Skies spoke with several Canadian pilots who weighed in on the current pilot shortage, wages, and newly implemented flight duty time regulations.
Earlier this year, Saskatchewan-based Rise Air announced a planned comprehensive fleet upgrade with an investment of $100 million in the long-term future of transportation in the province.
Just hours before WestJet pilots were set to begin strike action, the airline's management and pilot union reached a tentative agreement, which is now subject to a membership vote.
Denver-based Cosmic Aerospace is designing a more energy efficient electric aircraft, with an electric jet propulsion system, that can carry 25 passengers up to 1,000 kilometers (620 miles), which is more than any other electric regional aircraft in the market.
For the last 30 years, Canadian pilots have been relocating to the Maldives to fly for the country’s major floatplane operators. We take a look at how Canadian pilots ended up in the island country in the first place, and what life is like for the aviators who took the leap.
As of 3 a.m. ET on May 19, WestJet pilots plan to begin a strike, as they have not been able to reach an agreement with management on a contract that addresses the pilots' concerns.
Eviation had announced in early November 2022 that orders for the Alice surpassed the $2 billion mark. Just six months later, the value of orders for the nine-passenger electric aircraft has doubled.
Hundreds of WestJet pilots participated in informational picket events in Calgary, Vancouver, and Toronto just one week before the strike deadline of May 16.
Nav Canada is ushering in a new era that will see the implementation of digital air traffic services at airports across the country — as has already been demonstrated by numerous European air navigation service providers.
Cygnet's president Lynne McMullen sat down with Skies to share the latest news from the new pilot training program – where close industry partnerships help students successfully transition from the classroom into the right seat of a Canadian airline.
Airbus has reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2023, which showed a slight decrease in consolidated revenues, as well as a five percent decrease in commercial aircraft revenues year-on-year.
Flair Airlines announced Calgary International Airport (YYC) as the location for its newest base of operations, with plans to add new routes, a maintenance facility and hangar, creating roughly 150 jobs.
The Boeing Company said in its Q1 2023 results report that despite a manufacturing issue discovered with the 737 earlier this month, the OEM still expects to deliver between 400 to 450 of the type this year.
Harbour Air announced that its ePlane prototype is taking off on a spring tour around British Columbia, but also shared that the program has hit a few regulatory snags that will cause "significant delays" to certification.
Almost four years after the approval of the merger of airlines First Air and Canadian North, the federal government has announced new terms and conditions of the merger.
