Air Georgian Limited is a privately owned airline based at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Its main business is its operation as Air Canada Express on a Tier III codeshare with Air Canada for scheduled services on domestic and trans-border routes. Its main base is Toronto Pearson International Airport, with hubs at Calgary International Airport and Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport.
It is an executive jet operator offering aircraft charter, aircraft maintenance, aircraft management, outsourced flight operations, flight crew scheduling, technical and airline pilot training services to major airlines, corporations and individuals at its hubs in Toronto (CYYZ), Calgary (CYYC), and Montreal (CYUL).
Air Georgian operates under the Subparts 704 and 705 of the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CAR 704, CAR 705) and has completed the IATA Operational Safety Audit. Air Georgian is a certified dealer of Pratt & Whitney ADAS systems and is the Canadian Service Ctr for the Hawker Premier. Air Georgian pilots are represented by ALPA (Airline Pilots Association).
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History
Air Georgian began as an airport developer in 1985. It began commercial operations in 1994 and subsequently developed its commercial air carrier business, which as of 2011 represented 87 percent of its total business. In 1997 It became a code share partner of Canadian Airlines, operating under the banner of Ontario Regional. Air Georgian was a partner of Canadian Airlines. In 2000 Air Georgian became a Tier III partner of Air Canada and operated as Air Alliance.
It once had a Cessna 208 Caravan Amphibian in the United Arab Emirates which was the first in the region. It had a long time cargo operation known as Georgian Express which was sold to Cargo Jet in 2007.
On November 15, 2013, Air Georgian and Regional 1 completed a joint venture through the creation of a parent company, Regional Express Aviation Ltd. ("REAL"), based in Calgary, Alberta. Air Georgian and R1 both benefit from having access to the world's largest private fleet of Dash 8 and CRJ series aircraft, over CAD100million in spare parts and domestic maintenance bases located throughout Canada. The joint venture with R1 ended in February 2016.
In December, 2013 Air Canada announced that commencing in mid-2014, Air Georgian would operate additional routes in Canada and the United States using Air Canada Canadair CRJ-100 aircraft.
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Fleet
Fleet as of June 2017:
Destinations
Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary (Calgary International Airport) Hub
- Lethbridge (Lethbridge County Airport)
- Medicine Hat (Medicine Hat Airport)
- Red Deer (Red Deer Regional Airport)
- British Columbia
- Cranbrook (Canadian Rockies International Airport)
- Ontario
- Kingston (Kingston/Norman Rogers Airport)
- Sarnia (Sarnia Chris Hadfield Airport)
- Toronto (Toronto Pearson International Airport) Hub
- Prince Edward Island
- Charlottetown (Charlottetown Airport)
- Quebec
- Montreal (Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport)
United States
- Connecticut
- Hartford (Bradley International Airport)
- Florida
- Jacksonville (Jacksonville International Airport)
- Georgia
- Savannah (Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport)
- Indiana
- Indianapolis (Indianapolis International Airport)
- Maryland
- Baltimore (Baltimore-Washington International Airport)
- Michigan
- Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Airport)
- Minnesota
- Minneapolis (Minneapolis/St Paul International Airport)
- Missouri
- Kansas City (Kansas City International Airport)
- St Louis (St Louis International Airport)
- New York
- Rochester (Greater Rochester International Airport)
- Syracuse (Syracuse Hancock International Airport)
- North Carolina
- Raleigh (Raleigh-Durham International Airport)
- Charlotte (Charlotte International Airport)
- Ohio
- Cincinnati (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport) (Airport is located in Hebron, Kentucky)
- Cleveland (Cleveland International Airport)
- Columbus (Columbus International Airport)
- Pennsylvania
- Harrisburg (Harrisburg International Airport)
- Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh International Airport)
- Tennessee
- Memphis (Memphis International Airport)
- Nashville (Nashville International Airport)
- Virginia
- Washington DC (Dulles International Airport)
- Wisconsin
- Milwaukee (General Mitchell International Airport)
References
External links
- Air Georgian
Source of article : Wikipedia