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Hubs |
Thunder Bay International Airport, Pickle Lake Airport, Red Lake Airport |
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Secondary hubs | Sioux Lookout Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 17 | ||||||
Destinations | 18 | ||||||
Company slogan | Safe.Affordable.Reliable | ||||||
Parent company | The North West Company | ||||||
Headquarters | Thunder Bay, Ontario | ||||||
Key people | Frank Kelner | ||||||
Website | www.northstarair.ca |
North Star Air is a Canadian charter, passenger and cargo airline headquartered in Thunder Bay, Ontario, with secondary passenger hub in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, and cargo hubs located in Pickle Lake, and Red Lake. The majority of destinations served are remote First Nations communities, with regular service to 18 airports under "Flex Flight Passenger Service", and other regional destination under an on-demand basis. Founded in 1997 as a floatplane operator with two DHC-2 Beaver aircraft based in Pickle Lake, the airline has grown over the years and came under new ownership in 2012. In 2015 Cargo North and North Star Air merged under the North Star banner.
On April 28 2017, North Star Air was announced to be purchased by The North West Company for a sum of $31 million.
As of February 2018 North Star Air flies to the following destinations:
As of February 2018 North Star Air had the following 17 aircraft registered with Transport Canada.