Austin Airways was a passenger airline and freight carrier based in Timmins, Ontario Canada and the oldest in Canada.
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Company history
It was Canada's oldest airline and started service in 1934. The home base was Timmins and it operated many duties in addition to passenger and freight services. Over the years, scheduled services served over 40 cities, including some destinations in the United States. In 1973 it merged with White River Air Services but continued to operate as Austin Airways.
In June 1987 it merged with Air Ontario Ltd (formerly Great Lakes Airlines (Canada), formed in 1958) to form Air Ontario Inc. In turn Air Ontario became part of Air Canada Jazz in 2001. [1]
Aircraft Used
Over its long history, Austin Airways used the following aircraft:
- Douglas DC-3
- Hawker Siddeley HS 748
- de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
- de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
- de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
- Consolidated Canso
Destinations
Most of the locations Austin Airway flew were isolated and remote airports in Northern Ontario and a few larger airports across Ontario. Rupert House and Minneapolis were the only out of province locations flown by the airline by the 1980s.
- Attawapiskat, Ontario
- Bear Lake, Ontario
- Bearskin Lake, Ontario
- Big Trout Lake, Ontario
- Cochrane, Ontario
- Fort Albany, Ontario
- Fort Hope, Ontario
- Geraldton, Ontario
- Kapuskasing, Ontario
- Kasabonika Lake, Ontario
- Kashechewan First Nation, Ontario
- Kenora, Ontario
- Lansdowne House, Ontario
- Manitouwadge, Ontario
- Marathon, Ontario
- Minneapolis
- Moosonee, Ontario
- Pickle Lake, Ontario
- Pikangikum, Ontario
- Red Lake, Ontario
- Round Lake, Ontario
- Rupert House (Waskaganish, Quebec)
- Sachigo Lake, Ontario
- Sandy Lake, Ontario
- Severn, Ontario - most northerly destination
- Sioux Lookout, Ontario
- Thunder Bay, Ontario
- Timmins, Ontario
- Toronto, Ontario - most southerly destination
- Webequie First Nation, Ontario
- Winisk, Ontario
Referentes
- ^ Airlines Remembered by BI Hengi, Publisher Midland Publishing
External links
- Community Voices
- Ontario Plaques - Austin Airways
- Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame - Austin
- Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame - Russell
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