NorOntair
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| norOntair | ||
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| IATA N/A |
ICAO NOA |
Callsign NorOntair |
| Founded | October 18, 1971 | |
| Hubs | Sudbury | |
| Focus cities | Timmins Earlton | |
| Fleet size | N/A | |
| Destinations | Kapuskasing, Timmins, North Bay, Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, Thunder Bay, Fort Frances, Winnipeg (Manitoba), Hearst, Chapleau, Earlton, Elliot Lake, Geraldton, Gore Bay, Hornepayne, Kirkland Lake, Terrace Bay, Pickle Lake, Red Lake, Kenora, Atikokan, Sioux Lookout, Wawa | |
| Headquarters | Sudbury | |
| Key people | Bill Davis | |
| Website: N/A | ||
NorOntair is a defunct airline from Canada that operated its first scheduled flight October 18, 1971 and its last flight March 29, 1996. The cities served included Dash 8 service to Kapuskasing, Timmins, North Bay, Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, Thunder Bay, Fort Frances and Winnipeg. Twin Otter service was provided to Hearst, Chapleau, Earlton, Elliot Lake, Geraldton, Gore Bay, Hornepayne, Kirkland Lake, Terrace Bay, Pickle Lake, Red Lake, Kenora, Atikokan, Sioux Lookout, and Wawa.
According to the Ontario government Hansard, the airline was the air wing of an Ontario government company called the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC). The airline was originally created by the Bill Davis government to create east-west links across the northern Ontario economy. ONTC started by subcontracted flying operations to various airlines including Bradley Air Service (First Air), Austin Airways, Air-Dale Ltd and OnAir (taken over by Bearskin Airlines). In its final years, ONTC bought Air-Dale Ltd and operated all the remaining routes until the service was discontinued.
In 1996, the newly elected provincial government of Mike Harris moved to close down the airline by removing subsidies.
NorOntar was the first airline to order and take delivery of Bombardier's de Havilland Canada Dash 8, on October 23, 1984, operated by Air-Dale Ltd.
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