Summit Air Explained

Airline:Summit Air
Fleet Size:28
Iata:-
Icao:SUT
Callsign:SUMMIT
Parent:Ledcor Group of Companies
Founded:1987
Aoc:Canada: 17940
Headquarters:Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
Website:www.flysummitair.com

Summit Air (8199400 Canada Inc.[1]) is a Canadian airline headquartered in Yellowknife that operates scheduled, charter and cargo aviation throughout the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon. Summit Air is a member of the Ledcor Group of Companies and operates in partnership with several other companies and communities including the Haisla Nation (Summit Kitamaat Aviation Limited Partnership),[2] Air Baffin (Summit Air Baffin),[3] the Det'on Cho Corporation (Det’on Cho Summit Aviation LP),[4] and businesses in the Kitikmeot Region (Summit Air Kitikmeot).[5] [6]

Summit's head office is in Yellowknife and they operate in most of Western Canada with bases in Terrace, Lillooet, and Kamloops in British Columbia, and Fort McMurray, Edmonton, and Calgary in Alberta. In the Northwest Territories, their bases include Yellowknife and Norman Wells.[7] They also operate out of the United Kingdom for the Ministry of Defence and the Falcon Demonstration Team, a parachute team of the Royal Air Force.

History

Summit Air started in Atlin, British Columbia in 1987. In January 2001, the base of operations was moved to Yellowknife. The Ledcor Group of Companies became a partner on June 1, 2009. In August, 2012 Summit acquired Arctic Sunwest Charters and all aircraft operated by them were re-branded as Summit.

In January 2015, the airline acquired an Avro RJ85 jet aircraft which is being operated by Summit for Canadian North for use on services from Yellowknife and Edmonton. A second Avro RJ85 has since been ordered[8] and Summit Air has now added larger Avro RJ100 jet aircraft as well.[9]

Current fleet

As of July 2024, Summit Air has the following aircraft registered with Transport Canada:

Summit Air fleet
AircraftNo. of aircraftVariantsNotes
7 According to the Summit Air website they have four ATR-72, of which two are 68 seat passenger with two being dedicated cargo freighters.[10] [11] According to Transport Canada two are ATR-GIE and the rest are ATR.
British Aerospace 146 (Avro) 92 - Avro RJ85
The Summit website lists the RJ85 in a 90 seats configuration,[12] and the RJ100 with 111 seats.[13]
53 - DHC-8-102
2 - DHC-8-311
Summit lists one DHC8-100 as a Combi aircraft, 20, 28 or 37 passengers.[14] The DHC8-300 can accommodate 50 passengers.[15]
5 202 Combi aircraft, up to 19 passengers, STOL capable.[16]
2 Up to cargo freighter but may carry 9 passengers with the payload reduced by .[17]
Total28

See also

References

  1. http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/prodis/cntrcts/14-15-q2/ct237-eng.asp Disclosure of Contracts
  2. http://flysummitair.com/partnerships/summit-kitamaat-aviation-limited-partnership/ Summit Kitamaat Aviation Limited Partnership
  3. http://flysummitair.com/partnerships/summit-air-baffin/ Summit Air Baffin
  4. http://flysummitair.com/partnerships/deton-cho-summit-aviation-lp/ Det’on Cho Summit Aviation LP
  5. http://flysummitair.com/partnerships/summit-air-kitikmeot/ Summit Air Kitikmeot
  6. Web site: Partnerships - Summit Air. Summit Air. en-US. 2016-03-11.
  7. http://flysummitair.com/locations/ Locations
  8. Canadian Avro. Airliner World. March 2015. 15.
  9. https://www.flysummitair.com Summit Air official site
  10. Web site: ATR72 Passenger . July 18, 2024.
  11. Web site: ATR72 Freighter . July 18, 2024.
  12. Web site: Avro RJ85 . July 18, 2024.
  13. Web site: AVRO RJ 100 . July 18, 2024.
  14. Web site: Dash 8-100 . July 18, 2024.
  15. Web site: Dash 8 – 300 . July 18, 2024.
  16. Web site: Dornier 228 . July 18, 2024.
  17. Web site: Skyvan . July 18, 2024.

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