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FLYHT awarded SatCom contract from WestJet

FLYHT Aerospace Solutions of Calgary secures a US$6.2 million contract with WestJet to install FLYHT’s Automated Flight Information Reporting System on its entire 737 fleet.


StandardAero’s Summerside MRO inducts over 1,000 engines in 2019

StandardAero’s engine overhaul facility in PEI finishes 2019 with a new record by inducting more than 1,000 Pratt & Whitney PW100, PT6A and JT15D engines.


Probert named CAE group president of Defence & Security

Todd Probert is set to become CAE’s group president for Defence & Security, effective January 27, 2020, succeeding Gene Colabatistto who retired in December 2019.
 
 
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Centennial

The Future of Aerospace and Aviation

Centennial College has revived the historic de Havilland of Canada site with our Downsview Campus: Centre for Aerospace and Aviation - our campus dedicated to providing students with hands-on training for the aerospace and aviation industries.

Students receive top-tier instruction from industry experts and have the opportunity to work on a variety of real aircraft including a Cessna Citation II executive jet, two Piper Seneca II and four Cessna 172 single-engine light aircraft. We are also the proud recipients of a donated Bombardier CRJ 200. Our students graduate with the skills required to launch a plane and a career! >> Learn more
 
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Climate Change

Flight shame, climate change

Research associate Jan Ditzen and assistant professor of economics Erkal Ersoy from Heriot-Watt University, by using the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2019 report they both worked on, look at how fuel consumption by the aviation industry has changed over time, and what trends are set to take hold in the future. » Learn More
 
CSA Astronauts

Canada’s new astronauts complete basic training

Canadian Space Agency astronauts Jenni Sidey-Gibbons and Joshua Kutryk complete their basic NASA training in Texas, which lasted for more than two years after their initial selection in July 2017. As part of the first Artemis class, they could one day walk on the moon or reach Mars. » Learn More
 
 
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Innotech

INNOTECH-EXECAIRE AVIATION GROUP

INNOTECH-EXECAIRE AVIATION GROUP (IEAG), is a full-service provider of aviation and technical support solutions to business aircraft OEMs, owners, operators, and commercial airlines.

With operations in Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Thunder Bay, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver, IEAG has a comprehensive service offering and a coast to coast presence. >> LEARN MORE
 
News 
 

WestJet adding Halifax-Manchester service

WestJet is adding a new connection across the Atlantic with non-stop service between Halifax, NS, and Manchester, UK, beginning June 5, 2020. » Read more...

KF Aerospace’s Medve to chair FortisBC board

Tracy Medve, president of the KF Aerospace, is named as the new chair of the board of directors for FortisBC Energy, which serves approximately 1.2 million customers. » Read more...

Sweeney named interim director of Unmanned Systems Canada

Declan Sweeney becomes interim executive director for Unmanned Systems Canada as the organization continues a Canada-wide search to permanently fill the role. » Read more...
 
 
Aviation This Week 
 
Aviation This Week

Sidey-Gibbons and Kutryk join active astronaut ranks

In this episode of Aviation This Week: Canadian Space Agency astronauts Jenni Sidey-Gibbons and Joshua Kutryk complete NASA basic training. Then StandardAero’s Summerside MRO in PEI sets a record by inducting over 1,000 engines in 2019; and the Airbus BelugaXL enters service, providing the company with 30 per cent more transport capacity. » See more
 
Events 
 

ATMS 2020

February 4-6, 2020
Location: Toronto, ON
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CCAA Workshop, Fatigue Risk Management Training

February 26, 2020
Location: CCAA offices, Ottawa, ON
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Aerial Firefighting Conference, presented by WINGS and HELICOPTERS

March 31, 2020
Location: Abbotsford International Airport, Airside Event Spaces, Abbotsford, BC
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