- Wasaya Airways
Infobox Airline
airline = Wasaya Airways
logo =
logo_size = 150px
fleet_size = 24 [http://www.tc.gc.ca/aviation/activepages/ccarcs/en/Current_E.asp?x_lang=E Transport Canada listing of aircraft owned by "Wasaya Airways"] (enter Wasaya Airways in the box titled "Owner Name")]
destinations = 26 [http://www.wasaya.com/default.asp Wasaya Airways main page] ] 28 [https://ameliaweb.intelisys.ca/Wasaya/(os5ya5jeatvlw445gngetb55)/ViewFlights.aspx?pid=2&cid=378&ref=1 Wasaya Airways online booking] ]
IATA = WT [ [http://www.wasaya.com/default.asp?pid=2&cid=180&ref=1 Wasaya Airways passenger services] ]
ICAO = WSG [http://www.tc.gc.ca/pol/EN/Report/TP143E/pdf/TP1432005.pdf Transport Canada - Air Traffic Designators - TP 143 (PDF)] ]
callsign = Wasaya
parent = [http://www.wasaya.com/wasaya_group.asp Wasaya Group Inc.]
company_slogan = 'The Future is Ours'
founded = 1989
headquarters = Thunder Bay,Ontario
key_people = Tom Morris (President)
hubs =Thunder Bay International Airport ,Sioux Lookout Airport
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website = [http://www.wasaya.com/default.asp www.wasaya.com]Wasaya Airways LP (or in
Anishinini language ᐙᐦᓭᔮ ᐱᒥᐦᓭᐎᐣ ("Waaseyaa Bimisewin"); unpointed: ᐗᓭᔭ ᐱᒥᓭᐎᐣ) is a 100%First Nations owned domestic airline based inNorthern Ontario . To date, its main hubs are at theThunder Bay International Airport andSioux Lookout Airport , however, it also offers a charter service out of a base in Red Lake, a charter and limited scheduled service out of a base in Pickle Lake, and recently opened a new charter service base in Timmins. In 2003, Wasaya Airways bought out the rights to serve remoteFirst Nations communities fromBearskin Airlines . The airline also supplies food, clothing, hardware and other various supplies to 25 remote communities inOntario .Established in 1989, the name "Wasaya" comes from the
Anishinini language , which means "it is bright" in English, in reference to the brightness of the rising Sun. The airline has grown over the years starting off as a floatplane operation to now a charter and scheduled passenger service airline. Their inflight magazine [http://www.wawataynews.ca/sagatay/ Sagatay] is published in conjuction withWawatay Native Communications Society .Wasaya Destinations
=Scheduled services=*
Ontario
** Bearskin Lake (Bearskin Lake Airport )
** Cat Lake (Cat Lake Airport )
** Deer Lake (Deer Lake Airport)
** Dryden (Dryden Regional Airport )
**Eabametoong First Nation (Fort Hope) (Fort Hope Airport )
** Fort Severn (Fort Severn Airport )
**Kasabonika First Nation (Kasabonika Airport )
**Keewaywin First Nation (Keewaywin Airport )
**Kingfisher First Nation (Kingfisher Lake Airport )
**Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation (Big Trout Lake) (Big Trout Lake Airport )
**Muskrat Dam Lake First Nation (Muskrat Dam Airport )
**Neskantaga First Nation (Lansdowne House) (Lansdowne House Airport )
**Nibinamik First Nation (Summer Beaver), (Summer Beaver Airport )
**North Spirit Lake First Nation (North Spirit Lake Airport )
** Peawanuck (Peawanuck Airport )
** Pickle Lake (Pickle Lake Airport )
**Pikangikum First Nation (Pikangikum Airport )
** Poplar Hill (Poplar Hill Airport )
** Red Lake (Red Lake Airport )
**Sachigo Lake First Nation (Sachigo Lake Airport )
** Sandy Lake (Sandy Lake Airport )
** Sioux Lookout (Sioux Lookout Airport )
** Thunder Bay (Thunder Bay International Airport )
**Wapekeka First Nation (Angling Lake/Wapekeka Airport )
** Weagamow Lake (Round Lake (Weagamow Lake) Airport )
**Webequie First Nation (Webequie Airport )
**Wunnumin Lake First Nation (Wunnummin Lake Airport )*
Manitoba
**Winnipeg , (Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport )
=Other destinations [ [http://www.wasaya.com/wasaya_map.asp?cid=2&pid=2&ref=1 Wasaya Airways "Where We Fly..."] ] =*Ontario
** Attawapiskat (Attawapiskat Airport )
** Fort Albany (Fort Albany Airport )
** Hearst (Hearst (René Fontaine) Municipal Airport )
**Kashechewan First Nation (Kashechewan Airport )
** Moosonee (Moosonee Airport )
** North Bay (North Bay/Jack Garland Airport )
** Sault Ste. Marie (Sault Ste. Marie Airport )
**Greater Sudbury (Sudbury Airport )
** Timmins (Timmins Airport )Fleet
As of January 2008 Wasaya Airways had the following aircraft registered with
Transport Canada .References
External links
* [http://www.wasaya.com Wasaya Airways]
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