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| Founded | 2003 |
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| Ceased operations | 2004 |
| Headquarters | St. Albert, Alberta, Canada |
Globemaster Air Cargo was a cargo airline based in St. Albert, Alberta, Canada. It was an all-cargo airline operating scheduled and charter services in Alberta, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories.
The airline was established in 2003 and started operations in October 2003. It launched scheduled services on 21 June 2004 linking Fort McMurray in northern Alberta to Edmonton and Calgary.
In January 2004 the airline applied to the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) for approval to operate domestic services with all-cargo aircraft. This was approved in May 2004. [1] In November 2004 the airline applied to suspend its operating licences and this was approved by the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA). [2]
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Globemaster Air Cargo operated freight services to the following domestic scheduled destinations in January 2005: Edmonton, Fort Nelson, Fort McMurray, Fort St John, Grand Prairie, Inuvik and Yellowknife.
The Globemaster Air Cargo fleet consisted of 1 Raytheon Beech 1900C Airliner aircraft in January 2005.
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