Voyageur Airways

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Voyageur Airways Limited
Voyageur Aviation Logo.png
Voyageur Airways headquarters - North Bay, ON - (2019-05-18).jpg
The headquarters of Voyageur Airways in North Bay, Ontario
IATA ICAO Callsign
VCVAL [1] VOYAGEUR [1]
Founded1968
AOC # Canada: 2473, [2]
United States: VEXF827I [3]
Hubs North Bay/Jack Garland Airport
Fleet size52 [4]
Parent company Chorus Aviation
Headquarters North Bay, Ontario
Key peopleScott Tapson, President
Website airways.voyav.com/
Voyageur Airways Bombardier Dash 8 in Luxembourg De Havilland Canada DHC-8-314 Voyageur Airways C-FEXZ, LUX Luxembourg (Findel), Luxembourg PP1368551176.jpg
Voyageur Airways Bombardier Dash 8 in Luxembourg
Voyageur Airways Dash 7 in Winnipeg, 2005 Voyageur Airways Dash 7 in Winnipeg, 2005.jpg
Voyageur Airways Dash 7 in Winnipeg, 2005

Voyageur Aviation operating as Voyageur Airways Limited is an airline based in North Bay, Ontario, Canada that commenced operations in 1968. Along with air charters it also repairs and maintains aircraft, and provides an air ambulance service. It provides ground handling, fuel services and terminal services at the North Bay/Jack Garland Airport. It provides chartered aircraft to the United Nations and NATO, for operations in places such as Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, Ivory Coast and Sudan. These aircraft include Bombardier Dash 8 turboprops as well as Bombardier CRJ200 regional jets.

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Fleet

As of August 2022, Voyageur Airways had the following aircraft registered with Transport Canada: [4]

Voyageur Airways
AircraftVariantsNumberNotes
Beechcraft King Air Super King Air 200 2Air ambulance [5]
Bombardier CRJ CL-600 2B19 (Series 200) 7Up to 50 passengers [6]
Bombardier Dash 8 DHC-8-102, DHC-8-311, DHC-8-314, DHC-8-402 24Up to 37 passengers in the 102 and 50 in the 300 series. [6] The 402 can carry 78 passengers but is not listed at the Transport Canada site.
Total33

According to Voyageur Airways they also operate de Havilland Canada Dash 7 as air ambulance. [5]

Destinations in 1987

Although no longer operating scheduled flights, according to its May 10, 1987 system timetable, Voyageur Airways was operating scheduled passenger service to the following destinations in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec: [7]

Ontario

Quebec

Currently Voyageur Airways operates charters and does aircraft servicing.

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References

  1. 1 2 "ICAO Designators for Canadian Aircraft Operating Agencies, Aeronautical Authorities and Services" (PDF). Nav Canada. 2023-05-04. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-02-27. Voyageur Airways: VAL, VOYAGEUR
  2. Transport Canada (4 August 2022), Civil Aviation Services (CAS) AOC. wwwapps.tc.gc.ca.
  3. "Federal Aviation Administration - Airline Certificate Information - Detail View". av-info.faa.gov. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
  4. 1 2 "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: Quick Search Result for Voyageur Aviation". Transport Canada . Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  5. 1 2 Our Air Ambulance Fleet
  6. 1 2 Charter
  7. May 10, 1987 Voyageur Airways system timeable