Air Labrador

Infobox Airline
airline=Air Labrador
logo=Airlabrador logo.jpg
logo_size=240
fleet_size=11
destinations=31
IATA=WJ
ICAO=LAL
callsign=LAB AIR
parent=Pike Group of Companies
founded=1948
headquarters=St. John's, NL
key_people=Roger Pike, (President & CEO)|Philip Earle, (C.O.O)|
Wayne Morris, (Director of flight operations)|
Ian Maddigan, (Chief Pilot)
hubs=Goose Bay Airport
St. John's International Airport
focus_cities=Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon Airport, QC
Montréal - Trudeau Int'l Airport, QC
Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport
frequent_flyer=None
lounge=None
alliance=None
website= http://www.airlabrador.com

Labrador Airways Limited, operating as Air Labrador, is an airline based in St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It operates scheduled daily passenger and freight services throughout Newfoundland, Labrador and Québec, as well as charter operations with the options of landing in remote and off strip destinations with skis, wheels and floats. Its main base is Goose Bay Airport, with hubs at St. John's International Airport, Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport and Sept-Îles Airportcite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 59 | date= 2007-03-27] .

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1948, as Newfoundland Airways operating float-equipped aircraft from a base in Gander, Newfoundland on charter, mail and freight work to northern Newfoundland and Labrador. Since then the base of the company has moved to Goose Bay. It was purchased in 1983 by Provincial Investments Inc., owned by Roger Pike, along with associate company, Labrador Aviation Services Ltd. Air Labrador is wholly owned by the Pike Family.

Destinations

Air Labrador operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at February 2008):cite web
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Newfoundland and Labrador

*Black Tickle (Black Tickle Airport)
*Cartwright (Cartwright Airport)
*Deer Lake (Deer Lake Airport)
*Goose Bay (CFB Goose Bay)
*Hopedale (Hopedale Airport)
*Makkovik (Makkovik Airport)
*Mary's Harbour (Mary's Harbour Airport)
*Nain (Nain Airport)
*Natuashish (Natuashish Airport)
*Port Hope Simpson (Port Hope Simpson Airport)
*Postville (Postville Airport)
*Rigolet (Rigolet Airport)
*St. Anthony (St. Anthony Airport)
*St. John's (St. John's International Airport)
*Wabush (Wabush Airport)
*Williams Harbour (Williams Harbour Airport)
*Fox Harbour (Fox Harbour Airport)

Quebec

*Blanc-Sablon (Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon Airport)
*Chevery (Chevery Airport)
*Havre-Saint-Pierre (Havre Saint-Pierre Airport)
*Kégashka (Kégashka Airport)
*La Romaine (La Romaine Airport)
*La Tabatière (La Tabatière Airport)
*Montreal (Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport)
*Natashquan (Natashquan Airport)
*Québec City (Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport)
*Saint-Augustin (Saint-Augustin Airport)
*Sept-Îles (Sept-Îles Airport)
*Tête-à-La-Baleine (Tête-à-La-Baleine Airport)

Fleet

The Air Labrador fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007) :
*3 Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
*4 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
*1 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 100
*2 Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner
*1 Cessna 208 Caravan

External links

* [http://www.airlabrador.com/ Air Labrador]

References