- Provincial Airlines
Infobox Airline
airline=Provincial Airlines
logo=ProvincialAirlines.jpg
logo_size=111
fleet_size=14
destinations= 15
IATA=PB
ICAO=SPR
callsign=SPEEDAIR
parent=Provincial Aerospace Ltd
founded=1972|headquarters=St. John's, Newfoundland
key_people=
hubs=St. John's International Airport
focus_cities=Goose Bay, Labrador
Deer Lake, Newfoundland
frequent_flyer=None
lounge=None
alliance=
website= http://www.provincialairlines.ca/Provincial Airlines is an
airline based in St John's,Newfoundland and Labrador ,Canada . It operates passenger and cargo services, maritime surveillance and remote sensing and environmental monitoring operations. Its main base isSt. John's International Airport Flight International 12-18 April 2005] .History
The airline was established in August 1972 as a flight training and charter operator. Scheduled airline operations began in 1980. In the 1980s the company developed its airborne maritime surveillance division which operated until 1989 as Atlantic Airways. In 1988 it acquired
Eastern Flying Service (established in 1956 and operating an extensive air courier network). In 1995 it created an Interprovincial Airlines division to operate scheduled airline operations and entered into a commercial agreement withAir Nova . It is a partner, with the Innu Development Limited partnership, inInnu Mikun Airlines , which serves theLabrador coast. Fact|date=February 2007Destinations
It serves 16 communities in Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec as of October, 2007.
*Blanc Sablon, Quebec
*Churchill Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador
*Deer Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador
*Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
*Hopedale, Newfoundland and Labrador
*Makkovik, Newfoundland and Labrador
*Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport ,Quebec
*Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador
*Natuashish, Newfoundland and Labrador
*Postville, Newfoundland and Labrador
*Rigolet, Newfoundland and Labrador
*Sept-Îles, Quebec
*St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador
*St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
*Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador
*Wabush, Newfoundland and LabradorFleet
As of May 2008 the Provincial Airlines fleet includes [
Flight International , 3-9 October 2006] :*2 Saab 340A
*5 Bombardier Dash 8 Series 102/106
*6 Beechcraft 200 Super King Air
*1 Fairchild Metro III
*3de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter External links
* [http://www.provincialairlines.ca Provincial Airlines]
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