Air Inuit
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| Founded | November, 1978 | |||
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| Hubs | Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport | |||
| Secondary hubs | Kuujjuaq Airport, La Grande Rivière Airport | |||
| Frequent-flyer program | Air Inuit Reward Program | |||
| Fleet size | 26[3] | |||
| Destinations | 21[4] | |||
| Company slogan | Let us take you there... | |||
| Parent company | Makivik Corporation | |||
| Headquarters | Dorval, Quebec | |||
| Key people | Peter Horsman (President, Air Inuit) | |||
| Website | http://www.airinuit.com/ | |||
Air Inuit Ltd is an airline based in Dorval, Quebec, Canada.[5] It operates domestic passenger services and charter and cargo services in Nunavik and Nunavut. Its main base is Kuujjuaq Airport.[6]
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[edit] History
The airline was established and started operations in 1978 using a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver aircraft. The airline is collectively owned by the Inuit of Nunavik through the Makivik Corporation.[7]
[edit] Destinations
Air Inuit operates scheduled services to the following domestic destinations (November 2006):[citation needed]
- Quebec
- Akulivik (Akulivik Airport)
- Aupaluk (Aupaluk Airport)
- Inukjuak (Inukjuak Airport)
- Ivujivik (Ivujivik Airport)
- Kangiqsualujjuaq (Kangiqsualujjuaq (Georges River) Airport)
- Kangiqsujuaq (Kangiqsujuaq (Wakeham Bay) Airport)
- Kangirsuk (Kangirsuk Airport)
- Kuujjuaq (Kuujjuaq Airport)
- Kuujjuarapik (Kuujjuarapik Airport)
- Radisson (La Grande Rivière Airport)
- Montreal (Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport)
- Puvirnituq (Puvirnituq Airport)
- Quaqtaq (Quaqtaq Airport)
- Quebec City (Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport)
- Salluit (Salluit Airport)
- Schefferville (Schefferville Airport)
- Sept-Îles (Sept-Îles Airport)
- Tasiujuaq (Tasiujaq Airport)
- Umiujaq (Umiujaq Airport)
Air Inuit also offers Charter services to anywhere in Canada, the United States and abroad.
[edit] Fleet
The Air Inuit fleet includes the following aircraft (as of January 2012)[3]
| Aircraft | Number[3] | Variants | Notes[8] |
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| DHC6 Twin Otter | 7 | 300 Series | 19 seats maximum, 3,200 lbs cargo |
| Avro 748 | 2 | 2A Series | 1 Combi aircraft and 1 HS748 LFD Freighter |
| Boeing 737 | 2 | 200 Series | Combi aircraft, 115 seats maximum. This two combi aircraft are also able to operate gravel airstrips. |
| Dash 8-100 | 4 | 100 Series | 37 seat maximum, 7,500 lbs cargo |
| Dash 8-300 | 6 | 300 Series | 50 seats maximum |
| King Air | 3 | 100 Series | 9 seats, 2,300 lbs cargo |
Air Inuit also has access to a Eurocopter Ecureuil (Aerospatiale ASTAR 350) through Nunavik Rotors.[9]
[edit] Accidents and incidents
On 16 March 1981, Douglas C-47A C-FIRW was damaged beyond repair when it broke through the frozen surface of Lac Bienville while taxiing for take-off on a cargo flight.[10]
[edit] References
- ^ Airline Codes
- ^ Transport Canada - Air Traffic Designators - TP 143 (PDF)
- ^ a b c Transport Canada listing of aircraft owned by "Air Inuit" (enter Air Inuit in the box titled "Owner Name")
- ^ Air Inuit route map
- ^ "Contact us." Air Inuit. Retrieved on October 8, 2009. "547 Meloche Dorval (Quebec) Canada H9P 2W2 "
- ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 58. 2007-03-27.
- ^ http://www.airinuit.com/en/History.aspx Air Inuit's history
- ^ Air Inuit fleet
- ^ Air Inuit (2005). "Our Fleet". Archived from the original on 2008-06-12. http://web.archive.org/web/20080612222003/http://www.airinuit.com/en/about/fleet.php. Retrieved 2008-08-13.
- ^ "C-FIRW Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19810316-0. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
[edit] External links
Media related to Air Inuit at Wikimedia Commons- Air Inuit
- Makivik Corporation
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