List of airlines of Ontario
Appearance
This is a list of airlines that are based in Ontario which have an air operator's certificate issued by Transport Canada, the country's civil aviation authority.
Current airlines
[edit]Defunct airlines
[edit]Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Hub airport(s) or headquarters |
Notes |
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30000 Island Air | Parry Sound Harbour | 2000? - ?, charter rental and leasing service air operator based in Parry Sound, Ontario using de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver | ||||
Air Ontario | GX | ONT | ONTARIO | London | 1987 - 2001, to Air Canada Jazz | |
Air Toronto | CS | CNE | CONNECTOR | Toronto Pearson | 1984-19991 | |
AllCanada Express | CNX | CANEX | Toronto Pearson | 1992 - 2005 | ||
Austin Airways | AAW | Timmins/Victor M. Power | 1934 - 1987, to Air Ontario | |||
Canada 3000 | 2T | CMM | ELITE | Toronto Pearson | 1988 - 2001, formerly Canada 2000; Canada 3000 Cargo sold to Cargojet and 2005 revival failed | |
City Express | Peterborough | 1971 - 1991, founded as Air Atonabee 1971 | ||||
Great Lakes Airlines | Sarnia Chris Hadfield | 1958 - 1983, to Air Ontario | ||||
Intair | ND | INT | INTAIR | Toronto Pearson | 1989 - 1991, established by City Express as a successor to Skycraft Air Transport | |
Millardair | Toronto Pearson | 1962 - 1990, continued as aircraft maintenance and servicing firm Millard Air Incorporated (Millardair MRO) 1990-2012 | ||||
NAC Air | HMR | HAMMER | Thunder Bay | 2000 - 2008, North American Charters was 100% First Nations owned | ||
NorOntair | NOA | NORONTAIR | Sault Ste. Marie | 1971 - 1996, airline operations of Ontario Northland Transportation Commission | ||
Odyssey International | OL | ODY | ODYSSEY | Toronto Pearson | 1988 - 1990, name, aircraft and some employees were merged with Nationair, and operated as a separate division of Nolisair for a short period of time | |
Ontario Central Airlines | NUN | NUNASI | Kenora | 1947 - 1991?, became Nunasi-Central Airlines in 1984 and then to Nunasi-Northland Airlines in 1987 | ||
Ontario Express | 9X | OEL | PARTNER | 1980s - 1998, to Canadian Airlines | ||
Pem-Air | PD | OEM | PEM-AIR | Pembroke | 1970 - 2002 | |
Roots Air | 6J | SSV | SKYTOUR | Toronto Pearson | 2000 - 2001, part of Roots Canada, ceased operations when ownership acquired by Air Canada | |
Skycraft Air Transport | Oshawa | 1977 - 1989, reincarnated in 1989 and operating until 1994. | ||||
Skyservice Airlines | 5G | SSV | SKYTOUR | Toronto Pearson | 1986 - 2010, differs from existing Skyservice Business Aviation - same owners | |
Soundair | SDR | SOUNDAIR | Toronto Pearson | 1973-1990, owned Odyssey International and Air Toronto. Previously Owen Sound Air Services. DBA Soundair Express. | ||
Starratt Airways | Hudson, Kenora District | 1932 - 1942, to Canadian Pacific Airlines | ||||
Vacationair | Toronto | 1988 - 1990, initiated by Gray Coach Lines | ||||
Vision Airways Corporation | V6 | VSN | VISION | Timmins/Victor M. Power | ? - 1994 | |
Vistajet | VJT | VISTA | Ottawa, Toronto, Windsor |
1997 - 1997 | ||
Zoom Airlines | Z4 | OOM | ZOOM | Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier | 2002 - 2008, named acquired for new XPO Airlines 2009 |
References
[edit]- ^ Adler Aviation
- ^ AirExpress Ontario
- ^ Bearskin Airlines
- ^ About The Kingston Airport Archived 2010-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Cargojet Airways
- ^ First Air route map Archived 2009-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Flightexec
- ^ The Craig Evan Corporation O/A Flightexec
- ^ Helicopter Transport Services - About
- ^ Nakina Air Service at Pilot Career Centre
- ^ "Porter Airlines". Archived from the original on 2010-06-24. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
- ^ SkyLink Aviation
- ^ SkyLink Express
- ^ Stanton Airways
- ^ Superior Airways
- ^ Thunder Airlines
- ^ Voyageur Airways Archived 2010-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Wasaya Airways Archived 2007-04-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ White River Air Charter Services Archived 2012-07-19 at archive.today
- ^ Wilderness Air