Air Tindi

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Air Tindi

IATA '8T	ICAO '	Callsign Air Tindi
Founded		1988
Hubs		Yellowknife Int'l Airport Fort Simpson Airport
Fleet size		19
Destinations		6
Parent company		Air Tindi Ltd.
Headquarters		Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Key people		Alex Arychuck (CEO), X (CFO)
Website: http://www.airtindi.com

Air Tindi is a charter and scheduled airline based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. It is owned and operated by the Arychuk family and also operates medivac services. The name Tindi means "the big lake" or "Great Slave Lake", in the local native Dogrib language.

1 History
2 Services
3 Fleet
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Air Tindi was established and began operations on 1 November 1988 with four float/ski aircraft. In 1990 it purchased its first Twin Otter with the help of the Rae-Edzo Development Corporation, allowing the airline to expand and provide more services to the growing mining exploration industry. In 1991 Air Tindi merged with Latham Island Airways and acquired a further four aircraft in the process. By mid 1992 Air Tindi was operating four Twin Otters on floats. In 1993 their first large aircraft, a DHC 4 Caribou for re-supply work with the mining industry, was purchased. A DHC Dash 7 was acquired in 1996. On December 19, 2006, Air Tindi Ltd. was acquired by Discovery Air Inc. (TSX: DA.A), a publicly traded holding company based in London, Ontario, Canada.

A view of Air Tindi airplanes.

An Air Tindi airplane operating in winter.

[edit] Services

Air Tindi operates services (subject to traffic demand) to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Fort Simpson, Lutselk'e, Rae Lakes, Snare Lake, Whatì and Yellowknife.

Charter, cargo and medivac services are also operated.