Air Creebec Inc. is a

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based in

Val-d'Or Val-d'Or (, , ; "Golden Valley" or "Valley of Gold") is a city in Quebec, Canada with a population of 32,752 inhabitants according to the Canada 2021 Census. The city is located in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region near La Vérendrye Wildlife R ...

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, Canada. It operates scheduled and

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services to 16 destinations in Quebec and

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. Its main base is

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, with a hub at

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History

The airline was established in June 1982 and started operations on 1 July 1982. At that time the

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owned 51% of the company and

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owned the remaining 49%. In 1988 the Cree purchased all the airline assets in the largest commercial deal to that date performed by any aboriginal group in Canada, making Air Creebec owned entirely by the Cree. On 23 March 2012, Air Creebec discontinued its service to

La Grande Rivière Airport La Grande Rivière Airport is an airfield location about south southwest of Radisson, Quebec, Canada. It is used mostly to shuttle Hydro-Québec personnel between Radisson and the larger cities in Quebec, but it is also served by regular sc ...

Destinations

Air Creebec operates services to the following Canadian domestic scheduled destinations (as of August 2019):

Fleet

As of May 2021

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listed 19 aircraft and Air Creebec listed 18Fleet
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Affinity programs

The airline offers

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rewards points, both to collect and to redeem.

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