Air Creebec
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Regional airline
Regional airlines are airlines that operate regional aircraft to provide passenger air service to communities without sufficient demand to attract mainline service...
based in Val-d'Or, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
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. It operates scheduled and charter
Air charter
Air charter is the business of renting an entire aircraft as opposed to individual aircraft seats...
services to 16 destinations in Quebec and Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
. Its main base is Val-d'Or Airport
Val-d'Or Airport
Val-d'Or Airport, , is located south of Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada.-Airlines and destinations:-Accidents and incidents:*On 19 June 1970, Douglas C-47A CF-AAC of Austin Airways was written off in an accident....
, with a hub at Timmins/Victor M. Power Airport.
History
The airline was established in June 1982 and started operations on July 1, 1982. At that time the CreeCree
The Cree are one of the largest groups of First Nations / Native Americans in North America, with 200,000 members living in Canada. In Canada, the major proportion of Cree live north and west of Lake Superior, in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest Territories, although...
s owned 51% of the company and Austin Airways
Austin Airways
Austin Airways was a passenger airline and freight carrier based in Timmins, Ontario, and the oldest in Canada.-Code Information:*ICAO Code:*IATA Code:*Call Sign:-Company history:...
owned the remaining 49%. In 1988 the Crees purchased all the airline assets in the largest commercial deal to that date performed by any Native group in Canada
Aboriginal peoples in Canada
Aboriginal peoples in Canada comprise the First Nations, Inuit and Métis. The descriptors "Indian" and "Eskimo" have fallen into disuse in Canada and are commonly considered pejorative....
, making Air Creebec wholly owned by the Cree.
Destinations
Air Creebec operates services to the following Canadian domestic scheduled destinations (as of June 2011):- OntarioOntarioOntario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
- AttawapiskatAttawapiskat First NationAttawapiskat First Nation is an isolated First Nation located in Kenora District in northern Ontario, Canada, at the mouth of the Attawapiskat River at James Bay...
(Attawapiskat AirportAttawapiskat AirportAttawapiskat Airport, , is adjacent to Attawapiskat, Ontario Canada.-Airlines:*Air Creebec *Thunder Airlines...
) - Fort AlbanyFort Albany, OntarioFort Albany First Nation is a community in within the Cochrane District of Northern Ontario, Canada. Situated on the southern shore of the Albany River, Fort Albany First Nation is only accessible by air or by winter road....
(Fort Albany AirportFort Albany AirportFort Albany Airport, , is located adjacent to Fort Albany, Ontario, Canada....
) - KashechewanKashechewan First NationThe Kashechewan First Nation is a Cree First Nation located near James Bay in Northern Ontario, Canada. The community is located on the northern shore of the Albany River. Kashechewan First Nation is one of two communities that were established from Old Fort Albany in the 1950s...
(Kashechewan AirportKashechewan AirportKashechewan Airport, , is located west of the First Nations community of Kashechewan, Ontario, Canada....
) - KingstonKingston, OntarioKingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...
(Norman Rogers Airport) - MoosoneeMoosonee, OntarioMoosonee is a town in northern Ontario, Canada, on the Moose River approximately south of James Bay. It is considered as "the Gateway to the Arctic" and has Ontario's only saltwater port...
(Moosonee AirportMoosonee AirportMoosonee Airport, , is located north-east of Moosonee, Ontario, Canada.The Moosonee Airport was officially opened in May 1970 and a new terminal building was constructed in July 1991, that houses the airport management office and washrooms. There are several small buildings and hangars at the...
) - Peawanuck (Peawanuck AirportPeawanuck AirportPeawanuck Airport, , is located adjacent to Peawanuck, Ontario, Canada....
) - TimminsTimminsTimmins is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada on the Mattagami River. At the time of the Canada 2006 Census, Timmins' population was 42,997...
(Timmins/Victor M. Power Airport)
- Attawapiskat
- QuebecQuebecQuebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
- ChibougamauChibougamau, QuebecChibougamau is a town in central Quebec, Canada, located on Lake Gilman. It has a population of 7,563 people , which makes it the largest community in northern Quebec...
(Chibougamau/Chapais AirportChibougamau/Chapais AirportChibougamau/Chapais Airport is located southwest of Chibougamau, Quebec, Canada, or about halfway to Chapais along Route 113.-Incidents:On October 25, 2007 at approximately 0900 local. A Beech King Air 100A operating as "Cree" 501 crashed on approach into Chibougamau . Both pilots were fatally...
) - ChisasibiChisasibi, QuebecChisasibi is a village on the eastern shore of James Bay, in the Eeyou Istchee territory in northern Quebec, Canada. It is situated on the south shore of La Grande River , less than from the river's mouth...
(Chisasibi AirportChisasibi AirportChisasibi Airport is located northwest of Chisasibi, Quebec, Canada.-External links:* on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory...
) - EastmainEastmain, QuebecEastmain is a Cree community located on James Bay at the mouth of the Eastmain River, Quebec, Canada. It is the smallest of the coastal Cree villages with a population of 606 people...
(Eastmain River AirportEastmain River AirportEastmain River Airport, , is located southwest of Eastmain, Quebec, Canada.-External links:* on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory...
) - RadissonRadisson, QuebecRadisson is a small village situated near the Robert-Bourassa hydroelectric power station on the La Grande River in the James Bay region of Quebec...
(La Grande) (La Grande Rivière AirportLa Grande Rivière AirportLa Grande Rivière Airport, , is an airfield about from Radisson, Quebec, Canada. It is used mostly to shuttle Hydro-Québec personnel between Radisson and the larger cities in Quebec, but it is also served by Air Creebec and Air Inuit....
) - MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
(Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportMontréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportMontréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport or Montréal-Trudeau, formerly known as Montréal-Dorval International Airport, is located on the Island of Montreal, from Montreal's downtown core. The airport terminals are located entirely in Dorval, while the Air Canada headquarters complex...
) - NemaskaNemaska, QuebecNemaska is a small Cree community located on the shores of Lake Champion, in Quebec, Canada. It is the smallest Cree village with a population of 560 people...
(Nemiscau AirportNemiscau AirportNemiscau Airport is located southeast of Nemaska, Quebec, Canada, along Route du Nord at km 294. It was built and is operated by Hydro-Québec to serve their large electrical substations of Nemiscau and Albanel. Air Creebec has scheduled flights to and from this airport at the discretion of...
) - Val-d'Or (Val-d'Or AirportVal-d'Or AirportVal-d'Or Airport, , is located south of Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada.-Airlines and destinations:-Accidents and incidents:*On 19 June 1970, Douglas C-47A CF-AAC of Austin Airways was written off in an accident....
) - WaskaganishWaskaganish, QuebecWaskaganish is a Cree village of about 2000 people at the mouth of the Rupert River on the south-east shore of James Bay in the Eeyou Istchee territory in Northern Quebec, Canada...
(Waskaganish AirportWaskaganish AirportWaskaganish Airport, , is located near the town of Waskaganish, Quebec, Canada....
) - WemindjiWemindji, QuebecWemindji is a small Cree community on Paint Hills Bay off James Bay at the mouth of the Maquatua River in Quebec, Canada. The community has a population of 1238 people ....
(Wemindji AirportWemindji AirportWemindji Airport, , is located near the town of Wemindji, Quebec, Canada....
) - WhapmagoostuiWhapmagoostui, QuebecWhapmagoostui |beluga]]") is the northernmost Cree village in Quebec, located at the mouth of the Great Whale River on the coast of Hudson Bay in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada. About 500 people, mostly Inuit, live in the neighbouring northern village of Kuujjuarapik. The community is only accessible by...
(Kuujjuarapik AirportKuujjuarapik AirportKuujjuarapik Airport, , is located adjacent to the Inuit community of Kuujjuarapik, Quebec, Canada. It also serves the nearby Cree community of Whapmagoostui.-Airlines and destinations:*Air Inuit...
)
- Chibougamau
Fleet
As of June 2010 Transport CanadaTransport Canada
Transport Canada is the department within the government of Canada which is responsible for developing regulations, policies and services of transportation in Canada. It is part of the Transportation, Infrastructure and Communities portfolio...
listed 17 aircraft registered to Air Creebec, and the Air Creebec site listed 14.
| Aircraft | No. of Aircraft (CRQ list) |
No. of Aircraft (TC Transport Canada Transport Canada is the department within the government of Canada which is responsible for developing regulations, policies and services of transportation in Canada. It is part of the Transportation, Infrastructure and Communities portfolio... list) |
Variants | Idents | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beechcraft 1900 Beechcraft 1900 The Beechcraft 1900 is a 19-passenger, pressurized twin-engine turboprop airplane manufactured by the Beechcraft Division of the Raytheon Company . It was designed, and is primarily used, as a regional airliner... |
1 | 1 | 1900D | FTQR | 18 passengers |
| Beechcraft King Air Beechcraft King Air The Beechcraft King Air family is part of a line of twin-turboprop aircraft produced by the Beech Aircraft Corporation... |
2 | 2 | 100 Series | FHGG, GIZX | 9 passengers MEDIVAC |
| de Havilland Canada Dash 8 | 7 | 8 | Series 100, Series 300 | FCLS, FCSK, FDWO, GAIS, GJOP, GTCO, GYWX, GZEW | 29 or 37 passengers 46 passengers |
| Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante The Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante is a general purpose 15-21 passenger twin-turboprop light transport aircraft suitable for military and civil duties... |
2 | 3 | EMB 110P1 | FPCM, FPCU, FYRH | 12 passengers |
| Hawker Siddeley HS 748 | 2 | 3 | Series 2A | FLIY, FPJR, GQWO | Cargo only |
Affinity programs
The airline offers AeroplanAeroplan
Aeroplan is a Montreal, Quebec, Canada based coalition loyalty program owned by Aimia , a global leader in loyalty management. The Aeroplan Program was created in July 1984 by Air Canada as an incentive program for its frequent flyer customers...
rewards points, both to collect and to redeem.