Aviation

• 2021 St. Thomas Air Fest postponed, ‘air parade’ planned to honour essential workers

  The event is being pushed back a year to June 2022, the event's organizers said Tuesday, citing an abundance of caution for volunteers, members and visitors.

  Canada

  Mar 2
• ‘Keep us in mind for next year’: Lethbridge International Air Show looks to hold 2022 event

  By the time the 2022 show rolls around, previous postponements mean it will have been many years since the last airshow event in the region.

  Canada

  Jan 30
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• TSB says plane that crashed near Edmonton, killing 3 people, caused by stall during turn

  The Transportation Safety Board says an amateur-built float plane stalled while making a turn south of Edmonton last summer before crashing and killing all three people on board.

  Canada

  Jan 13
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• From bush pilot to international charter carrier: Aviation pioneer Max Ward dies at 98

  Max Ward, a northern bush pilot who built regional carrier Wardair into Canada's largest charter airline, died Monday in Edmonton — just 20 days shy of his 99th birthday.

  Canada

  Nov 3, 2020
• Bombardier exits commercial jet sector with CRJ aircraft series sale

  The sale of its CRJ aircraft series paves the way for Bombardier to focus on its one remaining income stream: private jets.

  Canada

  Jun 1, 2020
• Air Canada service to resume at London’s airport in June with 2 Toronto-bound flights daily

  Air Canada, which hasn't flown a plane into or out of London, Ont., for the last several weeks, will begin offering the flights starting June 22.

  May 29, 2020
• Coronoavirus outbreak: CAE announces temporary layoffs, reduced work week

  The company says it is temporarily laying off 2,600 of its 10,500 employees and placing another 900 employees on a reduced work week.

  Canada

  Apr 6, 2020
• ‘Wonderful little bird’: Alberta man retrieves his first plane 48 years later

  At 19, Richard Reid persuaded his mother to loan him the $2,700 required to buy a vintage 1946 Aeronca Champion — two-seater plane that was sitting for sale on an airstrip.

  Features

  Mar 9, 2020
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• Alberta Aviation Museum in Edmonton celebrates women in the industry

  The Alberta Aviation Museum in Edmonton hosted its seventh annual Women of Aviation Worldwide Week event on Saturday.

  Canada

  Mar 7, 2020
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• Calgary museum marks 111th anniversary of powered flight in Canada

  In honour of National Aviation Day and the 111th anniversary of powered flight in Canada, Calgarians headed to the Hangar Flight Museum to celebrate on Sunday.

  Canada

  Feb 23, 2020