List of airlines of Alberta

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This is a list of airlines of Alberta which have an air operator's certificate issued by Transport Canada, the country's civil aviation authority. These are airlines that are based in Alberta.

Current airlines

Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Hub airport(s) or
headquarters
Notes
Air Spray File:C-FLXT Lockheed L.188 Electra Air Spray (7643726528).jpg ASB Red Deer Aerial firefighting
AirSprint File:C-FASW Cessna 525A Citation CJ2 ASP - Airsprint Inc Flight ASP503 from YEE to YYZ.jpg ASP AIRSPRINT Calgary Fractional ownership of aircraft[1]
Lynx Air File:C-GDEJ Boeing 737 Enerjet in White C-s (7675657750).jpg EG ENJ Lynx Air Calgary Charter airline[2]
Kenn Borek Air File:Basler bt67 antarctica.jpg 4K KBA BOREK AIR Calgary Charters, aircraft leasing[3]
LR Helicopters Calgary/Springbank Charters, flight training[4]
McMurray Aviation Fort McMurray Charters, flight training[5]
Morningstar Air Express File:C-GBWS-07-03 (6169555880).jpg MAL MORNINGSTAR Edmonton Cargo airline that operates a FedEx Canada contract.[6] Example colours only; aircraft now registered to WestJet.[7]
Nor-Alta Aviation File:Nor-Alta Aviation GWVT.jpg LT CANWEST Fort Vermilion,
High Level
Charters and MEDIVAC (air ambulance)[8]
Northern Air Peace River Charters, scheduled flights and air ambulance[9]
R1 Airlines File:R1 Airlines Bombardier Dash 8.png TSH TRANSCANADA Calgary Charter airline, aircraft leasing[10]
Sunwest Aviation File:Beech 1900 D.JPG CNK CHINOOK Calgary Charters, MEDIVAC (air ambulance)[11]
WestJet File:C-GTWS-2008-09-13-YVR.jpg WS WJA WESTJET Calgary,
Vancouver,
Toronto Pearson
Low-cost carrier, scheduled passenger service. Canada's second largest airline after Air Canada.[12]
WestJet Encore File:WestJet Encore.JPG WEN ENCORE Calgary

Defunct airlines

Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Hub airport(s) or
headquarters
Notes
Air Mikisew File:Air Mikisew Logo 2.svg V8 AURORA Fort McMurray 1961 (as Contact Air) - 2011
Grounded in 2010 and permanently closed by 2011
Alberta Citylink File:British Aerospace BAe-3112 Jetstream 31, Alberta Citylink AN0136961.jpg ABK ALBERTA CITYLINK Medicine Hat 1996 - 2004
Owned by Bar XH Air
Alta Flights ALZ Edmonton International 1986 - 2014
To Sunwest Aviation
Bar XH Air BXH PALLISER Medicine Hat 1974 - 2010
To Integra Air [13]
Canada West Airlines Edmonton International 2002 - 2004
Canadian Airlines File:Canadian Airlines Boeing 737-200 at at Ottawa International Airport.jpg CP CDN CANADIAN Calgary 1987 - 2001
To Air Canada
Canadian Regional Airlines File:Canadian Regional F-28.jpg KI CDR CANADIAN REGIONAL Calgary 1993 - 2000
To Air Canada Jazz
Corporate Express File:Corporate Express Saab 340-A (2849437671).jpg CPB PENTA Calgary 1975 - 2009
Eldorado Radium Silver Express File:Eldorado Radium Silver Express -b.jpg Edmonton/Blatchford Field,
Port Radium
1935 - 1970s?
To Eldorado Aviation
Globemaster Air Cargo Edmonton/St. Albert 2003 - 2004
Holidair File:Douglas DC-8-52, Holidair AN0999265.jpg STP Edmonton 1998 - 1999
Integra Air BXH PALLISER Lethbridge 1998 - 2018
Former provider of scheduled passenger service, charters[14]
Knighthawk Air Express File:Dassault Falcon (Mystere) 20D, Purolator Courier (Knighthawk Air Express) AN1496637.jpg 4I KNX KNIGHT FLIGHT Calgary 1993 - 2005
MacKenzie Air Services File:The Bellanca Aircruiser known as the 'Eldorado Radium Silver Express' -- that serviced Port Radium.jpg Edmonton/Blatchford Field 1932 - 1942
to Canadian Pacific Airlines
Peace Air Peace River
QuikAir Q9 Calgary 2001 - 2006
Skyxpress Airline KLO KLONDIKE Calgary 2001 - 2008
Southern Frontier Airlines Calgary 1978 - 1978
To Time Air
Swanberg Air File:C-GPSI Canadair Challenger CL.601 Swanberg Air (7675679526).jpg Grande Prairie 2000 - 2011
Ceased due to death of founder Sylvan Swanberg
Time Air File:Time Air Dash 7 at Calgary Airport.jpg KI TAF TIME AIR Lethbridge 1966 - 1993
To Canadian Regional Airlines
Wardair File:Boeing 707-396C CF-ZYP Wardair LGW 21.06.70 edited-2.jpg WD WDA WARDAIR Edmonton International 1952 - 1990
Started as Polaris Charter Company at Yellowknife in 1946, acquired by Canadian Airlines)
Zip File:Boeing 737-217-Adv, Zip Air AN0276019.jpg 3J WZP ZIPPER Calgary 2002 - 2004
Operations return to regular Air Canada routes

References

  1. AirSprint Archived 2015-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Enerjet". Archived from the original on 2010-03-29. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  3. Kenn Borek Air
  4. LR Helicopters
  5. McMurray Aviation
  6. Morningstar Air Express
  7. Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: History Search Result
  8. "Nor-Alta Aviation". Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  9. Northern Air
  10. Regional 1
  11. Sunwest Aviation
  12. WestJet, Air France, KLM work toward code-share
  13. "Bar XH Air - Services". Archived from the original on 2005-03-11. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  14. "Integra Air". Archived from the original on 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2015-05-03.