List of airlines of Manitoba

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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.

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Current airlines

AirlineImage IATA ICAO Callsign Hub airport(s) or
headquarters
Notes
Calm Air C-FAFS AT43 Calm Air Cambridge Bay.JPG MOCAVCALM AIR Thompson Scheduled passenger service, charters, cargo [1]
Fast Air C-FHPB B300 Fast Air Cambridge Bay.jpg PRBPOLAR BEAR Winnipeg Air ambulance services, charter, helicopters [2]
Harv's Air Service Steinbach (South) Charters, flight training, air taxi [3] [4]
Keystone Air Service Keystone Air Service BE20 C-FSPN.jpg KEEKEYSTONE Winnipeg/St. Andrews Charters [5]
Kivalliq Air C-FSKN Kivalliq Air Beech 200.JPG FK Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson Scheduled passenger service [6]
Missinippi Airways Missinippi Airways Cessna 208 C-FMCB.jpg MAMissinippi The Pas/Grace Lake Charters, MEDIVAC (air ambulance), and scheduled services. Bases at Thompson, Norway House, Pukatawagan and Winnipeg. [7]
Perimeter Aviation C-FPPW Dash 8 Perimeter (7642336900).jpg 4BPAGPERIMETER 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]

Defunct airlines

AirlineImage IATA ICAO Callsign Hub airport(s) or
headquarters
Notes
Canadian Airways Fairchild 71C.JPG Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson 1926 - 1941
Established as Western Canadian Airways, purchased by Canadian Pacific Airlines
First Nations Transportation C-46-First Nations Transportation,.jpg Gimli 2003 - 2009
Greyhound Air Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson 1996 - 1997
Lamb Air Curtiss C-46 Lambair.jpg The Pas 1934 - 1981
Transair Transair Boeing 707-351C at Edmonton.jpg TZTTZ Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson 1947 - 1979
Started as Central Northern Airways, renamed Transair in 1956; sold to Pacific Western Airlines in 1979
Winnport C-FKFO B727-25F Winnport Cargo YVR 01SEP00 (6635416971).jpg Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson 1998 - 2002
Winnipeg-based air cargo company flying to China; renamed to Cargojet Airways
Air Manitoba 7NNAMMANITOBA[ citation needed ]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. [10]

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