List of airlines of Newfoundland and Labrador

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This is a list of airlines of Newfoundland and Labrador which have an air operator's certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of Canada.

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Current airlines

AirlineImage IATA ICAO Callsign Hub airport(s) or
headquarters
Notes
Air Borealis 2017-10-02 Air Borealis (PAL Airlines) DHC-6-300 Twin Otter C-FWLG plane.jpg LBRNORTHLIGHT Goose Bay Regional, charters [1]
Cougar Helicopters Sikorsky-S92-cougar-helicopters-ilulissat-airport.jpg CHICOUGAR St. John's Scheduled passenger services to oil platforms and ships off the Newfoundland coast [2]
Exploits Valley Air Services EVAS B1900 at YYT.JPG 8KEVAS Gander Scheduled passenger service as part of Air Canada Express, sightseeing flights, air ambulance services and maintenance [3]
Newfoundland Helicopters Clarenville Helicopters
Innu Mikun Airlines Goose Bay Regional airline, charters. A joint partnership between Innu Development Limited Partnership and Provincial Airlines. [4]
PAL Airlines C-GPAU Dash 8 Provincial Airlines (7637278782).jpg PBSPRSPEEDAIR St. John's Scheduled passenger service, charters [5]
3D Helicopters St. John's Helicopter charter [6]

Defunct airlines

AirlineImage IATA ICAO Callsign Hub airport(s) or
headquarters
Notes
Air Labrador Air Labrador Beech 1900D.jpg WJLALLAB AIR Goose Bay 1986 2017
Merged to form Air Borealis
Air Atlantic Air Atlantic BAe 146-200 Haafke.jpg 9AATLDASH St. John's 1985 1998
Feeder airline for Canadian Pacific Airlines and Canadian Airlines
Air Transit TRANSIT St. John's Defunct 1975
Ashuanipi Aviation ASHUANIPI Wabush 1975 2006
Merged into Air Saguenay
Aztec Aviation AZTEC St. John's
Canadian Helicopters Canadian Helicopters Bell 206LR Labrador.jpg CDNCANADIAN St. John's 1987 2000
Moved to Les Cèdres, Quebec
CHC Helicopter Puma G-CHCH IMG 8021 (13754888375).jpg HMBHUMMINGBIRD St. John's 1987 2008
Moved to Richmond, British Columbia
Coastal Air Services COASTAL Winterland
Eastern Provincial Airways Eastern Provincial Airways Boeing 737-200 Rioux.jpg 156 - PVPVPROVINCIAL Gander 1949 1987
Merged into Canadian Airlines
Gander Aviation GANDER Gander 1960 1979
Gracefield Aviation GRACE Stephenville
Newfoundland Airways NEW AIR Gander 1948 1983
Merged to form Air Labrador
Ocean Air Services OCEAN St. John's
Sealand Helicopters Sealand Helicopters S76A.jpg SEASEALAND St. John's 1977 1987
Merged to form CHC Helicopter
Triton Airlines TRITON St. John's 1993 1994
Universal Helicopters C-GIZY Universal Helicopters Bell 206L (B06) 03.JPG UNIVERSAL Goose Bay 1963 2020
Viking Helicopters VIKING Pasadena Merged to form CHC Helicopter in 1987

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References

  1. "Air Borealis - Reliable Flights and Air Services in Labrador".
  2. "Cougar Helicopters About Us". Archived from the original on 2013-04-04. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  3. EVAS Air
  4. Innu Mikun Airlines - About
  5. Provincial Airlines
  6. 3D Helicopters