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{{Short description|Defunct airline of Canada (1946–2019)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox airline | airline = First Air | logo = Logo First Air (Canada) 2017-2019.png | logo_size = | image = C-FTIQ First Air ATR42-500 at Cambridge Bay Airport.jpg | caption = An [[ATR 42]] at [[Cambridge Bay Airport]] | fleet_size = 31<ref name="TCFleet"/> | destinations = 35<ref name="dest"/> | IATA = 7F | ICAO = FAB<ref name="ATD">{{cite web|url=http://www.edmontonfir.ca/pdfdownloads/Air_Traffic_designators.pdf|title=Transport Canada – Air Traffic Designators – TP 143|access-date=2 January 2018|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105526/http://edmontonfir.ca/pdfdownloads/Air_Traffic_designators.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> | callsign = FIRST AIR | founded = {{start date|1946||}} | ceased = {{end date|2019|11|01}} (acquired [[Canadian North]] and adopted that name) |aoc = {{plainlist| * Canada: 107<ref>{{TCAOC|2019-08-30|1-07|First+Air}}</ref> * {{nowrap|United States: KBJF476F<ref name="FAA">{{Cite web|url=https://av-info.faa.gov/detail.asp?DSGN_CODE=KBJF&OPER_FAR=129&OPER_NAME=BRADLEY+AIR+SERVICES+LTD|title=Federal Aviation Administration - Airline Certificate Information - Detail View|website=av-info.faa.gov|access-date=27 June 2019}}</ref>}} }} | headquarters = 20 Cope Drive, [[Kanata, Ontario]]<ref name="head"/> | key_people = {{plainlist| * Chris Avery ([[President (corporate title)|President]] & [[Chief executive officer|CEO]]) * Alexandra Pontbriand (VP Finance) * Rashwan Domloge (VP Maintenance) * Aaron Speer (VP Flight Operations) * Andrew Pope (VP Commercial)<ref name="officer"/> }} | hubs = {{ubl|class=nowrap | [[Iqaluit Airport|Iqaluit]] | [[Rankin Inlet Airport|Rankin Inlet]] | [[Yellowknife Airport|Yellowknife]]}} | focus_cities = | frequent_flyer = [[Aeroplan]] | alliance = | website = }} [[File:First Air headquarters.jpg|thumbnail|First Air's headquarters in Kanata, Ontario]] '''Bradley Air Services Limited''', operated as '''First Air''', was an airline headquartered in [[Kanata, Ontario|Kanata]], a suburb of [[Ottawa]], Ontario, Canada.<ref name="head">"[http://www.firstair.ca/contact/ First Air Head Office]." First Air. Retrieved on 13 January 2012. "20 Cope Drive Kanata, Ontario Canada, K2M 2V8"</ref> It operated services to 34 communities in [[Nunavut]], [[Nunavik]], and the [[Northwest Territories]].<ref name="dest"/> First Air has assisted in various humanitarian missions such as the [[2010 Haiti earthquake]], airlifting relief supplies and equipment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/northern-airline-sends-planes-to-haiti-1.955403 |title=Northern airline sends planes to Haiti |publisher=Cbc.ca |date=14 January 2010 |access-date=10 January 2013}}</ref> Its main base, which included a large hangar, cargo and maintenance facility, was located at [[Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport]], with hubs at [[Iqaluit Airport]], and [[Yellowknife Airport]].<ref>{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= [[Flight International]] | page= 82 | date= 3 April 2007}}</ref> On November 1, 2019, the airline consolidated operations with [[Canadian North]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://canadiannorth.com/about/our-history/ |title=Our history |publisher=canadiannorth.com |date=14 January 2010 |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>
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