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Air Inuit

Air Inuit
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IATA ICAO Callsign
3H AIE INUIT
Founded November 1978; 38 years ago (1978-11)
Operating bases
Frequent-flyer program Isaruuk Reward Program
Fleet size 29
Destinations 22
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/

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

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.

Air Inuit operates scheduled services to the following domestic destinations (September 2012):

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

The Air Inuit fleet includes the following aircraft (as of January 2016)

Air Inuit also has access to a Eurocopter Ecureuil (Aerospatiale ASTAR 350) through Nunavik Rotors and a de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter through Johnny May's Air Charters.

On 1 March 2016, Bombardier Inc. announced that Air Inuit would be the launch customer for the Bombardier Q300 Large Cargo Door freighter.

On 16 March 1981, Douglas C-47A C-FIRW was damaged beyond repair when it broke through the frozen surface of Lac Bienville while taxiing for take-off on a cargo flight.


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