Central Mountain Air Ltd. is a Canadian regional airline based in

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. It operates scheduled, charter, and transborder services. Its main base is

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, with other bases at

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History

The airline was established and started operations in 1987; it is wholly owned by 580741 BC. In 1997 Central Mountain Air placed an order for additional Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner aircraft and began operating as an

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connector, replacing

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operating several routes within

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and British Columbia, latterly under the Air Canada Express banner. In October 2011, Central Mountain Air ceased its Capacity Purchase Agreement (CPA) with

. The agreement had been for flights from Calgary to Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and Cranbrook. Central Mountain Air continues to be an Air Canada codeshare partner for flights from Vancouver to Campbell River, Quesnel, and Williams Lake. In late 2005, the first of two

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were delivered to the airline, for use on chartered and scheduled flights. In 2014 they received their third

. In March 2010, 580741 BC, the parent company of Central Mountain Air, purchased fellow British Columbia-based airline

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. On November 18, 2016,

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, which operates charter and cargo services from Prince George.

Destinations

Central Mountain Air operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (as of October 2022): * British Columbia ** Campbell River ( Campbell River Airport) ** Fort Nelson (

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) ** Kelowna (

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) ** Prince George (

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( Quesnel Airport) **

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) ** Williams Lake ( Williams Lake Airport) * Alberta **

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Fleet

As of August 2022, the Central Mountain Air fleet includes the following aircraft:

References

External links

Official website

FlightSource.ca photos of CMA Aircraft

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