An Air Canada flight carrying 152 passengers was forced to make an emergency landing at Winnipeg’s James Richardson International Airport on Wednesday. The aircraft was travelling from Toronto to Vancouver when the pilot noticed a crack in the plane’s windshield. Flight 169 landed at 2:21 p.m. — less than 15 minutes after the airport was [...]

A commercial flight carrying 131 passengers made an emergency landing in Winnipeg Tuesday afternoon after a passenger attempted to exit the plane mid-flight. Winnipeg police were called to the James Richardson International Airport at about 2 p.m. to assist the flight, which was travelling from Calgary to Halifax. Police say a 47-year-old woman from St. [...]

It was a royal welcome Saturday afternoon at Winnipeg’s James Richardson International Airport as Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip touched down shortly after noon. Watch: Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh were the first two passengers to arrive at the new still-under-construction air terminal building. The Queen was greeted by roughly 1,500 invited [...]

More than 100 passengers were on board Saturday as the first ever Iceland Express flight touched down in Winnipeg shortly after 5:30 p.m. The Winnipeg Airports Authority’s fire department provided a ceremonial water arch over the 737 jet as it taxied along the runway. Watch: The airline announced plans earlier this year to make a [...]

After a week in Swift Current, SK at the World Women’s Curling Championship, Team Canada returned home Monday afternoon. Skip Jennifer Jones and her teammates won bronze, but were not disappointed with the outcome of their game, despite what the media made it out to be. “To be a four-time Canadian champion, to go to [...]

Manitoba Olympic gold medallist Jon Montgomery arrived at Winnipeg’s James Richardson International Airport just before 3 p.m. Friday. Montgomery flew in from Toronto in preparation for a homecoming celebration in Russell on Sunday. Watch: The men’s skeleton athlete from the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games was greeted by throngs of well-wishers, friends, family and fans. [...]

After a whirlwind experience at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games — including a gold medal win in men’s skeleton — Manitoba boy Jon Montgomery is returning home. The 31-year-old athlete/car salesman/auctioneer will be the guest of honour at a community celebration in his hometown of Russell, Manitoba on Sunday, March 14 beginning at 1:30 [...]

The Winnipeg Airports Authority released their fourth quarter results for 2009 on Wednesday. Passenger traffic was down 2.95% at James Richardson International Airport from the same period last year. Revenues were also slightly down — $19.9 million, compared to $21.3 million in 2008 during the same period. Barry Rempel, President and CEO of Winnipeg Airports [...]

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 [...]

Posted by Brian Schultz Plans for McNally Robinson to open up in the future air terminal building at the James Richardson International Airport are now off. The Winnipeg bookseller entered bankruptcy protection earlier this week and announced the closing of two of its four stores. Back in July, the Winnipeg Airports Authority — along with [...]

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. [...]

Posted by Brian Schultz Corus Radio raised over $34,000 last week during their 12 Hours of Christmas Auction to support Hunger for Hope. And now the Winnipeg Airports Authority is partnering with the broadcaster and Winnipeg Harvest to make an even bigger dent in child hunger in Manitoba. Beginning today, 8 large baby coin bottles [...]