Air Inuit

   

IATA 3H[1] ICAO AIE[2] Callsign INUIT
Founded	November 1978; 36 years ago (1978-11)
Operating bases	Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Kuujjuaq Airport La Grande Rivière Airport
Frequent-flyer program	Isaruuk Reward Program
Fleet size	28[3]
Destinations	22[4]
Company slogan	Let us take you there...
Parent company	Makivik Corporation
Headquarters	Dorval, Quebec
Key people	Pita Aatami (President, Air Inuit)
Website	http://www.airinuit.com/

One of Air Inuit's two Boeing 737-200s, at Val-d'Or Airport.

A DeHavilland DHC-8-102 belonging to Air Inuit at Cornwall, Ontario, May 2005

Air Inuit (Inuktitut: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᖓᑦᑕᔪᖏᑦ) is an airline based in Dorval, Quebec, Canada.^[5] It operates domestic passenger services and charter and cargo services in Nunavik and Nunavut. Its main base is Kuujjuaq Airport.^[6]

Contents

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• 1 History
• 2 Destinations
  • 2.1 Scheduled flights
  • 2.2 Charters
• 3 Fleet
• 4 Accidents and incidents
• 5 References
• 6 External links

History[edit]

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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.^[7]

Destinations[edit]

Air Inuit operates scheduled services to the following domestic destinations (September 2012):^[8]

Scheduled flights[edit]

• 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)

Charters[edit]

• Kattiniq (via Val-d'Or) - Nunavik Nickel mining project (Canadian Royalties)

Air Inuit also offers other charter services to anywhere in Canada, the United States and abroad.

Fleet[edit]

The Air Inuit fleet includes the following aircraft (as of September 2012)^[3]

Air Inuit Fleet

Aircraft	Number[3]	Variants	Notes[9]
DHC6 Twin Otter	7	300 Series	19 seats maximum, 3,200 lbs cargo
Avro 748	4	2A Series	3 Combi aircraft and 1 HS748 LFD Freighter
Boeing 737	2	200 Series	Combi aircraft, 115 seats maximum. These two combi aircraft are also able to operate from gravel airstrips.
Dash 8-100	2	100 Series	37 seat maximum, 7,500 lbs cargo
Dash 8-300	10	300 Series	45 seats maximum