Northwestern Air

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This article is about a Canadian airline. For the United States airline, see Northwest Airlines.

Northwestern Air Lease Ltd

IATA J3	ICAO PLR	Callsign POLARIS

Founded

1965

Fleet size

Destinations

Parent company

Northwestern Air Lease Limited

Headquarters

Fort Smith, Northwest Territories

Key people

Terry Harrold
(President)
Brian Harrold
(Secretary Treasurer)
Tomas Chlumecky
(General Manager)
Christopher Williams
(Chief Pilot)

(Operations Manager)
Richard Funk
(Director of Maintenance)

Website

http://www.nwal.ca/

Northwestern Air Handley Page Jetstream (JS32) at Cambridge Bay Airport

Northwestern Air is an airline based in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada. It operates scheduled passenger services to 9 destinations in 3 provinces with over 106 scheduled flights per week, as well as undertaking ad hoc charters and long term charter contracts for various corporations throughout Canada and the USA. Its main base is Fort Smith Airport, while it operates a base at Red Deer Regional Airport in Alberta. ^[1]

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. It is wholly owned by the Harrold family and had 75 employees in December 2013 .^[1]

Destinations

As of May 2013, the airline serves the following locations:^[2]

Alberta
- Edmonton (Edmonton International Airport)
- Fort Chipewyan (Fort Chipewyan Airport)
- Fort McMurray (Fort McMurray Airport)
- Red Deer (Red Deer Regional Airport)
British Columbia
- Abbotsford (Abbotsford International Airport)
- Kelowna (Kelowna International Airport)^[3]
Northwest Territories
- Fort Smith (Fort Smith Airport)
- Yellowknife (Yellowknife Airport)
- Hay River (Hay River/Merlyn Carter Airport)

Fleet

As of January, 2014 the Northwestern Air fleet includes:^[4]

**Northwestern Air Fleet**
Aircraft	In Fleet	Notes
BAe Jetstream 31	3
BAe Jetstream 32	5
Raytheon Beech B99	1
Total	9

Previously operated^[1]

Cessna 208 Caravan

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-10. p. 57.
↑ "Northwestern Air Flight Schedules".
↑ "Taking off for Red Deer". 2011-10-28.
↑ "Directory: World Airlines Part 3 (M-Z)". Flight International: 29–90. 2009-04-14.

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