Ottawa Hot Air

09/30/2022

Our 2022 Flying Season is now closed.

After 3 covid seasons with many challenges, we have made the decision to stop offering bookings for fare-paying passenger balloon rides to new custmers.

Going forward, we are prioritizing our commercial balloon advertising operations.

We are also still operating our hot air balloon flight school, our special shape hot air balloons and our hot air balloon maintenance services.

07/24/2021

Nice night for a flight. 3 ballons in the air tonight.

07/19/2021

We are finally back in the air again. 😊

03/08/2021

Can't believe how much snow we still have. Our balloon trailers will be locked in for a while still!

09/15/2020

09/08/2020

09/07/2020

Gorgeous evening for a flight. We had 3 balloons in the air tonight and the sky was so clear we could see the city of Ottawa, the Laurentians to the north (we could see all the way to Mont Tremblant!) and the Adirondacks to the south.

08/29/2020

4 balloons in the air tonight.

06/23/2020

Our booking calendar is now open for select dates in July, August and September. We hope to fly with you soon!

05/09/2020

COVID-19 Message

Your safety has always been our number one priority.

We now must balance this with your health – as well as the health of our pilots, ground crew and our surrounding landowners (where we land).

Our originally planned start date for the 2020 flying season was June 1, 2020, but this date will be delayed due to provincial regulations.

We will not be opening our booking calendar until we are ready to fly.

Fortunately, we only offer private flights, so risk of exposure is low, and we will be cleaning/disinfecting our equipment between each flight. We are the only locally owned balloon ride business in Ottawa and plan on operating for many years.

Existing customers that did not fly in 2019 can extend the validity of their bookings until Dec 31, 2021 by emailing us directly, to have the flexibility of flying with us whenever is convenient for them.

On behalf of the entire team here at Ottawa Hot Air, we hope you are safe and healthy and we thank you for putting your trust in us and for supporting us and we look forward to taking you up for your flight a bit later.

Sincerely,

The Ottawa Hot Air team

09/30/2019

Gorgeous evening of flying.

09/21/2019

Ready to go in St. Bruno.

08/03/2019

Hello Vancouver!

07/08/2019

Beautiful evening flying our brand-new 2-passenger (+pilot) balloon.

06/08/2019

And we are off! First flight of the season this morning.

06/07/2019

After an usually wet spring, our launch field is finally ready for the season!

09/23/2018

Gorgeous morning for a flight...

09/07/2018

Enter for your chance to win a free hot air balloon tethered ride!

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08/11/2018

First day at the St-Jean-sur-Richelieu Hot air balloon festival. We've got the mellow yellow balloon out this morning.

07/25/2018

Another happily engaged couple at 2,500 feet in one of our hot air balloons. What a gorgeous morning and sunrise. Congrats to the happy couple that flew high with us. 🥂 😂👫❤🥂

07/19/2018

Nice flight in our tiny scratch-built, 1 passenger (+ pilot) hot air balloon tonight. Thanks for having us Kemptville!

06/30/2018

We took out the Hendrick's Gin Canada Balloon in downtown Montreal for the Montreal Jazz Festival. It was a hit, and everyone loved our cucumber and roses themed balloon.🥒🍸🌹

Here are a few shots from behind the scenes.

06/17/2018

We took out the Hendrick's Gin Balloon for a recurrency flight last night. Beautiful weather for a flight and we are a go for the Montreal Jazz Festival!

05/13/2018

Nice private VIP flight tonight.

05/10/2018

04/16/2018

Here we go again! Montreal Jazz Festival here we come with our Hendrick's Gin balloon!

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02/03/2018

Winter flying in Ottawa with SBS South Korean Reality TV show "Single Wife" season 3.