Air Inuit


Air Inuit is an airline based in the Montreal borough of Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada. It operates domestic passenger services and charter and cargo services in Nunavik, Labrador and Nunavut. Its main base is Kuujjuaq Airport.

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1978 using a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver aircraft. The airline is collectively owned by the Inuit of Nunavik through the Makivik Corporation.
In 1984 was acquired Chaparal Charters and its fleet of two Twin Otter and one DC-3.
In 2012, Air Inuit relocated their headquarters to a new multi-purpose facility on Côte-Vertu Boulevard near the Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport.
In 2016, Air Inuit pilot Melissa Haney became the first female Inuk pilot to reach the rank of captain. She was featured on a commemorative postage stamp released by the Canadian Ninety-Nines.

Destinations

Air Inuit operates scheduled services to the following domestic destinations :

Scheduled flights

Charters

Air Inuit also offers other charter services to anywhere in Canada, the United States and abroad.

Fleet

As of November 2019 the Air Inuit fleet includes the following aircraft:
AircraftNumberVariantsNotes
Beechcraft King Air3100 Series9 passengers
Beechcraft Super King Air3300 Series11 passengers, listed as 350 at Air Inuit
Boeing 7374200 SeriesCombi aircraft, 112 seats maximum. These three combi aircraft are also able to operate from gravel airstrips.
Boeing 737 Classic1300 Series
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter6300 Series19 seats maximum, cargo
De Havilland Canada Dash 812100 Series, 300 Series100 Series Combi aircraft, 37 seat maximum, cargo; 300 Series combi and cargo aircraft, 45 seat maximum,
Hawker Siddeley HS 74832A SeriesCargo only, not listed at Air Inuit

In addition Transport Canada lists a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter with a cancelled certificate.
Air Inuit also has access to a Eurocopter Ecureuil through Nunavik Rotors and a de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter through Johnny May's Air Charters.
On 1 March 2016, Bombardier Inc. announced that Air Inuit would be the launch customer for the Bombardier Q300 Large Cargo Door freighter.

Accidents and incidents

On 16 March 1981, Douglas C-47 Skytrain, C-FIRW, was damaged beyond repair when it broke through the frozen surface of Lac Bienville while taxiing for take-off on a cargo flight.