Regional 1

Regional 1
IATA
-		 ICAO
TSH		 Callsign
TRANSCANADA
Founded 2003
Fleet size 10[1]
Destinations
Parent company Avmax
Headquarters Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Key people Bill Houghton (General Manager - Director of Operations)
Website http://www.regional1.ca/

Regional 1, a wholly owned subsidiary of Avmax,[2] is a regional airline based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It was established and started operations in August 2003 and operated scheduled services in Western Canada.[3] On September 11, 2005, the airline ceased providing scheduled operations and focused entirely on providing charter services.

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Destinations

Prior to September 11, the airline served the following 5 cities in western Canada:

Historically they operated one aircraft in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, flying for the World Food Programme, under the auspices of MONUC. The company also operated two Dash 8 and two DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft for Flamingo Air in Haiti, until operations were halted after the fall of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Police fleeing insurgents in Cap-Haïtien hijacked one Dash 8 on the ramp and forced the crew to fly them to Port-au-Prince, and during the takeoff roll the aircraft came under fire but was not damaged.

Fleet

According to Transport Canada the Regional 1 fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of December 2011):[1]

Aircraft Variants Count Notes
Beechcraft Super King Air Model 200, 250 2 8/9 passengers
Bombardier Dash 8 Series 100, Series 200, Series 300 5 37–39 passengers (100 and 200), 50–56 passengers (300)
Bombardier CRJ200 CRJ100, CRJ200 3 50/52 passengers

References

  1. ^ a b Transport Canada: Canadian Civil Aircraft Register, enter Regional 1 in the "Owner name" box. Retrieved on 13 December 2011
  2. ^ Avmax
  3. ^ Flight International 12-18 April 2005

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