Air Ontario
| Air Ontario | |
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| IATA code : | GX |
| ICAO code : | ONT |
| Call sign : | ONTARIO |
| Founding: | 1987 |
| Operation stopped: | 2001 ( absorbed into Air Canada Jazz ) |
| Seat: |
London , Ontario , Canada
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| Website: | www.airontario.com |
| Air Ontario ceased operations in 2001 (merged with Air Canada Jazz ). The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Air Ontario Inc. was a Canadian regional airline based in London , Ontario . In 2002 the company went into Air Canada Jazz .
history
Great Lakes Airlines (Canada) was founded in 1958, Air Ontario Ltd. in June 1987. and Air Ontario Inc. was formed in 1983 when James Plaxton bought Great Lakes Airlines after they went bankrupt.
As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air Canada , Air Ontario operated national routes as a code- sharing partner for Air Canada as well as flights within Ontario from February 1990, routes to North Bay , Sudbury (Vermont) , Timmins and Windsor were opened. Its expansion soon followed routes from Toronto Island Airport to Montreal and Ottawa , along with new routes to the United States .
In January 2001 the airline Air Canada Regional Inc. was founded from the merger of several companies. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Air Canada, it operated the routes of the four regional airlines - Air BC , Air Nova , Air Ontario and Canadian Regional Airlines . The merger of the four companies was completed in 2002, the airline Air Canada Jazz was created .
fleet
Until 2001 the Air Ontario fleet comprised the following turboprop aircraft:
- De Havilland Canada DHC-8 Series 100-41 aircraft
- De Havilland Canada DHC-8 Series 300-7 aircraft
Total aircraft in the fleet in 2001: 48
The airline previously operated Convair 580 turboprops and Fokker F28 jets. The Convair 580 was initially operated by Air Canada with the DHC-8, the F28 were the only jet aircraft types that were ever operated by Air Ontario.
Destinations 1984
Air Ontario operated Convair 580 Turboprops as an independent aviation company with scheduled flights to destinations in the provinces of Ontario and Québec in Canada and to two destinations in the eastern United States : London , Ontario, Montreal-Dorval Airport , Ottawa , Sarnia , Sudbury , and Toronto-Pearson International Airport and in the United States Cleveland and Hartford , Connecticut.
By 1989, the airline had added two Fokker F28 Fellowships to its fleet.
Destinations 1992
Air Ontario operated a code-sharing agreement with Air Canada via Air Canada Connector to the following destinations in Canada and the USA: London , Montreal-Dorval , North Bay , Ottawa , Sarnia , Sault Ste. Marie , Sudbury , Thunder Bay , Timmins , Toronto-Island and Toronto-Pearson , Windsor and Winnipeg , as well as Cleveland , Hartford and New York City ( Newark Airport ).
By 1995, Air Ontario had added nonstop flights between Toronto and Baltimore for Air Canada Connector and all flights were operated by De Havilland Canada DHC-8 turboprop aircraft.
Incidents
- On November 1, 1988, a Douglas C-47 ( aircraft registration number C-FBJE ) crashed in Lake Pikangikum on a domestic cargo flight from Red Lake Airport to Pikangikum Airport . Two of the three people on board were killed.
- On March 10, 1989, a Fokker F28-1000 Fellowship (C-FONF) crashed on Air Ontario Flight 1363 near Dryden , Ontario en route from Thunder Bay to Winnipeg via Dryden 49 seconds after take-off. 21 of 65 passengers and 3 of 4 crew members were killed. Due to the defective auxiliary power unit (APU), an engine had to run on the ground. However, de-icing was prohibited and therefore did not take place, which led to the crash.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Accident report Fokker F28 C-FONF , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on April 3, 2017.
