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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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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]
Air Inuit operates scheduled services to the following domestic destinations (November 2006):[citation needed]
Air Inuit also offers Charter services to anywhere in Canada, the United States and abroad.
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]
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]
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