8199400 Canada Inc. operating as Arctic Sunwest Charters was a

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based in

Yellowknife Yellowknife (; Dogrib: ) is the capital, largest community, and only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, about south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the ...

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. It operated passenger and cargo charter services in Canada's

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, with wheel, ski and float equipped aircraft. Its main base was

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and also operated a float base on

Great Slave Lake Great Slave Lake (french: Grand lac des Esclaves), known traditionally as Tıdeè in Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì (Dogrib), Tinde’e in Wıìlıìdeh Yatii / Tetsǫ́t’ıné Yatıé (Dogrib / Chipewyan), Tu Nedhé in Dëne Sųłıné Yatıé (Chi ...

near the

Yellowknife Water Aerodrome Yellowknife Water Aerodrome is an aerodrome adjacent to the "old town" section of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada on both Back Bay and East Bay of Great Slave Lake. It is open from the middle of June until October and may be used by Lan ...

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History

The airline was established in 1989 and was created from the Aviation Division of RTL-Robinson Enterprises. On the 31 August 2012, Arctic Sunwest Charters became part of the

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. In 2013 it was fully integrated into its affiliate

Summit Air Summit Air (8199400 Canada Inc.) is a Canadian airline headquartered in Yellowknife that operates scheduled, charter and cargo aviation throughout the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon. Summit Air is a member of the Ledcor Group of Compan ...

Maintenance

The company was certified by

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as an Approved Maintenance Organization with aircraft maintenance engineers. They had of

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space available and provided maintenance services to other airlines.

Fleet

Arctic Sunwest Charters DHC5 FASV maintenance

As of October 2012 the Arctic Sunwest Charters fleet consisted of the following aircraft:

Accidents and incidents

On 22 September 2011, a float equipped Arctic Sunwest Twin Otter, that had been charted by

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, crashed while landing at Yellowknife Water Aerodrome. The Twin Otter, GARW, was inbound from Thor Lake and carried seven passengers and two crew. All seven of the passengers were injured and both pilots were killed.Yellowknife plane crash victims identified
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