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Air Inuit
IATA ICAO Call sign
3H[1] AIE[2] INUIT
FoundedNovember 1978; 46 years ago (1978-11)
Operating bases
Frequent-flyer programIsaruuk Reward Program
Fleet size29[3]
Destinations22[4]
Parent companyMakivik Corporation
HeadquartersDorval, Quebec
Key peoplePita Aatami (President, Air Inuit)
Websitehttp://www.airinuit.com/
One of Air Inuit's two Boeing 737-200s, at Val-d'Or Airport.
A DeHavilland DHC-8-102 belonging to Air Inuit at Cornwall, Ontario, May 2005

Air Inuit (Inuktitut: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᖓᑦᑕᔪᖏᑦ) 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]

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]

Destinations

Air Inuit operates scheduled services to the following domestic destinations (September 2012):[8]

Scheduled flights

Charters

Air Inuit also offers other charter services to anywhere in Canada, the United States and abroad.

Fleet

The Air Inuit fleet includes the following aircraft (as of January 2016)[3]

Air Inuit Fleet
Aircraft Number[3] Variants Notes[9]
Beechcraft King Air 3 100 Series 9 passengers
Boeing 737 2 200 Series Combi aircraft, 112 seats maximum. These two combi aircraft are also able to operate from gravel airstrips.
DHC6 Twin Otter 7 300 Series 19 seats maximum, 3,200 lbs cargo
Bombardier Dash 8 13 100 Series, 300 Series 100 Series Combi aircraft, 37 seat maximum, 7,800 lbs cargo; 300 Series combi and cargo aircraft, 45 seat maximum, 13,500 lbs
Hawker Siddeley HS 748 1 2A Series Cargo only

Air Inuit also has access to a Eurocopter Ecureuil (Aerospatiale ASTAR 350) through Nunavik Rotors and a de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter through Johnny May's Air Charters.[9]

On 1 March 2016, Bombardier Inc. announced that Air Inuit would be the launch customer for the Bombardier Q300 Large Cargo Door freighter.[10]

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.[11]

References

  1. ^ "The Airline Codes Website". airlinecodes.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  2. ^ Transport Canada - Air Traffic Designators - TP 143 (PDF)
  3. ^ a b c "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: Quick Search Result for Air Inuit". Transport Canada. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
  4. ^ "Airinuit". airinuit.com. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Contact us." Air Inuit. Retrieved on October 8, 2009. "547 Meloche Dorval (Quebec) Canada H9P 2W2 "
  6. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. p. 58.
  7. ^ 01. "History". Airinuit.com. Retrieved 2015-08-25. {{cite web}}: |author= has numeric name (help)
  8. ^ "Air Inuit Our Destinations". Airinuit.com. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  9. ^ a b Air Inuit. "Our Fleet". Retrieved 2016-01-15.
  10. ^ "Air Inuit to be Launch Customer for Bombardier Q300 Freighter with a Large Cargo Door". bombardier.com. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  11. ^ "C-FIRW Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
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