Skyservice Airlines

Skyservice Airlines
IATA ICAO Call sign
5G SSV SKYFINDER/SKYTOUR
Founded1986
Ceased operationsMarch 31, 2010
Operating basesToronto Pearson Airport
Montreal Trudeau Airport
Fleet size18
Destinations78
Parent companyGibralt Capital Corporation, Vancouver
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario[1]
Key peopleRob Giguere, President and CEO
Ronald Patmore, former President of Skyservice
Russell Payson, former CEO and President
Websitewww.skyservice.com (redirects to current Business Aviation site)

Skyservice Airlines Inc. was a charter airline (Skyservice Airlines) based in Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[2] It employed more than 2,000 people. Skyservice Airlines Inc. flew within Canada and to the United States, Caribbean, Mexico, Venezuela, Israel and Europe. During the summer, Skyservice sold tickets to Europe from Toronto using a Boeing 757-200WL. It also used an Airbus A330-300 for other chartered flights to Europe from Canada. Scheduled services to some destinations were offered during the summer season. Skyservice offered online-booking for those who wished to travel on Skyservice's scheduled destinations in the summer. Skyservice Airlines began operations in 1994.[3]

Skyservice was forced into receivership on March 31, 2010, as a result of a near $9 million debt to its long-term partner Sunquest Vacations. As a result, Skyservice abruptly ceased operations. Roughly 860 jobs were expected to be lost.[4]

  1. ^ Skyservice Corporate Brochure Archived 2008-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "skyservice.corporatebrochure.pdf." Skyservice. September 20, 2008. Retrieved on September 4, 2012. "SKYSERVICE AIRLINES 31 Fasken Drive, Etobicoke Ontario, Canada M9W 1K6"
  3. ^ "CNW Group | SKYSERVICE AIRLINES INC. | Gibralt Capital Corporation purchases majority interest in Skyservice Airlines". www.newswire.ca. Archived from the original on 2008-12-30.
  4. ^ Skyservice forced into receivership Archived April 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine