Viking Air, which plans to build a factory in Western Canada, could begin producing new water bombers in 2027, but those planes probably won't be used to put out forest fires in Canada, Gradek said.

As three wildfires continue to spread in Newfoundland, aircraft from New Brunswick took off from the Fredericton ...

Sweeney says the company has had discussions with the province since the aircraft was damaged back in 2018, and he hopes the internal government review opens the door for those talks to ramp up. He ...

I think that’s more the way we have to look at it,” he said. In 2016, Bombardier, which acquired Canadair in the 1980s, sold its water bomber program to British Columbia-based Viking Air.

Newfoundland and Labrador’s is restoring its fifth Bombardier CL-415 water bomber after it spent seven years out of service. (CBC)All of Newfoundland and Labrador's five water bombers will be in ...

De Havilland Aircraft of Canada is floating some options to the Newfoundland and Labrador government about the fate of a water bomber damaged more than four years ago. The aircraft has been ...

A water bomber picks up water at the Waterton Dam, north of Waterton Lakes National Park, Alta., Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. Photo by David Rossiter / THE CANADIAN PRESS ...