SkyLink Express is a

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headquartered in

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, Canada. It operates dedicated air cargo / courier feeder flights throughout Canada and the United States and provides on demand air cargo charters from its bases in

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and Montréal-Mirabel.

History

The airline was established in February 1994 as QuikAire Cargo Inc. by Dan Rocheleau, founder and president of the airline, started the airline using the

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to meet a specialized demand in the Canadian short-haul air cargo market and several 208B Grand Caravans are in use by the airline today. In April 1996, QuikAire Cargo Inc. formed a partnership with SkyLink Group of Companies and rebranded itself as SkyLink Express Inc. The new relationship fostered the next stage of growth for the airline as it acquired courier feeder contracts across Canada. In 1996, SkyLink Express also became the first carrier in Canada to operate Raytheon factory-converted, all-cargo,

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aircraft. Today, the airline operates the largest

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fleet in Canada and second largest in North America. In July 2009, SkyLink Express entered into a partnership with

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to combine SkyLink Express operational assets and routes with a Cargojet subsidiary,

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, to consolidate regional air cargo operations into Cargojet Regional Partnership. In July 2010, SkyLink Express purchased 100% of Cargojet Regional Partnership from Cargojet. In 2013, SkyLink Express expanded into

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as new flight crew / maintenance bases were launched in

(August 2013) and

(September 2013). Past and present courier/cargo feeder operations include

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(UPS),

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, Altimax,

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, Cargojet, Dynamex, Midland Courier,

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and Sameday Worldwide.

Facilities

SkyLink Express maintains facilities in the following Canadian cities (as of November 2022): *

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Fleet

The SkyLink Express fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of November 2022):

References

External links

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