Air Mikisew
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Air Mikisew is an airline based in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. It operates scheduled passenger services in the Fort McMurray/Fort Chipewyan region. It was awarded the Fort McMurray Business of the Year award in 2005.
History
The airline was established and started operations in 1961 as Contact Air and became wholly-owned by the Mikisew Cree First Nation in 1995 - mikisew is the Cree word for eagle. Air Mikisew provides scheduled flights between Fort Chipewyan, Fort McMurray, and Edmonton. [(Schedule)]. It also provides aero-medical flights for the Municipality of Wood Buffalo area and charter flights throughout western Canada.
Fleet
The Air Mikisew fleet consisted of the following aircraft in December 2005:
- 1 BAe Jetstream 31 Executive configuration
- 1 BAe Jetstream 31 Commuter configuration
- 1 Cessna 208 Caravan (Amphibious in the summer)
- 1 [Raytheon Beech 99A]
- 1 Raytheon Beech King Air 100
- 1 Raytheon Beech King Air B200 Medevac
- 2 Piper PA-31 Navajos
- 1 Cessna 207
- 1 Cessna 206
- 1 Cessna 185 on floats.
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