First Air
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| Founded | 1946 | ||||||
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Yellowknife Airport, Iqaluit Airport Rankin Inlet Airport |
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| Frequent-flyer program | Aeroplan | ||||||
| Fleet size | 16 or 17 | ||||||
| Destinations | 35 | ||||||
| Headquarters | 20 Cope Drive, Kanata, Ontario | ||||||
| Key people | Brock Friesen President & CEO Alexandra Pontbriand VP Finance Rashwan Domloge VP Maintenance |
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| Website | www |
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Bradley Air Services Limited, operating as First Air, is an airline headquartered in Kanata, a suburb of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It operates services to 34 communities in Nunavut, Nunavik, and the Northwest Territories. The majority of its fleet is available for charters worldwide. First Air has assisted in various humanitarian missions such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, airlifting relief supplies and equipment. Its main base, which includes a large hangar, cargo and maintenance facility, is located at Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport, with hubs at Iqaluit Airport, Rankin Inlet Airport and Yellowknife Airport.
The airline was founded by Canadian aviation pioneer Russel (Russ) Bradley and started operations as Bradley Air Services in 1946 and is still registered under that name. First Air started scheduled operations in 1973, between Ottawa and North Bay. This service was operated with an eight-seat passenger plane.
The airline opened southern gateways at Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal and Ottawa. Through Kuujjuaq in Nunavik and Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories (NWT), the airline provides services to 26 Inuit communities in Nunavut, Nunavik and the NWT. Service to Sanikiluaq, Nunavut is provided in partnership with Air Inuit.
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