Provincial Airlines

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Provincial Airlines
IATA PB	ICAO PRV	Callsign Prov Air
Founded		1972
Hubs		St. John's International Airport
Focus cities		Goose Bay, Labrador Deer Lake, Newfoundland
Frequent flyer program		None
Member lounge		None
Fleet size		4
Destinations		15
Parent company		Provincial Aerospace Ltd
Headquarters		St. John's, Newfoundland
Key people
Website: http://www.provincialairlines.ca/

Provincial Airlines is an airline based in St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It operates passenger and cargo services, maritime surveillance and remote sensing and environmental monitoring operations. Its main base is St. John's International Airport ^[1].

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

[edit] History

The airline was established in August 1972 as a flight training and charter operator. Scheduled airline operations began in 1980. In the 1980s the company developed its airborne maritime surveillance division which operated until 1989 as Atlantic Airways. In 1988 it acquired Eastern Flying Service (established in 1956 and operating an extensive air courier network). In 1995 it created an Interprovincial Airlines division to operate scheduled airline operations and entered into a commercial agreement with Air Nova ^[1]. It is a partner, with the Innu Development Limited partnership, in Innu Mikun Airlines, which serves the Labrador coast.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Destinations

It serves 15 communities in Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec. As of October, 2006^{[citation needed]}:

• Blanc Sablon, Quebec
• Churchill Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador
• Deer Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador
• Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
• Hopedale, Newfoundland and Labrador
• Makkovik, Newfoundland and Labrador
• Montréal, Québec
• Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador
• Natuashish, Newfoundland and Labrador
• Postville, Newfoundland and Labrador
• Rigolet, Newfoundland and Labrador
• Sept-Îles, Quebec
• St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador
• St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
• Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador
• Wabush, Newfoundland and Labrador

In September 2006, it will also start service to Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport from Sept-Îles with 14 weekly flights.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Fleet

As of August 2006 the Provincial Airlines fleet includes ^[2] :

• 2 Saab 340B
• 1 Bombardier Dash 8 Series 100
• 1 Fairchild Metro II
• 1 Fairchild Metro III
• 3 De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter

[edit] External link

• Provincial Airlines

[edit] References

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