Labrador Airways Limited, operating as Air Labrador, was a
regional airline
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Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
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, Canada. It operated scheduled daily passenger and freight services throughout
Labrador
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and
Quebec
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, 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 Goose Bay Airport, with a secondary hub at Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon Airport, Quebec. 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 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
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. 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
, nickname = "The Big Land"
, etymology =
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Canada
, subdivision_type1 = Province
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and
Quebec
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Nunatsiavut
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Government had bought a 51% share in Air Labrador.
In June 2017 Air Labrador merged with
Innu Mikun Airlines
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Destinations
Air Labrador operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (as of February 2017):
CFB Goose Bay
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Makkovik
Makkovik (Inuit: ''Maggovik'') is a town in Labrador in eastern Canada. It had 365 residents in 2021. The main industry is snow crabbing and there is a fishing cooperative.
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Makkovik Airport
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Postville
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Rigolet
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Rigolet Airport
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Deer Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador
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Deer Lake Regional Airport
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Blanc-Sablon
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Chevery
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Chevery Airport
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Kegaska Airport
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La Romaine Airport
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La Tabatière Airport
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Natashquan Airport
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Saint-Augustin Airport
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Sept-Îles Airport
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listed 9 aircraft registered to Air Labrador.
See also
*
List of defunct airlines of Canada
This is a list of defunct airlines of Canada.
See also
* List of airlines of Canada
* List of airports in Canada
References
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