- Air Mikisew
Infobox Airline
airline=Air Mikisew
logo=Air_Mikisew_logo.jpg
logo_size=250
fleet_size=10
destinations=3
IATA=V8
ICAO=N/A
callsign=AURORA
parent=Air Mikisew Ltd.
founded=1961 (as Contact Air)
headquarters=Fort McMurray,Alberta
key_people=Graham Davis (General & Operations Manager), Ken Milsom (Chief Pilot)
hubs=Fort McMurray Airport
focus_cities=Edmonton City Centre (Blatchford Field) Airport
Fort Chipewyan Airport
frequent_flyer=
lounge=
alliance=
website= http://www.airmikisew.comAir Mikisew is an
airline based in Fort McMurray,Alberta ,Canada . It operates scheduled passenger services in the Fort McMurray/Fort Chipewyan region. Its main base is at theFort McMurray Airport cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work=Flight International | page= 63 | date= 2007-03-27] . It was awarded the Fort McMurray Business of the Year award in2005 . [ [http://www.fortmcmurraychamber.ca/Wall%20of%20Fame%20Alumni%202008v2.htm Fort McMurray Chamber of Commerce Wall of Fame Alumni] ]History
The airline was established and started operations in
1961 as Contact Air and became wholly owned by the Mikisew Cree First Nation in1995 . It has 63 employees (at March2007 ) - "mikisew" is the Cree word foreagle .Destinations
Air Mikisew provides scheduled flights between Fort Chipewyan, Fort McMurray, and Edmonton. [ [http://www.airmikisew.com/jeremy/schedule.htm (Schedule) Air Mikisw website - schedule] ] . It also provides aero-medical flights for the Municipality of Wood Buffalo area and charter flights throughout western Canada.
Fleet
The Air Mikisew fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March
2007 ) :*2 BAe Jetstream 31 (one Executive and one Commuter configuration)
*1 Raytheon Beech B99
*1 Raytheon Beech King Air B200 Medevac
*1 Cessna 208 Caravan (Amphibious in the summer)Other aircraft: Fact|date=April 2007
*2Piper PA-31 Navajo s
*1Cessna 207
*1Cessna 206
*1Cessna 185 on floats.External links
* [http://www.airmikisew.com Air Mikisew]
References
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