Air Inuit

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Air Inuit is an airline based in Dorval, Quebec, Canada. It operates scheduled, charter, cargo and emergency services in northern Quebec and Nunavik.

Contents 1 Code Data 2 History 3 Services 4 Fleet 5 External links 6 References

[edit] Code Data

• IATA Code: 3H
• ICAO Code: AIE
• Callsign: Air Inuit ^[1]

[edit] History

The airline was established and started operations in 1978 using a De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver aircraft. The airline is collectively owned by the Inuit of Nunavik through the Makivik Corporation.

[edit] Services

Air Inuit operates scheduled services to the following domestic destinations (November 2006):

• Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Wabush (Wabush Airport)

• Nunavut
  • Sanikiluaq (Sanikiluaq Airport)

• Quebec
  • Akulivik (Akulivik Airport)
  • Aupaluk (Aupaluk Airport)
  • Inukjuak (Inukjuak Airport)
  • Ivujivik (Ivujivik Airport)
  • Kangiqsualujjuaq (Kangiqsualujjuaq (Georges River) Airport)
  • Kangiqsujuaq (Kangiqsujuaq (Wakeham Bay) Airport)
  • Kangirsuk (Kangirsuk Airport)
  • Kuujjuaq (Kuujjuaq Airport)
  • Kuujjuarapik (Kuujjuarapik Airport)
  • Radisson (La Grande Rivière Airport)
  • Montreal (Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport)
  • Puvirnituq (Puvirnituq Airport)
  • Quaqtaq (Quaqtaq Airport)
  • Quebec City (Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport)
  • Salluit (Salluit Airport)
  • Schefferville (Schefferville Airport)
  • Sept-Îles (Sept-Îles Airport)
  • Tasiujuaq (Tasiujaq Airport)
  • Umiujaq (Umiujaq Airport)

Air Inuit also offers Charter services to anywhere in Canada, the U.S. and abroad.

[edit] Fleet

The Air Inuit fleet includes the following aircraft (as of August 2006) ^[2] :

• 8 Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
• 2 BAe 748 Series 2
• 2 BAe 748 Series 2A
• 7 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300

Other aircraft (as of July 2006):^{[citation needed]}

• 3 Raytheon Beech King Air 100

[edit] External links

• Air Inuit
• Makivik Corporation

[edit] References

1. ^ Airline Codes
2. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006