List of airlines of Alberta explained

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

Current airlines

AirlineImageIATAICAOCallsignHub airport(s) or
headquarters		Notes
Air SprayASBRed DeerAerial firefighting
AirSprintASPAIRSPRINTCalgaryFractional ownership of aircraft[1]
Lynx AirEGENJLynx AirCalgaryCharter airline[2]
Kenn Borek Air4KKBABOREK AIRCalgaryCharters, aircraft leasing[3]
LR HelicoptersCalgary/SpringbankCharters, flight training[4]
McMurray AviationFort McMurrayCharters, flight training[5]
Morningstar Air ExpressMALMORNINGSTAREdmontonCargo airline that operates a FedEx Canada contract.[6] Example colours only; aircraft now registered to WestJet.[7]
Nor-Alta AviationLTCANWESTFort Vermilion,
High Level		Charters and MEDIVAC (air ambulance)[8]
Northern AirPeace RiverCharters, scheduled flights and air ambulance[9]
R1 AirlinesTSHTRANSCANADACalgaryCharter airline, aircraft leasing[10]
Sunwest AviationCNKCHINOOKCalgaryCharters, MEDIVAC (air ambulance)[11]
WestJetWSWJAWESTJETCalgary,
Vancouver,
Toronto Pearson		Low-cost carrier, scheduled passenger service. Canada's second largest airline after Air Canada.[12]
WestJet EncoreWENENCORECalgary

Defunct airlines

AirlineImageIATAICAOCallsignHub airport(s) or
headquarters		Notes
Air MikisewV8AURORAFort McMurray1961 (as Contact Air) - 2011
Grounded in 2010 and permanently closed by 2011
Alberta CitylinkABKALBERTA CITYLINKMedicine Hat1996 - 2004
Owned by Bar XH Air
Alta FlightsALZEdmonton International1986 - 2014
To Sunwest Aviation
Bar XH AirBXHPALLISERMedicine Hat1974 - 2010
To Integra Air [13]
Canada West AirlinesEdmonton International2002 - 2004
Canadian AirlinesCPCDNCANADIANCalgary1987 - 2001
To Air Canada
Canadian Regional AirlinesKICDRCANADIAN REGIONALCalgary1993 - 2000
To Air Canada Jazz
Corporate ExpressCPBPENTACalgary1975 - 2009
Eldorado Radium Silver ExpressEdmonton/Blatchford Field,
Port Radium		1935 - 1970s?
To Eldorado Aviation
Globemaster Air CargoEdmonton/St. Albert2003 - 2004
HolidairSTPEdmonton1998 - 1999
Integra AirBXHPALLISERLethbridge1998 - 2018
Former provider of scheduled passenger service, charters[14]
Knighthawk Air Express4IKNXKNIGHT FLIGHTCalgary1993 - 2005
MacKenzie Air ServicesEdmonton/Blatchford Field1932 - 1942
to Canadian Pacific Airlines
Peace AirPeace River
QuikAirQ9Calgary2001 - 2006
Skyxpress AirlineKLOKLONDIKECalgary2001 - 2008
Southern Frontier AirlinesCalgary1978 - 1978
To Time Air
Swanberg AirGrande Prairie2000 - 2011
Ceased due to death of founder Sylvan Swanberg
Time AirKITAFTIME AIRLethbridge1966 - 1993
To Canadian Regional Airlines
WardairWDWDAWARDAIREdmonton International1952 - 1990
Started as Polaris Charter Company at Yellowknife in 1946, acquired by Canadian Airlines)
Zip3JWZPZIPPERCalgary2002 - 2004
Operations return to regular Air Canada routes

Notes and References

  1. http://www.airsprint.com/node/92?language=en AirSprint
  2. Web site: Enerjet . 2015-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100329202637/http://www.enerjet.ca/index.php . 2010-03-29 . dead .
  3. http://www.borekair.com/ Kenn Borek Air
  4. http://lrhelicopters.com/ LR Helicopters
  5. http://www.mcmurrayaviation.com/ McMurray Aviation
  6. http://www.maei.ca/ Morningstar Air Express
  7. http://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/2/CCARCS-RIACC/RchHsRes.aspx?st=2&m=|GBWS|&cn=||&mn=||&sn=||&cnn=||&tn=||&ln=||&fn=||&rfr2=RchHs.aspx Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: History Search Result
  8. Web site: Nor-Alta Aviation . 2015-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170914013852/http://noraltaaviation.com/ . 2017-09-14 . dead .
  9. http://www.flynorthernair.com/ Northern Air
  10. http://www.regional1.ca/ Regional 1
  11. http://www.sunwestaviation.ca/ Sunwest Aviation
  12. https://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-02-05-westjet-codeshare_N.htm?csp=34 WestJet, Air France, KLM work toward code-share
  13. Web site: Bar XH Air - Services . 2015-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050311223417/http://www.barxh.com/services.htm . 2005-03-11 . dead .
  14. Web site: Integra Air . 2015-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170809190802/http://www.integraair.com/ . 2017-08-09 . dead .

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