List of airlines of Ontario

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This is a list of airlines that are based in Ontario which have an air operator's certificate issued by Transport Canada, the country's civil aviation authority.

Current airlines[edit]

Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Hub airport(s) or
headquarters 		Notes
Adler Aviation SWH SHOCKWAVE Waterloo Charters, cargo, flight training[1]
AirExpress Ontario Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier,
Chatham-Kent,
Oshawa Municipal 		Charters[2]
Bearskin Airlines BLS BEARSKIN Sioux Lookout,
Thunder Bay 		Regional, scheduled passenger service, charters[3]
Brock Air Services BRD BROCK AIR Kingston/Norman Rogers Charters and MEDIVAC (air ambulance)[4]
Cargojet W8 CJT CARGOJET John C. Munro Hamilton Cargo[5]
First Air 7F FAB FIRST AIR Yellowknife,
Iqaluit 		Scheduled passenger service, cargo, charters[6]
Flightexec FEX Buttonville,
London 		Charter airline, MEDIVAC (air ambulance)[7][8]
Helicopter Transport Services Carp Charters, MEDIVAC (air ambulance), aerial firefighting[9]
Nakina Air Service T2 Nakina Floatplane charters[10]
Ornge Thunder Bay,
Sioux Lookout,
Timmins/Victor M. Power 		Air ambulance
Porter Airlines PD POE PORTER AIR Billy Bishop Toronto Regional airline[11]
Silverline Helicopters Holland Landing
SkyLink Aviation SKK SKYLINK Toronto Pearson Charters, cargo[12]
SkyLink Express SLQ SKYLINK Toronto Pearson Charters, cargo[13]
Stanton Airways Orillia/Lake St John Floatplanes, charters and fly-in fishing camps[14]
Superior Airways Red Lake Charters[15]
Thunder Airlines THU AIR THUNDER Thunder Bay Scheduled passenger service, charters[16]
Voyageur Airways VC VAL VOYAGEUR North Bay/Jack Garland Charters, MEDIVAC (air ambulance)[17]
Wasaya Airways WSG WASAYA Thunder Bay Scheduled passenger service, charters[18]
White River Air WRA White River Fly-in outposts[19]
Wilderness Air Vermilion Bay Floatplanes, fly-in fishing camps[20]

Defunct airlines[edit]

Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Hub airport(s) or
headquarters 		Notes
30000 Island Air 		Parry Sound Harbour 2000? - ?, charter rental and leasing service air operator based in Parry Sound, Ontario using de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
Air Ontario GX ONT ONTARIO London 1987 - 2001, to Air Canada Jazz
Air Toronto CS CNE CONNECTOR Toronto Pearson 1984-19991
AllCanada Express CNX CANEX Toronto Pearson 1992 - 2005
Austin Airways AAW Timmins/Victor M. Power 1934 - 1987, to Air Ontario
Canada 3000 2T CMM ELITE Toronto Pearson 1988 - 2001, formerly Canada 2000; Canada 3000 Cargo sold to Cargojet and 2005 revival failed
City Express Peterborough 1971 - 1991, founded as Air Atonabee 1971
Great Lakes Airlines Sarnia Chris Hadfield 1958 - 1983, to Air Ontario
Intair ND INT INTAIR Toronto Pearson 1989 - 1991, established by City Express as a successor to Skycraft Air Transport
Millardair Toronto Pearson 1962 - 1990, continued as aircraft maintenance and servicing firm Millard Air Incorporated (Millardair MRO) 1990-2012
NAC Air HMR HAMMER Thunder Bay 2000 - 2008, North American Charters was 100% First Nations owned
NorOntair NOA NORONTAIR Sault Ste. Marie 1971 - 1996, airline operations of Ontario Northland Transportation Commission
Odyssey International OL ODY ODYSSEY Toronto Pearson 1988 - 1990, name, aircraft and some employees were merged with Nationair, and operated as a separate division of Nolisair for a short period of time
Ontario Central Airlines NUN NUNASI Kenora 1947 - 1991?, became Nunasi-Central Airlines in 1984 and then to Nunasi-Northland Airlines in 1987
Ontario Express 9X OEL PARTNER 1980s - 1998, to Canadian Airlines
Pem-Air PD OEM PEM-AIR Pembroke 1970 - 2002
Roots Air 6J SSV SKYTOUR Toronto Pearson 2000 - 2001, part of Roots Canada, ceased operations when ownership acquired by Air Canada
Skycraft Air Transport Oshawa 1977 - 1989, reincarnated in 1989 and operating until 1994.
Skyservice Airlines 5G SSV SKYTOUR Toronto Pearson 1986 - 2010, differs from existing Skyservice Business Aviation - same owners
Soundair SDR SOUNDAIR Toronto Pearson 1973-1990, owned Odyssey International and Air Toronto. Previously Owen Sound Air Services. DBA Soundair Express.
Starratt Airways Hudson, Kenora District 1932 - 1942, to Canadian Pacific Airlines
Vacationair Toronto 1988 - 1990, initiated by Gray Coach Lines
Vision Airways Corporation V6 VSN VISION Timmins/Victor M. Power ? - 1994
Vistajet VJT VISTA Ottawa,
Toronto,
Windsor 		1997 - 1997
Zoom Airlines Z4 OOM ZOOM Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier 2002 - 2008, named acquired for new XPO Airlines 2009

References[edit]

  1. ^ Adler Aviation
  2. ^ AirExpress Ontario
  3. ^ Bearskin Airlines
  4. ^ About The Kingston Airport Archived 2010-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Cargojet Airways
  6. ^ First Air route map Archived 2009-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Flightexec
  8. ^ The Craig Evan Corporation O/A Flightexec
  9. ^ Helicopter Transport Services - About
  10. ^ Nakina Air Service at Pilot Career Centre
  11. ^ "Porter Airlines". Archived from the original on 2010-06-24. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  12. ^ SkyLink Aviation
  13. ^ SkyLink Express
  14. ^ Stanton Airways
  15. ^ Superior Airways
  16. ^ Thunder Airlines
  17. ^ Voyageur Airways Archived 2010-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ Wasaya Airways Archived 2007-04-18 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ White River Air Charter Services Archived 2012-07-19 at archive.today
  20. ^ Wilderness Air
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