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| Founded | 1978 | |||
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| Hubs | Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport | |||
| Secondary hubs | Kuujjuaq Airport, La Grande Rivière Airport | |||
| Fleet size | 23[3] | |||
| Destinations | 21[4] | |||
| Parent company | Makivik Corporation | |||
| Company slogan | Let us take you there... | |||
| Headquarters | Dorval, Quebec | |||
| Key people | Peter Horseman (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 northern Quebec. Its main base is Kuujjuaq Airport[6].
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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 (November 2006):[citation needed]
- Quebec
- Akulivik (Akulivik Airport)
- Aupaluk (Aupaluk Airport)
- Inukjuak (Inukjuak Airport)
- Ivujivik (Ivujivik Airport)
- Kangiqsualujjuaq (Kangiqsualujjuaq (Georges River) Airport)
- Kangiqsujuaq (Kangiqsujuaq (Wakeham Bay) Airport)
- Kangirsuk (Kangirsuk Airport)
- Kuujjuaq (Kuujjuaq Airport)
- Kuujjuarapik (Kuujjuarapik Airport)
- Radisson (La Grande Rivière Airport)
- Montreal (Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport)
- Puvirnituq (Puvirnituq Airport)
- Quaqtaq (Quaqtaq Airport)
- Quebec City (Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport)
- Salluit (Salluit Airport)
- Schefferville (Schefferville Airport)
- Sept-Îles (Sept-Îles Airport)
- Tasiujuaq (Tasiujaq Airport)
- Umiujaq (Umiujaq Airport)
Air Inuit also offers Charter services to anywhere in Canada, the United States and abroad.
Fleet
The Air Inuit fleet includes the following aircraft (as of Sep 2008) [3]
| Aircraft | Number[3] | Variants | Notes[8] |
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| DHC6 Twin Otter | 8 | 300 Series | 19 seats maximum, 3,200 lbs cargo |
| Avro 748 | 4 | 2A Series | 2 Combi aircraft and 2 HS748 LFD Freighter |
| Boeing 737 | 1 | 2S2C Series | 115 seats maximum. Year of Manufacture: 1979, Former Airline Dolphin Air originally delivered to FedEx Express. This Aircraft is also able to operate gravel airstrips Was leased to Canadian Liberal party leader Stéphane Dion for 2008 federal election campaign. |
| Dash 8-100 | 6 | 100 Series | 37 seat maximum, 7,500 lbs cargo |
| Dash 8-300 | 1 | 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]
References
- ^ Airline Codes
- ^ Transport Canada - Air Traffic Designators - TP 143 (PDF)
- ^ a b c Transport Canada listing of aircraft owned by "Air Inuit" (enter Air Inuit in the box titled "Owner Name")
- ^ Air Inuit route map
- ^ "Contact us." Air Inuit. Retrieved on October 8, 2009.
- ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 58. 2007-03-27.
- ^ http://www.airinuit.com/en/History.aspx Air Inuit's history
- ^ Air Inuit fleet
- ^ Air Inuit (2005). "Our Fleet". http://www.airinuit.com/en/about/fleet.php. Retrieved 2008-08-13.
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