Air Mikisew
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Air Mikisew was a regional airline based in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Its main base was the Fort McMurray Airport.[1] Mikisew is the Cree word for eagle.
History
The airline was established as Contact Airways in 1960 with a Class 4C operating license, based in Fort McMurray.[2] It was sold in the 1960s and later became wholly owned by the Mikisew Cree First Nation in 1995. It had 63 employees as of at March 2007.[1] It was awarded the Fort McMurray Business of the Year award in 2005.[3] The airline was grounded in 2010, and permanently closed by 2011.[4]
Destinations
Air Mikisew provided scheduled flights between Fort Chipewyan, Fort McMurray, and Edmonton.[5] It also provided aero-medical flights for the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo area and charter flights throughout western Canada.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Fleet
In June 2010, the Air Mikisew fleet consisted of the following aircraft until its audit by Transport Canada:[1]
- 2 - British Aerospace Jetstream 31 (one Executive and one Commuter configuration)
- 1 - Raytheon Beech 1900D
- 1 - Raytheon Beech B99
- 1 - Raytheon Beech King Air B200 Medevac
- 1 - Cessna 208 Caravan (Amphibious in the summer)
- 2 - Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftains
- 1 - Cessna 207
- 1 - Cessna 206
- 1 - Cessna 185 (on floats)
See also
References
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