Wasaya Airways
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Wasaya Airways is a 100% First Nations owned domestic airline based in Northern Ontario. To date, its main hubs are at the Thunder Bay International Airport and Sioux Lookout Airport, however, it also offers a charter and scheduled service out of a base in Red Lake, Ontario, a charter service out of a base in Pickle Lake, Ontario, and recently opened a new charter service base in Timmins, Ontario. In 2003, Wasaya Airways bought out the rights to serve remote aboriginal communities from Bearskin Airlines. The airline also supplies food, clothing, hardware and other various supplies to 25 remote communities in Ontario.
Established in 1989, the name Wasaya comes from the aboriginal language Oji-Cree which means "Rising Sun" in English. The airline has grown over the years starting off as a floatplane operation to now a charter and scheduled passenger service airline.
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[edit] Code Data
[edit] Wasaya Destinations
- Bearskin Lake (CNE3)
- Big Trout Lake (CYTL)
- Cat Lake (CYAC)
- Deer Lake (CYVC)
- Fort Hope (CYFH)
- Fort Severn (CYER)
- Kasabonika (CYAQ)
- Keewaywin (CPV8)
- Kingfisher Lake (CNM5)
- Lansdowne House (CYLH)
- Muskrat Dam (CZMD)
- North Spirit Lake (CKQ3)
- Pickle Lake (CYPL)
- Pikangikum (CYPM)
- Poplar Hill (CPV7)
- Red Lake (CYRL)
- Sachigo Lake (CZPB)
- Sandy Lake (CZSJ)
- Sioux Lookout (CYXL)
- Summer Beaver (CJV7)
- Wapekeka (CKB6)
- Weagamow Lake (CZRJ)
- Webequie (CYWP)
- Wunnummin Lake (CKL3)
Major Airports
[edit] Fleet
As of August 2006 the Wasaya Airways fleet includes:
- 4 Raytheon Beech 1900D: 18 passengers.
- 1 Hawker Siddeley 748 Series 2: 0 passengers, freight only.
- 3 Hawker Siddeley 748 Series 2A
- 1 Hawker Siddeley 748 Series 2B [1]
As of January 2006:
- Caravan C208V: 9 passengers.
- Pilatus PC-12: 9 passengers.
[edit] References
- ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
