Kelowna Flightcraft Ltd.
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| Industry | Aerospace |
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| Founded | Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada(1970) |
| Products | Aircraft, |
| Employees | 1000 |
| Website | http://www.flightcraft.ca |
Kelowna Flightcraft Ltd. is an Approved Maintenance Organization (AMO) which operates two Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facilities in Canada, one in Kelowna, British Columbia, and the other in Hamilton, Ontario.[1]
Kelowna Flightcraft also owns Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter, a Canada-based charter company, and Allied Wings, contract operator of the Canadian Forces Contracted Flying Training and Support program. [2]
History
The company was established on March 20, 1970 and the charter subsidiary was established and started operating in June 1974. It is wholly owned by Barry Lapointe Holding.[1] In 1995, during the tumultuous airline industry upheaval in Canada, Kelowna Flightcraft partnered with the short-lived Greyhound Air.[3] Flying surplus Boeing 727 airliners, the brief interlude into scheduled "low fare" airline service met with public acceptance but a variety of economic and regulatory factors eventually led to the demise of the partnership.[4]
Flightcraft's extensive history in maintenance work directed to the ubiquitous Boeing 727 "feederliner" series has led to their adaptation as the main type for cargo operations, with Purolator their main client.
On March 30, 2005, Kelowna Flightcraft was awarded a $1.77 billion contract to lead a team of Canadian companies called Allied Wings to provide primary flight training for the Canadian Forces Air Command at Southport at the former CFB Base Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.[5]Both fixed wing and rotor craft training will be provided to pilots in training from Canadian Forces, NATO and other clients. A "state-of-the-art" training facility is presently being developed.[6]
Kelowna Flightcraft also undertakes maintenance and upgrades on the Convair CV-240 family, for which it owns the type certificate. Flightcraft converts existing Convair CV-580s to the updated CV5800 configuration and provides conversions of the former Canadian Forces CC-109 Cosmopolitan transport fleet into freighters and "fire-fighting" water/chemical bombers.[7]
References
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Directory: World Airlines." Flight International, 3 April 2007, p. 100.
- ↑ Flightcraft
- ↑ Grescoe 2004, p. 65.
- ↑ Grescoe 2004, p. 65–67.
- ↑ Kelowna Flightcraft Ltd. Announces Canadian Military Flight Training Contract
- ↑ Carr 2006, p. 11.
- ↑ Flightcraft Convair
Bibliography
- Grescoe, Paul. Flight Path: How Westjet Is Flying High In Canada's Most Turbulent Industry. Toronto: John Wiley & Sons, 2004. ISBN 0-470-83436-6.
- Carr, Ken. "Allied Wings." Western Canada Aviation & Aerospace magazine, Spring-Fall, 2006.
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