Although delivered to Air Ontario January 25, 1989, C-GLON was first leased to Air Nova for two months (February and March 1989). Pictured in the first Air Canada Connector colors, the airline was later merged and then renamed to Air Canada Regional / Jazz Air in 2002. Withdrawn in 2003 and stored at Halifax, the aircraft was first leased to Labrador Airways in 2004 and later sold. It was withdrawn circa 2010 and scrapped in 2013.

This 1979 Metro was with Empire Airlines from January 1980 - May 1986. It joined Inter-Canadien Airlines in 1987 for their Canadian Partner regional agreement with Canadian Airlines. Sold in October 1991 after the airline went bankrupt after choosing to go it alone against Canadian and Air Canada as Intair airlines. The aircraft is current in the USA as N226KL with Key Lime Air at the time of uploading.

Piedmont Airlines operated forty-five Fokker F-28s. Most were acquired second hand or via mergers, but several new ones were delivered from Fokker in the mid - 80s before the airline merged with USAir in 1986. N205P was delivered on December 21, 1985 and became N479AU with USAir.

First flight for this Islander was on November 30, 1970 with test registration G-51-241. Destined to become CF-QPM for Air Halifax in Canada, the aircraft had an extended delivery flight when Britten-Norman entered it in the 1971 London to Victoria Air Race. Pictured at a stop in Ottawa, the Canadian registration taped over and marked G-AZAX with race number 54, it flew back across Canada for delivery. Sold to Harbor Airlines as N67HA in January 1977, it would move to Slocum Air by 1981. Registered to Nassau based MD Air Services in 1984 where is was written off after overrunning the runway.

Special delivery for Laurentian Air Services. After eight years in Australia, this Beaver returned to Canada for re-build after sale to Laurentian. Emerging registered CF-CCJ (later C-FCCJ), the floatplane is current as N450TN at the time of uploading

Delivered June 19, 1992, C-FKPT flew it's last revenue flight with Air Canada mainline on January 11, 2021. The aircraft was re-configured with sixty-six business class seats for service with Air Canada Jetz and returned to service in October 2021. Although repainted in new colors at the same time, the aircraft didn't wear the usual "jetz" titles.

The Royal Bank of Canada leased this Jetstream to Ontario Express from June 1987 until it was returned in February 1994. Sold to Coast Air as LN-FAZ in November 1984, it was next G-NOSS with Highland Express July 2008 after Coast Air shut down. Withdrawn from use in March 2010 and stored, the aircraft went to Avies Air Company(ES-PJA) in November 2011 until it ceased operations in March 2016. The aircraft is current with Transaviabaltika at the time of uploading.

Canada is a pioneer in the field of airborne geophysics and Ottawa Airport have been home base for several airborne survey aircraft operators since the mid-1950s. This 1996 208B was imported by Thunder Airlines to service remote First Nations communities from Pickle Lake, ON, in December 1996. In late 1997, it began its aerial survey career with Cargaard Aviation, Terra Surveys, Fugro Aviation Canada (2002), and CGG Aviation (Canada) (2006) which reflects a series of mergers and acquisitions. Exported in 2015 as N569WA. In 2023 it was flying with Airpac Airlines, Inc. in Port Angeles, WA.

Former Alaska Airlines (and later operating for BP Alaska) 727 N797AS was sold to Bradley Air Services in December 1985 and flown under their First Air name. The first 727 for the airline, the aircraft was operated until June 2000. It was then used by Canada's National Research Council for aging airframe investigation and broken up by November 2007.

Delivered to Expressjet Airlines/Continental Express as N15910 in 2001. Merged into United Express in 2012. Transferred to Commutair in 2021. To JSX Air in 2022.

On a rare visit to Ottawa, this Martinair 767 (1992- 2011) was last leased to the Força Aérea Brasileira (FAB-2900) 2016 - 19 when stored at South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo, TX. The registration (N328MP) was cancelled on October 8, 2022.

NC417E was written off in an accident at Show Shoe, Pennsylvania on September 27, 1932. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

This Airbus A220-300 was first registered to Airbus Canada Limited Partnership on February 13, 2022 and to Air Canada on April 6, 2022. It's seen taking off in front of the Canadian North (formerly First Air) hangar at Ottawa - Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, Ontario.

Flight Inspection and ILS calibrator, this Dash 8 was delivered to Transport Canada March 19, 1986. The aircraft was transferred to Nav Canada when Canadian ATC services were privatized in 1996. It was withdrawn and stored in 2019 until registered to PAL Airlines - Provincial Airlines in October 2020. In 2022 it started new service with Nederlandnse - Kustwacht (The Netherlands Coast Guard).