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Buffalo Airways
1000 Buffalo Dr.
Hay River, Northwest Territories X0E 0R9, Canada
Tel. 867-874-3333
Fax 867-874-3572

Type: Private
On the web: http://www.buffaloairways.com
Employees: 80

For the right price, this buffalo will roam anywhere you want. Buffalo Airways provides chartered air services for both passengers and cargo. It also provides scheduled passenger flights to select destinations in Canada's Northwest Territories, operates a school of aviation and aircraft maintenance engineering, flies fire suppression support, and provides cropdusting and courier services. The company's fleet includes Barons, Beech King Airs, Cansos, Cessna 185s, CL-215s, Curtiss C-46s, DC-4 Tankers, and Douglas DC-3s. Buffalo Airways additionally offers aircraft and aircraft parts for sale.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $19.2M

Officers:
President: Wilson J. McBryan
Director Flight Operations: Airlines

Competitors:
ACE Aviation
Jazz Air LP
WestJet

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Buffalo Airways
Buffalo Logo.png
IATA
J4
ICAO
BFL
Callsign
BUFFALO
Founded 1970
Hubs Hay River Airport
Secondary hubs Yellowknife Airport
Red Deer Regional Airport
Fleet size 49
Destinations
Parent company Buffalo Airways Limited
Headquarters Hay River, Northwest Territories, Canada
Key people
Website http://www.buffaloairways.com/

Buffalo Airways is a family run charter and scheduled airline based in Hay River, Northwest Territories, Canada. It was established May 13, 1970 by Joe McBryan (also known as Buffalo Joe) and operates scheduled passenger services and cargo and passenger charter services, as well as firefighting and fuel services. Its main base is Hay River Airport (CYHY) and two other bases at Yellowknife Airport (CYZF) and Red Deer Regional Airport (CYQF).

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Clothing Company & Television Show

In 2007 Buffalo Airways started to produce a clothing line. The first products include t-shirts, hoodies and hats. With the introduction of the Canwest Global televison show Ice Pilots NWT which features the day to day operations at the Buffalo Airways hanger in Yellowknife, Buffalo has expanded their clothing company to feature over 30 products and launched a full service product website called BuffaloAirWear.com.

Destinations

FIQM unloading at Cambridge Bay Airport

The airline operates scheduled passenger services between Hay River and Yellowknife[1]

Fleet

As of August 2009 the Buffalo Airways fleet numbers 49, consisting of the following aircraft[1][2]:

References

  1. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: pp. 89-90. 2007-03-27. 
  2. ^ Canadian civil aircraft register search, using "Buffalo Airways" as the search parameter. Search conducted 2007-08-31.

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