Northwestern Air

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Northwestern Air Lease Ltd
IATA J3	ICAO PLR	Callsign Polaris
Founded		1965
Hubs		Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Red Deer, Alberta, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Alliance		None
Fleet size		10
Destinations		7
Headquarters		Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Key people		Terry Harrold (President) Brian Harrold (Secretary Treasurer) Gordon Bush (General Manager) Steve Noonan (Chief Pilot) Trevor Wever (Operations Manager) Richard Funk (Director of Maintenance)
Website: http://www.nwal.ca/

Northwestern Air is an airline based in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada. It operates passenger services. ^[1].

Contents 1 History 2 Services 3 Fleet 4 External link 5 References

[edit] History

The airline was established in 1965 as a leasing company and started flying operations in 1968. It expanded to operate scheduled passenger services in 1984 ^[1].

[edit] Services

Currently, the airline flies to and from Fort Smith, Yellowknife, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Meadow Lake, Red Deer and Saskatoon ^[2].

[edit] Fleet

As of August 2006 the Northwestern Air fleet includes ^[3] :

• 4 BAe Jetstream 31
• 1 BAe Jetstream 32
• 1 Raytheon Beech B99

Other aircraft (at June 2006):

• 1 Cessna Caravan
• 1 De Havilland Beaver
• 1 Cessna 210
• 1 Cessna 185

[edit] External link

• Northwestern Air

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} Flight International 12-18 April 2005
2. ^ Flight Schedules
3. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006