Austin Airways
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| Founded | 1934 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 1987 | ||||||
| Fleet size | See Aircraft used below | ||||||
| Destinations | See Destinations below | ||||||
| Headquarters | Timmins, Ontario, Canada | ||||||
Austin Airways was a passenger airline and freight carrier based in Timmins, Ontario, and the oldest in Canada.
It was Canada's oldest airline and started service in 1934. The home base was Timmins and it operated many duties in addition to passenger and freight services. Over the years, scheduled services served over 40 cities, including some destinations in the United States. In 1973 it merged with White River Air Services but continued to operate as Austin Airways.
In June 1987 it merged with Air Ontario Ltd (formerly Great Lakes Airlines (Canada), formed in 1958) to form Air Ontario Inc. In turn Air Ontario became part of Air Canada Jazz in 2001.
Over its long history, Austin Airways operated the following aircraft:
Most of the locations Austin Airway flew were isolated and remote airports in Northern Ontario and a few larger airports across Ontario. Rupert House and Minneapolis were the only out of province locations flown by the airline by the 1980s.
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