Air Labrador

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Air Labrador

IATA WJ	ICAO LAL	Callsign Lab Air
Founded		1948
Hubs		CFB Goose Bay St. John's International Airport
Focus cities		Blanc-Sablon Airport Montréal - Trudeau Int'l Airport
Frequent flyer program		Aeroplan
Member lounge		None
Alliance		Star Alliance
Fleet size		11
Destinations		31
Parent company		Pike Group of Companies
Headquarters		St. John's, Newfoundland
Key people		Roger Pike, (President & CEO)
Website: http://www.airlabrador.com

Air Labrador is an airline based in St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It operates scheduled daily passenger and freight services throughout Newfoundland, Labrador and Quebec, as well as charter operations with the options of landing in remote and off strip destinations with skis, wheels and floats. Its main bases are Goose Bay Airport, St. John's International Airport, Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport with a hub at Sept-Îles Airport.

1 History
2 Services
3 Fleet
4 References
5 External link

[edit] History

The airline was established and started operations in 1948, as Newfoundland Airways operating float-equipped aircraft from a base in Gander, Newfoundland on charter, mail and freight work to northern Newfoundland and Labrador. Since then the base of the company has moved to Goose Bay. It was purchased in 1983 by Provincial Investments Inc., owned by Roger Pike, along with associate company, Labrador Aviation Services Ltd. Air Labrador is wholly owned by the Pike Family.

[edit] Services

Air Labrador operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at January 2007): Black Tickle, Blanc Sablon, Cartwright, Charlottetown, Chevery, Deer Lake, Gethsemani, Goose Bay, Hopedale, Kegaska, La Tabatiere, Makkovik, Mary's Harbour, Montreal, Nain, Natashquan, Natuashish, St. Augustin, Port Hope Simpson, Postville, Quebec, Rigolet, Sept-Îles, St Anthony, St John's, Tete-a-La-Baleine, Wabush and Williams Harbour.