Air Nunavut
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| Founded | 1989 | ||||||
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| AOC # | Canada: 5343[2] United States: Q1NF069F[3] | ||||||
| Hubs | Iqaluit Airport Oshawa Executive Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 13[4] | ||||||
| Destinations | Air charter/MEDEVAC | ||||||
| Headquarters | Iqaluit, Nunavut and Oshawa, Ontario[5] | ||||||
| Key people | Jeff Mahoney (president) | ||||||
| Website | Air Nunavut website, Smooth Air Charter website | ||||||
Air Nunavut, trading as Smooth Air,[2] is an airline based in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. It is the only local and Inuit-owned[6][7] air carrier in the eastern Arctic, operating MEDEVAC and charter services throughout Canada's Arctic, northern Quebec and Greenland. Its main base is Iqaluit Airport.[8]
History
The airline was established and started charter operations in 1989 as Air Baffin. Scheduled services were inaugurated in May 1992.[8]
The airline also has two main bases of operations, Oshawa Executive Airport and Iqaluit Airport.
Three Falcon 10s operate out of the Oshawa Executive Airport under the division company name "SmoothAir Charter."[8] The Beechcraft King Air 200s remain in Iqaluit servicing the surrounding communities.
Fleet
According to Transport Canada the Air Nunavut fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of September 2019):[4]
| Aircraft | No. of aircraft | Variants | Notes |
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| Dassault Falcon 10 | 6 | Falcon 10 | Listed by Air Nunavut as Falcon 10/100 Jet, 7 passengers, gravel strip capable |
| Dassault Falcon 20 | 3 | Mystère/Falcon 20F5, Falcon 200, Fan Jet Falcon | Not listed at Air Nunavut |
| Beechcraft Super King Air | 4 | 200 | 8, 11 or 13 passengers, gravel strip capable |
The Transport Canada list also shows a Dassault Falcon 10 with a temporary cancelled certificate.[9]
References
- ^ "Air Traffic Designators - Transport Canada" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-03-16. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
- ^ a b Transport Canada (2019-09-05), Civil Aviation Services (CAS) AOC. wwwapps.tc.gc.ca.
- ^ "Federal Aviation Administration - Airline Certificate Information - Detail View". av-info.faa.gov. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ a b "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: Quick Search Result for Air Nunavut". Transport Canada. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
- ^ "Air Nunavut Contact". Archived from the original on 2014-05-08. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
- ^ To be registered with Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated as an Inuit firm Article 24 of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement requires that the owner, or 51% ownership of the companies shares, be Inuit. Full details at Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Archived 2009-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Firm Details for - Air Nunavut
- ^ a b c "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. p. 64.
- ^ Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: Aircraft Details
External links
- Air Nunavut at Industry Canada
- Air Nunavut at the PAIL Inuit Business Directory
- Air Nunavut website The Air Nunavut website
- Smooth Air Charter website
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