Air Atlantic
| Air Atlantic | |
|---|---|
 Air Atlantic BAe 146-200, 1994 |
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| IATA code : | 9A |
| ICAO code : | ATL |
| Call sign : | AIR ATLANTIQUE |
| Founding: | 1985 |
| Operation stopped: | 1998 |
| Seat: |
St. Johns , Canada
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| Home airport : | St. John's Airport |
| Number of employees: | 500 |
| Fleet size: | 12 |
| Aims: | regional |
| Air Atlantic ceased operations in 1998. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Air Atlantic was an airline based in Canada . Founded in 1985 in St. Johns, the airline began operations in Newfoundland on February 28, 1986 with three four-engine De Havilland Canada DHC-7 aircraft . These were replaced by De Havilland DHC-8 between April and August 1987 .
The small airline flew mostly in a partnership for Canadian Pacific Air Lines (CP Air) and later for their subsidiary Inter-Canadian.
Air Atlantic received its first jet in 1990 in the form of the BAe 146 and began flying international routes to the United States , while the DHC-8 fleet grew to 20 at times. From the end of 1990 financial difficulties increasingly made Air Atlantic to create, whereupon CP Air bought a substantial share in the airline.
A second base was opened at Halifax Airport ( Nova Scotia ). In 1995 Air Atlantic received five British Aerospace Jetstream 41s , which were used with 27 seats on less frequented routes.
On October 25, 1998, the financially troubled airline ceased operations. At that time the fleet still consisted of 5 BAe J-41s, 4 DHC-8-100s and 3 BAe 146-200s.
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- ↑ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international 1989 . Zurich Airport 1989, p. 19.
- ↑ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international 1998/99 . Zurich Airport 1998, p. 28.
- ↑ rzjets, Air Atlantic , accessed July 7, 2017.
- ↑ rzjets.
- ↑ a b jp 1998, p. 28.
- ↑ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international 1999/2000 . Zurich Airport 1999, p. 737.
