Posted by David Klassen
A small plane crashed on Lake Winnipeg at around 4:15 p.m. Saturday afternoon, RCMP report.
Two people are lucky to be alive after the single engine aircraft they were travelling in encountered bad weather. The pilot attempted to return from his departure destination of Mantago Bay, but couldn’t make it.
The male pilot walked [...]

A Canadian Forces aircraft made an emergency landing at Winnipeg’s James Richardson International Airport Friday afternoon.
A problem with the plane’s hydraulic system made it difficult to steer, but the landing gear was successfully deployed.
The plane — an Airbus referred to as “Polaris” (above) — came in shortly after 12 p.m.
Passengers included 56 military personnel on [...]

Forget the new full body scanners at the airport. Stripping down and putting on butt floss is all the rage.
Submitted photo by Winnipeg cartoonist Dan Phelps

Posted by Brian Schultz

Beginning in June, travellers wanting to fly from Winnipeg to Iceland will have a new way of doing so.
Iceland Express will fly twice a week from the beginning of June, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. With the addition of Winnipeg, the airline’s destinations will increase to 27 — a historic high.
Go Travel Flights, [...]

Posted by Brian Schultz
The Winnipeg Police Service held a press conference Tuesday to make their case for acquiring a helicopter to better fight crime from the skies above the city.
The city voted recently to put $3.5 million towards the chopper, which would cost an additional $1.3 million annually to operate.
Police Chief Keith McCaskill believes the [...]

The International Union of Machinists and Aerospace Workers claimed Friday morning that Air Canada was temporarily laying off about 255 workers in Winnipeg.
The airline later shot down that claim, saying that its maintenance requirements would be cut back, but denied any job losses.
Union employees working for Aveos Fleet Performance Inc. — the independent company that [...]

In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, a plane took off from Winnipeg to head up north to deliver toys to children in the Arctic.
It was all part of the 6th annual Santa Flight, which made stops in several communities, such as Whale Cove, Rankin Inlet and Coral Harbour.
Watch:

Thanks to Global Winnipeg for sending over [...]

Students from John M. King and Victoria Albert Schools fly on the North Pole Express Flight from the James A. Richardson International Airport in 2008. John M. King students Marc Valino, 11, left, and Evan Hunter, 9, meet Captain Jeff Armstrong, left, and First Officer Gary Wellstead before the flight. The photo above is not [...]

The Northwest Airlines flight that flew well beyond its destination in October was on a Canadian cockpit radio frequency — speaking to air traffic controllers in Winnipeg.
Flight 188 was travelling from San Diego to Minneapolis/St. Paul when air traffic control lost communication with the pilots for more than an hour. The pilots’ story was that [...]

Posted by Brian Schultz
Forget collecting Air Miles for free flights, just have a baby. A Malaysian woman who gave premature birth to a boy while on an airplane will get free flights for life, along with her child.
Liew Siaw Hsia, 31, gave birth on an AirAsia flight from Penang to Kuching last week.
The woman was [...]

Oh, silly Balloon Boy, you fooled all of us. 6-year-old Colorado boy Falcon Heene and his family made the media rounds on Thursday night, talking about that whole flying saucer business that captivated television viewers worldwide yesterday.
In an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Falcon said, “We did this for the show.” And that show would [...]

The new terminal building at the James Armstrong Richardson International Airport has passed two million construction hours, with approximately 500 workers now employed throughout the site on a daily basis.
The airport said today that the redevelopment is expected to contribute 6,370 person-years of employment to the local market, including $273 million in wages. GDP is [...]