Air Nunavut


Air Nunavut, trading as Smooth Air, is an airline based in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. It is the only local and Inuit-owned air carrier in the eastern Arctic, operating MEDEVAC and charter services throughout Canada's Arctic, northern Quebec and Greenland. Its main base is Iqaluit Airport.

History

The airline was established and started charter operations in 1989 as Air Baffin. Scheduled services were inaugurated in May 1992.
The airline also has two main bases of operations, Oshawa Executive Airport and Iqaluit Airport.
Three Falcon 10s operate out of the Oshawa Executive Airport under the division company name "SmoothAir Charter." The Beechcraft King Air 200s remain in Iqaluit servicing the surrounding communities.

Fleet

According to Transport Canada the Air Nunavut fleet consists of the following aircraft :
AircraftNo. of aircraftVariantsNotes
Dassault Falcon 106Falcon 10Listed by Air Nunavut as Falcon 10/100 Jet, 7 passengers, gravel strip capable
Dassault Falcon 203Mystère/Falcon 20F5, Falcon 200, Fan Jet FalconNot listed at Air Nunavut
Beechcraft Super King Air42008, 11 or 13 passengers, gravel strip capable

The Transport Canada list also shows a Dassault Falcon 10 with a temporary cancelled certificate.