Air Creebec
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Air Creebec Inc. is a Cree-owned regional airline based in Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada.<ref>Contact Us Template:Webarchive. Air Crebeec. Retrieved on 29 June 2010. "101, 7th Street Val-d'Or, Quebec J9P 4P4" Address in French Template:Webarchive: "101, 7e Rue Val-d'Or (Québec) J9P 4P4"</ref> It operates scheduled and charter services to 16<ref name="dest" /> destinations in Quebec and Ontario. Its main base is Val-d'Or Airport, with a hub at Timmins Victor M. Power Airport.<ref name="FIMar">Template:Cite news</ref>
As part of its charter operations, the airline operates a medical charter service in conjunction with the Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay to provide access to medical specialists and services in the South to Quebec Cree.<ref name="First Woman Article" />
HistoryEdit
The airline was established in June 1982 and started operations on 1 July 1982. Billy Diamond, first and former Grand Chief of the Grand Council of the Cree is credited with the founding of the airline.<ref name="CBC 40th anniversary">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
At that time the Cree owned 51% of the company and Austin Airways owned the remaining 49%. In 1988 the Cree purchased all the airline assets in the largest commercial deal to that date performed by any Indigenous group in Canada, making Air Creebec owned entirely by the Cree.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
According to Cree sources, during negotiations to launch the airline, Quebec Premier of Quebec René Lévesque muttered "Indians don't run airlines Billy" to which founder Billy Diamond replied "Well, this Indian is going to."<ref name="CBC 40th anniversary" /><ref name = "Delivering the Promise Doc">Template:Cite AV media</ref>
On 23 March 2012, Air Creebec discontinued its service to La Grande Rivière Airport.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2023 the airline appointed its first female CEO Tanya Pash, succeeding outgoing CEO Matthew Happyjack. Prior to her appointment Pash served as COO for 10 years.<ref name="First Woman Article" />
DestinationsEdit
Air Creebec operates services to the following Canadian domestic scheduled destinations (as of August 2019):<ref name="dest" />
Province | Community | IATA | ICAO | Airport |
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Ontario | Attawapiskat First Nation | YAT | CYAT | Attawapiskat Airport |
Ontario | Fort Albany First Nation | YFA | CYFA | Fort Albany Airport |
Ontario | Kashechewan First Nation | ZKE | CZKE | Kashechewan Airport |
Ontario | Moosonee | YMO | CYMO | Moosonee Airport |
Ontario | Peawanuck | YPO | CYPO | Peawanuck Airport |
Ontario | Timmins | YTS | CYTS | Timmins Victor M. Power Airport |
Quebec | Chibougamau | YMT | CYMT | Chibougamau/Chapais Airport |
Quebec | Chisasibi | YKU | CSU2 | Chisasibi Airport |
Quebec | Eastmain | ZEM | CZEM | Eastmain River Airport |
Quebec | Kuujjuarapik | YGW | CYGW | Kuujjuarapik Airport |
Quebec | Montreal | YUL | CYUL | Montréal–Trudeau International Airport |
Quebec | Nemaska | YNS | CYHH | Nemiscau Airport |
Quebec | Val-d'Or | YVO | CYVO | Val-d'Or Airport |
Quebec | Waskaganish | YKQ | CYKQ | Waskaganish Airport |
Quebec | Wemindji | YNC | CYNC | Wemindji Airport |
Interline agreementsEdit
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FleetEdit
Template:As of Transport Canada listed 23 aircraft and Air Creebec listed 18<ref name="TCFleet">Template:TCregister</ref><ref name="fleet">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Aircraft | No. of aircraft TC) |
No. of aircraft (CRQ) |
Variants | Notes |
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ATR-GIE (ATR 72) | 1 | ATR 72-212A | Cargo only | |
de Havilland Canada Dash 8 | 20 | 16 | 18 (14) - Series 100 2 - Series 300 |
Series 100 carries 29 or 37 passengers and the Series 300 carries 50 |
Hawker Siddeley HS 748 | 2 | 2 | 748 Series 2A | Cargo only |
Total | 23 | 18 |
Affinity programsEdit
The airline offers Aeroplan rewards points, both to collect and to redeem.
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