OTTAWA – The Air Transport Association of Canada, an industry association representing approximately 170 members engaged in commercial aviation in Canada, held a meeting in Vancouver this week with its members and other companies serving the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island. (more…)

DALLAS, TX – Southwest Airlines learned from media reports this week that WestJet apparently intends to enter into a codeshare agreement with Delta Air Lines. (more…)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The NTSB has launched an investigation to determine why a commercial jetliner and a small light airplane came within an estimated 300 feet of colliding over San Francisco on Saturday. (more…)

BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND – Testing of the Bombardier CSeries aircraft’s composite demonstrator wing is under way, representing another significant milestone in the development of the all-new aircraft due to enter service in 2013. (more…)

EVERETT, Wash. – Boeing today completed the ultimate-load wing up-bending test on the 787 Dreamliner static test unit. (more…)

AMBERLEY, Queensland – The first five Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets for Australia landed at Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley on March 26, bringing the next generation in air combat capability to the multirole fighter’s first international customer. (more…)

OTTAWA, ONTARIO – Canada’s Transport Minister John Baird has announced that the Government of Canada is taking action to ensure Canadian airports have the safest and most effective security systems possible, by proposing changes to the Canadian Aviation Security Regulations. (more…)

SAVANNAH, Ga., March 25, 2010 — Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced today that a second large-cabin, mid-range Gulfstream G250 completed its first flight. (more…)

TORONTO, ON – Construction of the facility that will build the fuselage for the all-new Bombardier CSeries mainline commercial jetliner has begun. (more…)

ST. LOUIS – Boeing has delivered the 79th — and final — upgraded CF-18 Hornet aircraft to the Canadian Department of National Defence during a ceremony in Mirabel, Quebec, hosted by industry partner L-3 Communications MAS, who performed final upgrade installations. The delivery brings the nine-year, two-phased CF-18 Modernization Project to a close. (more…)