Air Inuit

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Air Inuit
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IATA ICAO Callsign
3H[1] AIE[2] INUIT
Founded November 1978; 45 years ago (1978-11)
Operating bases
Frequent-flyer program Isaruuk Reward Program
Fleet size 28[3]
Destinations 22[4]
Company slogan Let us take you there...
Parent company Makivik Corporation
Headquarters Dorval, Quebec
Key people Pita Aatami (President, Air Inuit)
Website http://www.airinuit.com/
One of Air Inuit's two Boeing 737-200s, at Val-d'Or Airport.
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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 September 2014)[3]

Air Inuit Fleet
Aircraft Number[3] Variants Notes[9]
DHC6 Twin Otter 7 300 Series 19 seats maximum, 3,200 lbs cargo
Avro 748 1 2A Series 1 HS748 LFD Freighter
Boeing 737 2 200 Series Combi aircraft, 115 seats maximum. These two combi aircraft are also able to operate from gravel airstrips.
Dash 8-100 2 100 Series 37 seat maximum, 7,500 lbs cargo
Dash 8-300 9 300 Series 45 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]

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.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Airline Codes
  2. ↑ Transport Canada - Air Traffic Designators - TP 143 (PDF)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Transport Canada listing of aircraft owned by "Air Inuit" (enter Air Inuit in the box titled "Owner Name")
  4. ↑ Air Inuit route map
  5. ↑ "Contact us." Air Inuit. Retrieved on October 8, 2009. "547 Meloche Dorval (Quebec) Canada H9P 2W2 "
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