Air North

Vancouver airport, airport Dawson, Old Crow Airport

Air North Charter and Training Ltd.. ( operating as Air North, Yukon 's Airline ) is a Canadian airline based in Whitehorse, Yukon. It operates a network of lines within and between Yukon Yukon, the Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Alberta and seasonal Alaska.

History

The airline was founded in 1977 by Joseph Sparling and Tom Wood in the same year and took to flight operations as a charter company for the mining companies in a Cessna 206. In the next decades followed aircraft of the type Douglas DC-3, Beechcraft Model 18, Douglas DC -4 and some Cessna 172, deHavilland Beaver, Otter and Caribou and Britten- Norman Islander.

Scheduled flights within the Yukon and Yukon to Alaska followed throughout the 80 - years. In 1996, the transition from piston engine aircraft on types with turboprop engine.

2002 Air North received two Boeing 737-200 and extended the route network of the Yukon to Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver. Today, the fleet consists of Boeing 737 and Hawker Siddeley 748

Air North is owned by Joseph Sparling (51 %) ( Chairman of the airline) and Vuntut Development (49 % owned by Indians from the tribe of Vuntut Gwitchin ). Air North has 180 employees ( at March 2007).

Objectives

Air North flies scheduled and charter services to national objectives within Canada. From the main Airport Whitehorse are served with Hawker Siddeley 748 goals Dawson City, Old Crow, and Inuvik. From Dawson City and Old Crow also Fairbanks is served in Alaska seasonally. The three Boeing 737 Whitehorse connect with the cities Vancouver / British Columbia, Edmonton and Calgary / Alberta. Since June 2011, there is a codeshare agreement with Condor. This establishes a connection to Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Whitehorse in Canada.

Fleet

As of February 2014, the fleet of Air North consists of ten aircraft:

  • 2 Boeing 737-200
  • 1 Boeing 737-400
  • 2 Boeing 737-500
  • Hawker Siddeley 748 5 Series 2A
  • Cessna 150
  • Cessna 172
  • Cessna 185
  • Cessna 206
  • Cessna 337
  • Beechcraft 18
  • Beechcraft 80
  • De Havilland Beaver
  • De Havilland Otter
  • De Havilland Caribou
  • Douglas DC-3
  • Douglas DC-4
IATA-Code International Civil Aviation Organization airport code Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Hawker Siddeley HS 748 De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou
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