners are calling on the federal government to launch an open procurement process to supplant the Royal Canadian Air Force's 14… (www.nationalnewswatch.com) More...

It cost more than $2.4M for one RCAF plane to join Titanic sub search

The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CP-140 Aurora took off from Nova Scotia soon after Canadian authorities were notified of the incident on the evening of June 18. According to a Department of National Defence spokesperson, it costs $29,662 per hour to operate the Aurora, which logged 82.5 hours of flight time, making the total amount more than $2.4 million. (www.ctvnews.ca) More...

U.S. State Department clears Canada to purchase Poseidon surveillance aircraft

The U.S. State Department, which oversees American arms sales, has given the green light for Canada to buy up to 16 advanced P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft. The Defence Security Cooperation Agency posted a notice Tuesday confirming Canada's request to purchase the Boeing-manufactured planes met its requirements. It said the U.S. Congress has been notified of the possible sale. Canada made the formal request in late March, saying the P-8A is the only aircraft on the market that meets… (www.cbc.ca) More...

Interest in Ottawa-Paris direct flights will determine whether they continue

Direct flights between Ottawa and Paris have begun, but it's a trial run and challenges remain, according to the Ottawa airport's president and CEO. This marks a return to Europe for the Ottawa airport, which lost its London and Frankfurt flights earlier in the pandemic. (www.cbc.ca) More...

WestJet to shut down Sunwing Airlines, merge it with mainline business

WestJet is planning to wind down Sunwing Airlines, integrating the low-cost carrier into its mainline business within two years as part of a plan to streamline operations. (www.cbc.ca) More...

Canada may not have enough water bombers for this fire season

The worst wildfire season of the century has tested Canada's water bomber capacity with an aging fleet and not enough capacity to fight fires burning simultaneously from coast to coast. (www.cbc.ca) More...

Rescued child says mom survived 4 days after plane crash in Colombian jungle before dying

The four Indigenous children who survived 40 days in the Amazon jungle after their plane crashed have shared limited but harrowing details of their ordeal with their family, including that their mother survived the crash for days before she died. (www.cbc.ca) More...

Connecticut Officials Kill Moose At Bradley International Airport

The rather unusual incident happened on the morning of June 9th, when passengers driving up to Bradley International Airport noticed an airport guest unlike any other they'd encountered before. This particular guest was a moose, wandering cautiously along a road at the airport. No one has reported the moose making contact with incoming vehicles during its exploration. (simpleflying.com) More...

WestJet, pilots avert strike with 11th-hour deal, but more than 100 Friday flights cancelled

WestJet and its pilots' union reached a last-minute deal late Thursday, averting a strike ahead of the May long weekend, but hundreds of the carrier's Friday flights were cancelled. As of Friday morning, the carrier had cancelled 107 flights, or 29 per cent of those scheduled for the day, according to tracking service FlightAware. The vast majority were out of Calgary or Toronto, with affected routes ranging from London to Las Vegas, Phoenix and Saskatoon. (www.cbc.ca) More...

Delivery of new transport planes behind schedule, RCAF confirms

Last year, the RCAF bought two used Airbus A-330 wide-body passenger planes from Kuwait Airways. The new aircraft were supposed to arrive in Canada last winter. The first of the two Airbus A-330s is expected to arrive at CFB Trenton sometime over the summer. The second is set to arrive by the fall. (www.cbc.ca) More...

RCAF Shipborne Helicopter Continues Trans-Canada Trip

Royal Canadian Air Force Lockheed CH-148 “Cyclone” 148802 is being ferried from 423 “Eagle” Maritime Helicopter Squadron of 12 Wing, CFB Shearwater, Nova Scotia, to its new home with 443 “Hornet” Maritime Helicopter Squadron, based at Patricia Bay, British Columbia. The cross-Canada transit includes outreach visits to several Canadian communities including London, Ontario. (london.ctvnews.ca) More...

Go Around Incident: JetBlue A220 & American 737 MAX Experience Loss of Separation

On April 30th, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 operated by American Airlines had to perform a go around at Charleston due to a JetBlue Airbus A220-300 still being on the runway that it was due to land on. Aborting its landing and circling around while the departing JetBlue aircraft took off, a loss of separation incident occurred. (simpleflying.com) More...

Air Moldova Suspends Flights Awaiting Court Restructuring Approval

Air Moldova has submitted an application for an accelerated restructuring of the company to the court, which will save it from falling into bankruptcy and help solve its operational challenges. Pending the court's approval, the airline suspended all flights and ticket sales starting May 02, 2023. (simpleflying.com) More...

18 Years Ago The Airbus A380 Took Its 1st Flight

On the afternoon of April 27, 2005, four large Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines roared over the skies of Toulouse, the cumulation of over a decade of planning. Captained by Airbus' Chief Test Pilot Jacques Rosay and Vice President of Flight Division Claude Lelaie, the inaugural flight of the Airbus A380 ushered in a brief but very exciting period for commercial aviation. (simpleflying.com) More...

Tornado touches down near Eppley airport; Gen Aviation Damage

Tornado touched down near Eppley Airfield leaving behind major damage. That's all they know. (omaha.com) More...

Airbus Set to Increase A350 Production to 12 Units Monthly

Toulouse-based Airbus is set to boost production of its A350 aircraft to 12 units per month by 2028, a move driven solely by surging consumer demand and not by the challenges faced by its U.S. competitor Boeing, according to Airbus Chief Financial Officer Thomas Toepfer. (www.airguide.info) More...

Delta flight makes emergency return after exit slide separates from Boeing aircraft

"After the aircraft had safely landed [back at JFK] and proceeded to a gate, it was observed that the emergency slide had separated from the aircraft," a Delta spokesperson said in a statement to NPR Friday afternoon. (www.npr.org) More...

Cargo airline Amerijet warns of pilot furloughs amid downsizing

Amerijet's has lost some key customers and volume, so it plans to reduce the number of pilots to save money. (www.freightwaves.com) More...

Most dangerous electronic items passengers take on planes revealed

The worst device for causing fires by far are portable battery chargers – also known as battery packs – which have caused 199 incidents since records began in 2006. Second is vapes and e-cigarettes which together have sparked 99 incidents even though people cannot even smoke on aircraft. Mobile phones come third with 61 incidents and laptops fourth with 58. In total there have been 476 verified lithium battery incidents recorded by the FAA from March 2006 to March 2024 but figures have rocketed… (www.adsadvance.co.uk) More...

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $76 Million in Grants from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Modernize Airports, From Runway Improvements to Better Facilities

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding another $76.1 million from the previously allocated $9 billion, for 45 airport-related infrastructure projects in 22 states. The projects are funded under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Airport Infrastructure Grants (AIG) program, part of the $25 billion total included in the law for airport improvements, including front-of-house projects such as terminal expansions and baggage… (www.faa.gov) More...