Prince Edward Air Ltd. was an airline headquartered in

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, Canada. The airline offered a variety of services including: scheduled cargo, ad-hoc charter, air medevac, maintenance, sales and service.

History

Prince Edward Air was founded as an entrepreneurial venture in 1989 to pursue market opportunities in air medical evacuation, courier, and scheduled passenger and on-call air charters for business and pleasure. The company started with one leased aircraft and one pilot, founding president, Robert Bateman. On May 1, 2008

Cargojet Airways Cargojet Inc. () is a scheduled cargo airline based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It operates cargo services in Canada and internationally, as well as full aircraft charters. Its main base is John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport. C ...

acquired 51% ownership of Prince Edward Airlines. At that time, it had 28 aircraft and 140+ employees with daily flights into several airports in Eastern Canada, Quebec, Ontario, as well as, JFK International. In March 2009 the remainder of the company was acquired by Cargojet Airways, increasing the overall majority of the companies as a whole. With the main hub in Hamilton, Ontario, Cargojet utilized extended bases in the East coast to operate the Cargojet Regional division of its operation. Cargojet Completes Purchase Of Prince Edward Air Ltd. Press Release In July 2009, Prince Edward Air (subsidiary of Cargojet) entered into a partnership with

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Inc consolidating the PE Air and SkyLink Express fleets/operational routes under Cargojet Regional Partnership. In July 2010, SkyLink Express Inc purchased Prince Edward Air's 55% stake of Cargojet Regional Partnership to take 100% ownership of the regional routes, as well as, much of PE Air's fleet and assets. Operational control was transferred from Prince Edward Air (subsidiary of Cargojet) to SkyLink Express Inc on November 1, 2010, ending Prince Edward Air operations.

Fleet

Beech 99 Airliner, Prince Edward Air AN0994530

As of November 2010 the Prince Edward Air (subsidiary of Cargojet) fleet was either up for sale or on long-term lease: *2

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*1 Beechcraft 1900C Airliner *1 King Air 200 *7

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Prince Edward Air
{{Defunct airlines of Canada Airlines established in 1989 Airlines disestablished in 2010 Companies based in Charlottetown Defunct airlines of Canada 1989 establishments in Prince Edward Island 2010 disestablishments in Prince Edward Island

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