Corporate Express (airline)

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Corporate Express is a Calgary, Alberta, Canada, based airline. It operates scheduled air service between Calgary and Fort McMurray, as well as Calgary and Dawson Creek BC. The company also operates air charter services (primarily for the oil and gas sector) using a Jetstream 31 aircraft.

Contents 1 Code Data 2 History 3 Fleet 4 References 5 External link

[edit] Code Data

• IATA Code: 02
• ICAO Code: CPB
• Callsign: Penta

[edit] History

The airline was established in 1975 and is wholly owned by Corpac Canada. The key shareholders are: Gordon A. Peariso, David Werklund and Werklund Enterprises.

The airline merged with Avia Aviation, and acquired a fleet of Piaggio Avanti 180 aircraft in December 2005.

In October of 2006, an additional Saab 340 aircraft that had been acquired earlier that year enabled a number of new scheduled service routes to be added. These included Dawson Creek BC, Edmonton AB, and Grande Prairie AB.

Corporate Express went through a series of senior management changes between September 2006 and December 2006. The route to Grande Prairie AB has been discontinued as of January, less than 3 months after its launch.

In January, the Piaggio P180 aircraft fleet were sold to AirSprint, a specialised fractional ownership aircraft company.

[edit] Fleet

The Corporate Express fleet consists of the following aircraft (at February 2007):

• 2 BAe Jetstream 31
• 1 Saab 340A ^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006

[edit] External link

• Corporate Express