Airline: | Air Satellite |
Fleet Size: | 2 |
Iata: | 6O |
Icao: | ASJ |
Callsign: | SATELLITE |
Founded: | 1968 |
Ceased: | 2007 |
Headquarters: | Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada |
Hubs: | Baie-Comeau Airport |
Air Satellite was an airline based in Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada. It operated scheduled, charter passenger and cargo services, as well as supplying aviation fuel, ground services and aircraft maintenance and repair. Its main base was Baie-Comeau Airport,[1] with hubs at Rimouski Airport, Sept-Îles Airport, Havre Saint-Pierre Airport and Quebec Airport.
The airline was established in 1968 and started operations in May 1968. It was founded by Jean Fournier and Real Poulin as a flying school. The acquisition of other related companies led to the launch into passenger and cargo transport services.
Air Satellite sustained a fatal accident on December 7, 1998, when its aircraft, a Britten-Norman BN2A Islander, fell into the St. Lawrence River one mile from the Baie-Comeau Airport, killing 7 and injuring 3 more.[2] The crash was one cause for the airline's diminished success, which eventually led to its sale in 2007 to Exact Air.[3]
The Air Satellite fleet consisted of the following aircraft in August 2007:[1]