Air Mikisew was an airline based in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. It operated scheduled passenger services in the Fort McMurray/Fort Chipewyan region. Its main base was the Fort McMurray Airport.[1] It was awarded the Fort McMurray Business of the Year award in 2005.[2]
[edit] History
The airline was established and started operations in 1961 as Contact Air and became wholly owned by the Mikisew Cree First Nation in 1995. It had 63 employees as of at March 2007.[1] Mikisew is the Cree word for eagle.
On April 22, 2010, Transport Canada grounded Air Mikisew while an audit was performed.[3][4] At that time, with permission of Transport Canada, the company, which had given up its Air Operator Certificate, had obtained the services of other aircraft to cover the flights.[3][5] In June 2010, the Canadian Transportation Agency said that the airline may be in violation of the Canada Transportation Act and was not permitted to operate any flights.[4][5] The airline has subsequently been dissolved.[citation needed] The Canadian Transportation Agency revoked Air Mikisew's licence on July 22, 2011.[citation needed]
[edit] Destinations
Air Mikisew provided scheduled flights between Fort Chipewyan, Fort McMurray, and Edmonton.[6] It also provided aero-medical flights for the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo area and charter flights throughout western Canada.
As of June 2010, the Air Mikisew fleet consisted of the following aircraft until its audit by Transport Canada:[1]
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