Editing Air Labrador

{{Short description|Defunct Canadian regional airline}}
{{Infobox airline 
|airline=Air Labrador
| image = 
|IATA=WJ
|ICAO=LAL
|callsign=LAB AIR
| aoc = 
|hubs=[[CFB Goose Bay|Goose Bay Airport]]
|focus_cities=[[Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon Airport]], [[Quebec]]
|frequent_flyer=None
|alliance=None
|fleet_size=9<ref name="TCFleet"/>
|destinations=24<ref name="Labrador"/>
| parent = 
| num_employees = 
|logo=Air Labrador logo.png
|logo_size=240
|founded=1948
|headquarters=[[CFB Goose Bay|Goose Bay Airport]]
|key_people= Philip Earle (President)<br>Brent Acreman (Director of Flight Operations)<br> Dan Michelin (Chief Pilot)
|website= 
|ceased= June 2017
}}

'''Labrador Airways Limited''', operating as '''Air Labrador''', was a [[regional airline]] based at the [[CFB Goose Bay|Goose Bay Airport]] in [[Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador]], Canada. It operated scheduled daily passenger and freight services throughout [[Labrador]] and [[Quebec]], as well as charter operations with the options of landing in remote and off strip destinations with skis, wheels and floats. The airline's main base was [[CFB Goose Bay|Goose Bay Airport]], with a secondary hub at [[Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon Airport|Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon Airport, Quebec]].<ref name="FI">{{cite news|title=Directory: World Airlines|work=[[Flight International]]|page=59|date=2007-03-27}}</ref> Its motto was "The Spirit of Flight" (French: "Esprit du vol").

== History ==
The airline was established and started operations in 1948, as '''Newfoundland Airways''' operating float-equipped aircraft from a base in [[Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador|Gander]], Newfoundland on charter, mail and freight work to northern Newfoundland and Labrador. Since then the base of the company has moved to Goose Bay. It was purchased in 1983 by Provincial Investments Inc., owned by Roger Pike, along with associate company, Labrador Aviation Services Ltd. Air Labrador was owned by the Pike Family, but then taken over by Philip Earle in 2010. Air Labrador conducted a [[fantasy flight]] in the 1990s with a [[Santa Claus]] visit on board while it [[taxiing|taxied]] the [[Airport apron|tarmac]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KXR0M761B0| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129123747/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KXR0M761B0| archive-date=2016-01-29 | url-status=dead|title=Flight to the North Pole| website=[[YouTube]] |date=2007-12-17|access-date=2009-10-18}}</ref> In March 2009, the company announced they were ceasing flight service to Montreal due to financial trouble. Airline service ended in Newfoundland in May 2009, two months after announcing the shut down of Montreal operations. The airline later continued to fly within [[Labrador]] and [[Quebec]], as well as [[St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador]] until its merger in 2017.

On February 3, 2012, the company announced that the [[Nunatsiavut]] Government had bought a 51% share in Air Labrador.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/inuit-company-buys-controlling-stake-in-air-labrador-1.1252835|title=Inuit company buys controlling stake in Air Labrador; CBC News|date=2012-02-04|access-date=2012-02-05}}</ref>

In June 2017 Air Labrador merged with [[Provincial Airlines|Innu Mikun Airlines]] to form [[Air Borealis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/new-labrador-airline-air-borealis-1.4163935|title=Innu, Inuit join forces to create new airline for Labrador|date=2017-06-16|access-date=2017-09-16}}</ref>

== Destinations ==
Air Labrador operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (as of February 2017):<ref name="Labrador">{{cite web
 |title=Air Labrador Destinations 
 |publisher=Air Labrador 
 |url=http://www.airlabrador.com/home/destinations.htm 
 |access-date=2016-01-15 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303185612/http://www.airlabrador.com/home/destinations.htm 
 |archive-date=2016-03-03 
}}</ref>

===Newfoundland and Labrador===
*[[Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador|Goose Bay]] ([[CFB Goose Bay]])
*[[Hopedale, Newfoundland and Labrador|Hopedale]] ([[Hopedale Airport]])
*[[Makkovik, Newfoundland and Labrador|Makkovik]] ([[Makkovik Airport]])
*[[Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador|Nain]] ([[Nain Airport]])
*[[Natuashish, Newfoundland and Labrador|Natuashish]] ([[Natuashish Airport]])
*[[Postville, Newfoundland and Labrador|Postville]] ([[Postville Airport]])
*[[Rigolet, Newfoundland and Labrador|Rigolet]] ([[Rigolet Airport]])
*[[Deer Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador]] ([[Deer Lake Regional Airport]])

===Quebec===
*[[Blanc-Sablon, Quebec|Blanc-Sablon]] ([[Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon Airport]])
*[[Chevery, Quebec|Chevery]] ([[Chevery Airport]])
*[[Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent, Quebec|Kegaska]] ([[Kegaska Airport]])
*[[La Romaine, Quebec|La Romaine]] ([[La Romaine Airport]])
*[[La Tabatière, Quebec|La Tabatière]] ([[La Tabatière Airport]])
*[[Natashquan, Quebec (municipality)|Natashquan]] ([[Natashquan Airport]])
*[[Saint-Augustin, Côte-Nord, Quebec|Saint-Augustin]] ([[Saint-Augustin Airport]])
*[[Sept-Îles, Quebec|Sept-Îles]] ([[Sept-Îles Airport]])
*[[Tête-à-La-Baleine, Quebec|Tête-à-La-Baleine]] ([[Tête-à-La-Baleine Airport]])

== Fleet ==
[[File:Air Labrador-01 (xndr).jpg|thumb|Air Labrador Dash 8 at Sept-Îles Airport (aircraft now retired from the fleet)]]
As of July 2017 [[Transport Canada]] listed 9 aircraft registered to Air Labrador.<ref name="TCFleet">{{TCregister|AIR+LABRADOR|Air Labrador|2016-01-15}}</ref>
{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse:collapse"
|+ Fleet
|- bgcolor=lightblue
!Aircraft||No. of aircraft||Variants||Notes
|-
|[[Beechcraft 1900]]||2||[[Beechcraft 1900#1900D|1900D]]||Up to 19 passengers
|-
|[[Beechcraft King Air]]||1||[[Beechcraft King Air#Model 100 series|100 Series]]||Up to 9 passengers
|-
|[[De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter]]||6|||[[de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter#DHC-6 Series 300|300 Series]]||Up to 19 passengers
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of defunct airlines of Canada]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}

{{Portal bar|Canada|Companies|Aviation}}
{{Defunct airlines of Canada}}

[[Category:Defunct airlines of Canada]]
[[Category:Defunct companies of Newfoundland and Labrador]]
[[Category:Companies based in Newfoundland and Labrador]]
[[Category:Airlines established in 1948]]
[[Category:Airlines disestablished in 2017]]
[[Category:Defunct seaplane operators]]
[[Category:Regional airlines of Atlantic Canada]]