Air Inuit

Air Inuit is an airline headquartered in the Montreal borough of Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada. It operates domestic passenger services and charter and cargo services in Nunavik, southern Quebec, and Nunavut. Its main base is Kuujjuaq Airport.

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1978 using a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver aircraft. The airline is collectively owned by the Inuit of Nunavik through the Makivik Corporation.
In 1984 it acquired Chaparal Charters and its fleet of two Twin Otters and one Douglas DC-3.
In 2012, Air Inuit relocated their headquarters to a new multi-purpose facility on Côte-Vertu Boulevard near the Montréal–Trudeau International Airport.
In 2016, Air Inuit pilot Melissa Haney became the first female Inuk pilot to reach the rank of captain. She was featured on a commemorative postage stamp released by the Canadian Ninety-Nines.
In 2023, Air Inuit announced the retirement of its Boeing 737-200 Combi aircraft. The airline will replace the Boeing 737-200 with three Boeing 737-800 Combi aircraft.

Air Inuit operates scheduled services to the following domestic destinations :

Air Inuit also offers other charter services to anywhere in North America.

, the Air Inuit fleet includes the following aircraft:
Air Inuit also has access to a Eurocopter Écureuil through Nunavik Rotors and a de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter through Johnny May's Air Charters.
On 1 March 2016, Bombardier Inc. announced that Air Inuit would be the launch customer for the Bombardier Q300 Large Cargo Door freighter.

Previously Air Inuit have also flown the following aircraft:

Beechcraft King Air
Cessna 185 Skywagon
Cessna 421
Convair Liner 340
Convair 440
Grumman Gulfstream I
Hawker Siddeley HS 748
Accidents and incidents
On 16 March 1981, Douglas C-47 Skytrain, C-FIRW, was damaged beyond repair when it broke through the frozen surface of Lake Bienville while taxiing for take-off on a cargo flight.