- Keewatin Air
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Keewatin Air IATA
FKICAO
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-Founded 1998 Operating bases Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport Secondary hubs Churchill Airport, Rankin Inlet Airport Fleet size 15[1] Destinations 10[2] Parent company Keewatin Air Headquarters Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Website http://www.kivalliqair.com Keewatin Air (IATA: FK) is an airline that operates out of Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada. The airline was started by Frank Robert May (formerly a pilot for Lamb Air) and his wife Judy Saxby in 1972, in the Keewatin Region, then part of the Northwest Territories.[3]
Formed as "Keewatin Air Lifeline" they originally provided charter services to the region. In 1987 they expanded to include MEDEVAC ("medical evacuation") services, to what would become the Kivalliq Region, using a fleet of 3 Beechcraft King Air 200 aircraft. The MEDEVAC service is known as "Nunavut Lifeline" and they currently keep two aircraft in Rankin Inlet and one in Churchill, Manitoba.[4]
In 1998 the company formed Kivalliq Air to provide scheduled air service within the Kivalliq Region and to Winnipeg and Churchill.[5]
In 2005 the company was sold to Exchange Industrial Income Fund, owners of Perimeter Aviation, with May and Saxby continuing to manage the airline.[6]
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As Kivalliq Air they offer scheduled passenger and cargo services six days a week throughout the Kivalliq Region, with connections to Churchill and Winnipeg. Charter services are also available to destinations throughout North America.[2]
As of April 2011, Kivalliq Air operates scheduled domestic services to the following destinations:[2]
Fleet
As of April 2011 the following 15 aircraft are registered with Transport Canada:[1]
Keewatin Air Fleet Aircraft No. of Aircraft Variants Idents Notes Beechcraft 1900 2 1900C FJXL, FJXO Scheduled flights,[7] air charter[8] Beechcraft Super King Air 8 King Air 200/B200 FCGT, FRMV, FSKN, FSKO, FSKX, FZPW, GYGT, GYSR Scheduled flights,[7] MEDIVAC (air ambulance as Nunavut Lifeline),[9] air charter[8] Beechcraft Model 18 1 3NM FBCF de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 1 300 series FZPQ Bombardier Learjet 35 2 35A GDJH, GYFB MEDIVAC (air ambulance as Nunavut Lifeline)[9] Pilatus PC-12 1 PC-12/45 GFLA MEDIVAC (air ambulance as Nunavut Lifeline)[9] air charter[8] References
External links
Categories:- Regional airlines of the Canadian Territories
- Air Transport Association of Canada
- Aviation in Nunavut
- Airlines established in 1972
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