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|Aerospatiale [[ATR 42]]||align=center|9||align=center|9||ATR42-300<br />ATR42-320||C-FIQR, C-FIQU, C-FTCP, C-FTJB, C-GHCP, C-GKLB, C-GSRR, C-GULU, C-GUNO. Max 42 seats, [[combi]] aircraft, ice/gravel runway capable
|Aerospatiale [[ATR 42]]||align=center|9||align=center|9||ATR42-300<br />ATR42-320||C-FIQR, C-FIQU, C-FTCP, C-FTJB, C-GHCP, C-GKLB, C-GSRR, C-GULU, C-GUNO. Max 42 seats, [[combi]] aircraft, ice/gravel runway capable
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|Aerospatiale [[ATR 72]]||align=center|0||align=center|0||ATR-72-212C||NO REGISTRATION. Max 72 seats, being modified as a [[combi]] aircraft which will employ a large cargo door and freight handling system. Ex [[Alitalia Express]]. Registration EI-CLD. Recently leased as aircraft was stored in 2008.
|Aerospatiale [[ATR 72]]||align=center|0||align=center|0||ATR-72-212C||C-GRMZ Cn432 Max 72 seats, C-GLHR Cn423 is currently being modified as a [[combi]] aircraft which will employ a large cargo door and freight handling system. Both Aircraft Ex [[Alitalia Express]] comming out of storage.
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|[[Avro 748|Hawker Siddeley HS 748]]||align=center|1||align=center|2||Series 2<br />Series 2A||C-GFNW, C-GJVN. Max 40 seats, combi aircraft, large cargo door & ice/gravel runway capable
|[[Avro 748|Hawker Siddeley HS 748]]||align=center|1||align=center|2||Series 2<br />Series 2A||C-GFNW. Max 40 seats, combi aircraft, large cargo door & ice/gravel runway capable. This aircraft is set to retire in 2011.
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|[[Boeing 727]]||align=center|0||align=center|2||727-200C<br />727-200F||C-FUFA, C-GXFA. One 200C series, max 174 seats, combi aircraft, C-GXFA was one of only 2 200C's in operation in the world & was also ice runway capable, one 200F series, ice runway capable. After their recent retirement in early 2010 from the First Air operational fleet, these aircraft are currently stored in [[Trois-Rivières]], Quebec.
|[[Boeing 727]]||align=center|0||align=center|2||727-200C<br />727-200F||C-FUFA, C-GXFA. One 200C series, max 174 seats, combi aircraft, C-GXFA was one of only 2 200C's in operation in the world & was also ice runway capable, one 200F series, ice runway capable. After their recent retirement in early 2010 from the First Air operational fleet, these aircraft are currently stored in [[Trois-Rivières]], Quebec.

Revision as of 19:40, 19 November 2010

First Air
File:First Air logo.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
7F FAB[1] FIRST AIR
Founded1946
HubsYellowknife Airport,
Iqaluit Airport
Frequent-flyer programAeroplan
Fleet size23[2]20[3]
Destinations34[4]
HeadquartersKanata, Ontario[5]
Key peopleScott Bateman President & C.E.O / Bill Thompson Vice President, Commercial Operations
Websitehttp://www.firstair.ca
ATR 42 at Cambridge Bay Airport, newer livery

Bradley Air Services Limited, operating as First Air, is an airline headquartered in Kanata, Ontario, Canada.[5] It operates services to 34 communities in Nunavut, Nunavik and the Northwest Territories. It also charters its fleet worldwide through brokers, freight forwarders and alliances with other carriers. Its main base is Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, with hubs at Iqaluit Airport and Yellowknife Airport.[6]

History

First Air Boeing 767 at Val-d'Or Airport.

The airline was founded and started operations as Bradley Air Services in 1946 and is still registered under that name. First Air first started scheduled operations in 1973, between Ottawa and North Bay, Ontario. This service was operated with an eight seat passenger plane. Eventually, the airline would have southern gateways at Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal and Ottawa. Through Kuujjuaq, in Nunavik and Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories, the airline provides services to 20 Inuit communities in the NWT and Nunavut. Service to Sanikiluaq, Nunavut is provided in partnership with Air Inuit. In 1995 First Air bought Ptarmigan Airways, and in 1997 it bought Northwest Territorial Airways, both of which were merged into First Air.[citation needed]

First Air is wholly owned by the Inuit people of Quebec through the Makivik Corporation, who purchased the company in 1990.[7][8]

On 21 August 2008 First Air fired president Bob Davis and replaced him with new president Scott Bateman. Davis had been president since December 1997 and had had several disagreements with First Air over a period of time[9]

On 5 June 2009 First Air received their first widebody aircraft in the form of a Boeing 767-223 SF (Super Freighter) which is under a 3 year dry lease from (CAM) Cargo Aircraft Management Inc., a subsidiary of Air Transport Services Group (ATSG).

After the introduction of the more economical (both operationally and logistically) Boeing 767-223SF, in March 2010, First Air retired and removed their two Boeing 727-233 aircraft from their fleet. One was one of only two combi types in the world, and the last 727-200 in North America on scheduled passenger/freight services. The other 727-233F full freighter has also been phased out. These aircrafts are currently stored in Trois-Rivières, Quebec.

Destinations

First Air Boeing 737-200 at Ottawa International Airport
ATR 42 at Cambridge Bay Airport, older livery
First Air Boeing 767 at Val-d'Or Airport, Quebec

First Air operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (as of March 2010[4][10]):

Fleet

The First Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of April 2010):[2][3]

First Air Fleet
Aircraft No. of Aircraft
(FAB list)[3]		 No. of Aircraft
(TC list)[2]		 Variants Notes
Aerospatiale ATR 42 9 9 ATR42-300
ATR42-320		 C-FIQR, C-FIQU, C-FTCP, C-FTJB, C-GHCP, C-GKLB, C-GSRR, C-GULU, C-GUNO. Max 42 seats, combi aircraft, ice/gravel runway capable
Aerospatiale ATR 72 0 0 ATR-72-212C C-GRMZ Cn432 Max 72 seats, C-GLHR Cn423 is currently being modified as a combi aircraft which will employ a large cargo door and freight handling system. Both Aircraft Ex Alitalia Express comming out of storage.
Hawker Siddeley HS 748 1 2 Series 2
Series 2A		 C-GFNW. Max 40 seats, combi aircraft, large cargo door & ice/gravel runway capable. This aircraft is set to retire in 2011.
Boeing 727 0 2 727-200C
727-200F		 C-FUFA, C-GXFA. One 200C series, max 174 seats, combi aircraft, C-GXFA was one of only 2 200C's in operation in the world & was also ice runway capable, one 200F series, ice runway capable. After their recent retirement in early 2010 from the First Air operational fleet, these aircraft are currently stored in Trois-Rivières, Quebec.
Boeing 737 6 6 737-200
737-200C		 C-FACP, C-FMOC, C-FNVK, C-FNVT, C-GCPT, C-GNDC, C-GNWN. Four 200C series, max 115 seats, combi aircraft, ice/gravel runway capable, two 200 series, max 99 seats, all passenger aircraft
Boeing 767 1 1 767-200SF C-GKLY. 767-223 Super Freighter, max payload : 98 700 lbs. Converted freighter by IAI (Israel Aerospace Industries) .
L-382 Hercules 2 2 L-382G C-GHPW, C-GUSI. Cargo aircraft only, ice/gravel runway capable, First Air operates the only 2 civilian Hercules in Canada

A Douglas DC-3, C-FMOC, is still listed with Transport Canada but with its certificate cancelled.[2]

Accidents and incidents

  • On 28 January 1974, Douglas C-47B CF-TVK of Bradley Air Services was destroyed in a hangar fire at Carp Airport, Ottawa.[11]
  • On 29 Aug 1979 Frobisher Bay, Canada de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 (Bradley Air Services)
  • On 15 Sep 1988 Cheney, Ontario, Canada BAe-748 (Bradley Air Services)
  • On 12 Jan 1989 Dayton, Ohio Hawker Siddeley Avro 748-215 (Bradley Air Services)
  • On 12 Aug 1996 Markham Bay, Canada de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 (First Air)

References

  1. ^ Transport Canada - Air Traffic Designators - TP 143 (PDF)
  2. ^ a b c d Transport Canada listing of aircraft owned by "Bradley Air Services" (enter Bradley Air Services in the box titled "Owner Name")
  3. ^ a b c First Air fleet details (PDF)
  4. ^ a b First Air route map
  5. ^ a b "First Air Head Office." First Air. Retrieved on 17 September 2009.
  6. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 82.
  7. ^ Backgrounders / Investment
  8. ^ About First Air
  9. ^ First Air fires president Davis
  10. ^ First Air to drop Kivalliq passenger service in September
  11. ^ "CF-TVK Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
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