{"id":467439,"date":"2026-02-11T06:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T06:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/467439\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T06:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T06:11:10","slug":"u-s-faa-head-says-canada-will-certify-gulfstream-jets-after-trump-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/467439\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. FAA head says Canada will certify Gulfstream jets after Trump threats"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Gulfstream G800 aircraft at the National Business Aviation Association convention and exhibition in Orlando, Fla., in October, 2022.Gregg Newton\/Reuters<\/p>\n

A potential confrontation between Canada and the United States over luxury jets appears to have been smoothed over after the head of the U.S. Federal Aviation \u2060Administration \u200bsaid that his Canadian counterparts are poised to approve the certification of American-made Gulfstream aircraft.<\/p>\n

\u201cI \u2060think \u200bwe\u2019ve resolved the issues with Canada,\u201d FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford \u2060told reporters in Washington Tuesday. \u201cMy understanding is Transport \u2060Canada \u200bwill announce \u2060the Gulfstream certifications that \u200chave been delayed for \u200byears.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ottawa has been working to defuse American anger over safety approvals for General Dynamics Corp.\u2019s GD-N<\/a> Gulfstream jets after U.S. President Donald Trump<\/a> blasted Canada in late January for having \u201crefused\u201d to certify four specific models built by the Savannah, GA-based manufacturer. Mr. Trump also threatened retaliation against Bombardier Inc. BBD-B-T<\/a> and Canada\u2019s other domestic aircraft manufacturers. <\/p>\n

Spokespeople for Steven MacKinnon, Canada\u2019s Transport Minister, did not respond to a request to confirm the information late in the day. Mark Masluch, a spokesman for Bombardier, which is a party in the clash, said the company had no further comment beyond its previous statements. <\/p>\n

Mr. Trump startled Canada\u2019s aerospace industry late last month with a social media post saying the United States is decertifying Bombardier\u2019s Global Express jets and \u201call Aircraft made in Canada\u201d until Canada approves the Gulfstream planes. He also threatened a 50-per-cent import tariff on Canadian aircraft sold into the U.S. if the situation was not immediately addressed.<\/p>\n

Trump threatens 50% tariff on Canadian planes sold in U.S.<\/a><\/p>\n

Bombardier to buy U.S. jet service provider amid White House threats to decertify planes<\/a><\/p>\n

U.S. and European regulators have certified certain Gulfstream models but with an exemption that gives the company time to do more testing and prove it has addressed potential issues related to ice in the jets\u2019 fuel system. Canada hasn\u2019t granted that exemption and was still reviewing the aircraft, based on the latest information available.<\/p>\n

The Globe and Mail and other media outlets have asked Transport Canada to specify which Gulfsteam jets are currently being evaluated and which have received their certifications. The department has failed to answer. <\/p>\n

Transport Minister MacKinnon has said Canada has a collaborative relationship with the FAA that stretches back decades in matters of aircraft certification. He suggested last week that the matter had been resolved. <\/p>\n

\u201cTo the extent that any ambiguities or misunderstandings may have existed, I think they\u2019ve been dissipated,\u201d he told reporters last week. <\/p>\n

Bombardier is Gulfstream\u2019s main rival in business jet manufacturing. <\/p>\n

The Montreal-based company would be significantly hit were the U.S. to move ahead with decertification or tariffs. It generated about US$5-billion of its US$8-billion revenue from U.S.-based customers in 2023 while assembling and shipping out its planes largely from factories in Canada. <\/p>\n

With reports from Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: The Gulfstream G800 aircraft at the National Business Aviation Association convention and exhibition…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,45,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-467439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}