Air Inuit
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Airline
An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...
based in Dorval, 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
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It operates domestic passenger services and charter and cargo services in Nunavik
Nunavik
Nunavik comprises the northern third of the province of Quebec, Canada. Covering a land area of 443,684.71 km² north of the 55th parallel, it is the homeland of the Inuit of Quebec...
and Nunavut
Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...
. Its main base is Kuujjuaq Airport
Kuujjuaq Airport
Kuujjuaq Airport, , is located southwest of Kuujjuaq, Quebec, Canada.-Airlines and destinations:-History:During World War II, the United States established a weather/radio station at this site, code-named "Crystal I"...
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History
The airline was established and started operations in 1978 using a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 BeaverDe Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
The de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver is a single-engined, high-wing, propeller-driven, STOL aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada, primarily known as a bush plane. It is used for cargo and passenger hauling, aerial application , and has been widely adopted by armed forces as a utility aircraft...
aircraft. The airline is collectively owned by the Inuit
Inuit
The Inuit are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Canada , Denmark , Russia and the United States . Inuit means “the people” in the Inuktitut language...
of Nunavik
Nunavik
Nunavik comprises the northern third of the province of Quebec, Canada. Covering a land area of 443,684.71 km² north of the 55th parallel, it is the homeland of the Inuit of Quebec...
through the Makivik Corporation
Makivik Corporation
The Makivik Corporation is the legal representative of Quebec's Inuit people, established in 1978 under the terms of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, the agreement that established the institutions of Nunavik...
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Destinations
Air Inuit operates scheduled services to the following domestic destinations (November 2006):- Newfoundland and LabradorNewfoundland and LabradorNewfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
- WabushWabush, Newfoundland and LabradorWabush is a small town in the western tip of Labrador, known for transportation and iron ore operations for over three decades ....
(Wabush AirportWabush AirportWabush Airport is northeast of Wabush, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.-Airlines and destinations:...
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- Wabush
- NunavutNunavutNunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...
- SanikiluaqSanikiluaq, NunavutSanikiluaq is a small Inuit hamlet located on the north coast of Flaherty Island in Hudson Bay, on the Belcher Islands, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. Nuiyak School, with 23 staff, teaches Grades K-12, with 302 students enrolled. The principal is Tim Hoyt...
(Sanikiluaq AirportSanikiluaq AirportSanikiluaq Airport is located at Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the Government of Nunavut. It is one of the few airports in Nunavut that uses magnetic headings for the runway rather than true headings.-Airlines and destinations:...
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- Sanikiluaq
- 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....
- AkulivikAkulivik, QuebecAkulivik is an Inuit village in Nunavik, in northern Quebec, Canada. It is located on a peninsula that juts southwesterly into Hudson Bay across from Smith Island...
(Akulivik AirportAkulivik AirportAkulivik Airport is located southwest of Akulivik, Quebec, Canada.The town is located on the Western or Hudson Bay side of the Ungava Peninsula.-Airlines and destinations:...
) - AupalukAupaluk, QuebecAupaluk is the smallest Inuit settlement in Nunavik. In 2001, there were 159 residents; the 2006 population of 174 marks a 9.4% increase over these five years. There are 49 private dwellings in the settlement, all occupied by usual residents. The settlement spans 30.12 km² in terms of area and...
(Aupaluk AirportAupaluk AirportAupaluk Airport is located east of Aupaluk, Quebec, Canada.-Airlines and destinations:* Air Inuit -External links:*...
) - InukjuakInukjuak, QuebecInukjuak , alternatively spelled Inoucdjouac, former name and current postal name Port Harrison, is an Inuit settlement located on Hudson Bay at the mouth of the Innuksuak River in the Nunavik region of northern Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,294...
(Inukjuak AirportInukjuak AirportInukjuak Airport, , is located adjacent to Inukjuak, Quebec, Canada....
) - IvujivikIvujivik, QuebecIvujivik is the northernmost settlement in the Canadian Province of Quebec. It is also the northernmost settlement in any Canadian province...
(Ivujivik AirportIvujivik AirportIvujivik Airport, , is located on the shore of Hudson Bay in Ivujivik, Quebec, Canada....
) - KangiqsualujjuaqKangiqsualujjuaq, QuebecKangiqsualujjuaq is an Inuit village with a population of approximately 620, located on the east coast of Ungava Bay at the mouth of the George River, in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada....
(Kangiqsualujjuaq (Georges River) AirportKangiqsualujjuaq (Georges River) AirportKangiqsualujjuaq Airport, , is located northwest of Kangiqsualujjuaq, Quebec, Canada.-Airlines and destinations:*Air Inuit -External links:...
) - KangiqsujuaqKangiqsujuaq, QuebecKangiqsujuaq is an Inuit community in Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada. It had a population of 552 in 2006. The community has also been known as Wakeham Bay. The name "Kangiqsujuaq" means "the large bay" in Inuktitut....
(Kangiqsujuaq (Wakeham Bay) AirportKangiqsujuaq (Wakeham Bay) AirportKangiqsujuaq Airport, , is located southeast of Kangiqsujuaq, Quebec, Canada.-Airlines and destinations:*Air Inuit -External links:...
) - KangirsukKangirsuk, QuebecKangirsuk is an Inuit village in northern Nunavik, Quebec, Canada. It is north of Kuujjuaq, between Aupaluk and Quaqtaq. The community is only accessible by air and, in late summer, by boat...
(Kangirsuk AirportKangirsuk AirportKangirsuk Airport, , is located east of Kangirsuk, Quebec, Canada....
) - KuujjuaqKuujjuaq, QuebecKuujjuaq is the largest Inuit village in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada with a population of 2,132 as of the 2006 census. This is up roughly 10% from 1,932 as of the 2001 Census. It is the administrative capital of Nunavik and lies on the western shore of the Koksoak River.Kuujjuaq previously was known...
(Kuujjuaq AirportKuujjuaq AirportKuujjuaq Airport, , is located southwest of Kuujjuaq, Quebec, Canada.-Airlines and destinations:-History:During World War II, the United States established a weather/radio station at this site, code-named "Crystal I"...
) - KuujjuarapikKuujjuarapik, QuebecKuujjuarapik is the southernmost Inuit village at the mouth of the Great Whale River on the coast of Hudson Bay in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada. About 800 people, mostly Cree, live in the adjacent village of Whapmagoostui. The community is only accessible by air and, in late summer, by boat...
(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...
) - 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 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...
) - PuvirnituqPuvirnituq, QuebecPuvirnituq is an Inuit settlement in Nunavik on the Povungnituk River near its mouth on the Hudson Bay in northern Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1457 .The name means "Place where there is a smell of rotten meat"...
(Puvirnituq AirportPuvirnituq AirportPuvirnituq Airport, , is located north of Puvirnituq, Quebec, Canada.-Airlines and destinations:*Air Inuit...
) - QuaqtaqQuaqtaq, QuebecQuaqtaq is an Inuit village in Nunavik, northern Quebec, Canada. The village is one of the northernmost inhabited places in Quebec, located on the eastern shore of Diana Bay , on a peninsula which protrudes into the Hudson Strait where it meets Ungava Bay.The name Quaqtaq signifies tapeworm...
(Quaqtaq AirportQuaqtaq AirportQuaqtaq Airport, , is located near Quaqtaq, Quebec, Canada. Due to the landfill northeast of the runway birds and dogs may be encountered.-Airlines and destinations:*Air Inuit...
) - Quebec CityQuebec CityQuebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
(Québec/Jean Lesage International AirportQuébec/Jean Lesage International AirportQuébec City Jean Lesage International Airport, also known as Jean Lesage International Airport was established in 1939, a year after the closure of the Aérodrome Saint-Louis. It is located west southwest of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada...
) - SalluitSalluit, QuebecSalluit is the second northernmost Inuit community in Quebec, Canada, located on Sugluk Inlet close to the Hudson Strait. Its population was 1241 in 2006 , and growing rapidly...
(Salluit AirportSalluit AirportSalluit Airport, , is located near the community of Salluit, Quebec, Canada. There are no roads into Salluit so the airport provides the only means for the residents to access southern Quebec....
) - ScheffervilleSchefferville, QuebecSchefferville is a town in the Canadian province of Quebec. Schefferville is in the heart of the Naskapi and Innu territory in northern Quebec, less than 2 km from the border with Labrador on the north shore of Knob Lake. The town has an incorporated area of . It is located within the...
(Schefferville AirportSchefferville AirportSchefferville Airport, , is located adjacent to the community of Schefferville, Quebec, Canada.-Airlines and destinations:*Air Inuit -External links:*...
) - Sept-ÎlesSept-Îles, QuebecFor the islands in north of Brittany, see JentilezSept-Îles is a city in the Côte-Nord region of eastern Quebec, Canada. It is the northernmost town in Quebec with any significant population...
(Sept-Îles AirportSept-Îles Airport-External links:...
) - TasiujuaqTasiujaq, QuebecTasiujaq is a community in Quebec, Canada. It was built on the shores of Leaf Lake at the head of Deep Harbour and lies a few kilometres north of the tree line, where the shrub tundra finally gives way to the arctic tundra. Tasiujaq actually refers to the whole of Leaf Basin: Leaf Lake, Leaf...
(Tasiujaq AirportTasiujaq AirportTasiujaq Airport, , is located southwest of Tasiujaq, Quebec, Canada....
) - UmiujaqUmiujaq, QuebecUmiujaq is an Inuit village near the eastern shore of Hudson Bay in Nunavik in northern Quebec, Canada. The village was established in 1986 by Inuit from Kuujjuarapik, 160 km to the south, who decided to relocate away from the area affected by the James Bay Hydro-electric Project.Umiujaq,...
(Umiujaq AirportUmiujaq AirportUmiujaq Airport, , is located near the town of Umiujaq, Quebec, Canada.-Airlines and destinations:*Air Inuit...
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- Akulivik
Air Inuit also offers Charter services to anywhere in Canada, the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and abroad.
Fleet
The Air Inuit fleet includes the following aircraft (as of December 2010)| Aircraft | Number | Variants | Notes |
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| DHC6 Twin Otter De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter The DHC-6 Twin Otter is a Canadian 19-passenger STOL utility aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada and currently produced by Viking Air. The aircraft's fixed tricycle undercarriage, STOL abilities and high rate of climb have made it a successful cargo, regional passenger airliner and MEDEVAC... |
7 | 300 Series | 19 seats maximum, 3,200 lbs cargo |
| Avro 748 | 2 | 2A Series | 1 Combi Combi In commercial aviation, the term combi refers to versions of various aircraft that can be used for either passenger, as an airliner would, or cargo duties, as a freighter would, and often have a partition in the aircraft cabin to allow both uses at once... aircraft and 1 HS748 LFD Freighter |
| Boeing 737 Boeing 737 The Boeing 737 is a short- to medium-range, twin-engine narrow-body jet airliner. Originally developed as a shorter, lower-cost twin-engine airliner derived from Boeing's 707 and 727, the 737 has developed into a family of nine passenger models with a capacity of 85 to 215 passengers... |
2 | 200 Series | Combi Combi In commercial aviation, the term combi refers to versions of various aircraft that can be used for either passenger, as an airliner would, or cargo duties, as a freighter would, and often have a partition in the aircraft cabin to allow both uses at once... aircraft, 115 seats maximum. This two combi aircraft are also able to operate gravel airstrips. The second 737 is due into enter service in 2011. |
| Dash 8-100 | 5 | 100 Series | 37 seat maximum, 7,500 lbs cargo |
| Dash 8-300 | 6 | 300 Series | 50 seats maximum |
| 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... |
3 | 100 Series | 9 seats, 2,300 lbs cargo |
Air Inuit also has access to a Eurocopter Ecureuil (Aerospatiale ASTAR 350) through Nunavik Rotors.
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 BienvilleLac Bienville
Lac Bienville is a lake in western central Quebec in Canada. The lake was named after Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, the younger brother of Sieur d'Iberville. Great Whale River flows through this lake on its way to Hudson Bay.- External links :*...
while taxiing for take-off on a cargo flight.