This is a list of airlines of Manitoba which have an air operator's certificate issued by Transport Canada, the country's civil aviation authority. These are airlines that are based in Manitoba.
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Hub airport(s) or headquarters | Notes |
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Calm Air | MO | CAV | CALM AIR | Thompson | Scheduled passenger service, charters, cargo [1] | |
Fast Air | PRB | POLAR BEAR | Winnipeg | Air ambulance services, charter, helicopters [2] | ||
Harv's Air Service | Steinbach (South) | Charters, flight training, air taxi [3] [4] | ||||
Keystone Air Service | KEE | KEYSTONE | Winnipeg/St. Andrews | Charters [5] | ||
Kivalliq Air | FK | Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson | Scheduled passenger service [6] | |||
Missinippi Airways | MA | Missinippi | The Pas/Grace Lake | Charters, MEDIVAC (air ambulance), and scheduled services. Bases at Thompson, Norway House, Pukatawagan and Winnipeg. [7] | ||
Perimeter Aviation | 4B | PAG | PERIMETER | Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson | Scheduled passenger service, charters, MEDIVAC (air ambulance), flight training [8] | |
SkyNorth Air | Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson | Scheduled passenger service, charters [9] | ||||
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Hub airport(s) or headquarters | Notes |
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Canadian Airways | Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson | 1926 - 1941 Established as Western Canadian Airways, purchased by Canadian Pacific Airlines | ||||
First Nations Transportation | Gimli | 2003 - 2009 | ||||
Greyhound Air | Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson | 1996 - 1997 | ||||
Lamb Air | The Pas | 1934 - 1981 | ||||
Transair | TZ | TTZ | Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson | 1947 - 1979 Started as Central Northern Airways, renamed Transair in 1956; sold to Pacific Western Airlines in 1979 | ||
Winnport | Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson | 1998 - 2002 Winnipeg-based air cargo company flying to China; renamed to Cargojet Airways | ||||
Air Manitoba | 7N | NAM | MANITOBA [10] | Established as Ilford Airways in 1953, merged with Riverton Airways (c. 1960) to form Ilford Riverton Airways in 1963. Merged with Northland Airlines (c. 1961) to become Northland Air Manitoba in 1986 and renamed to Air Manitoba in 1992.Ceased passenger operations when AOC revoked in 1994. Existing as leasing company around 1997. [11] |
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