First Air

First Air
An ATR 42 at Cambridge Bay Airport
IATA ICAO Call sign
7F FAB[1] FIRST AIR
Founded1946 (1946)
Ceased operationsNovember 1, 2019 (2019-11-01)
(acquired Canadian North and adopted that name)
AOC #
  • Canada: 107[2]
  • United States: KBJF476F[3]
Hubs
Frequent-flyer programAeroplan
Fleet size31[4]
Destinations35[5]
Headquarters20 Cope Drive, Kanata, Ontario[6]
Key people
  • Chris Avery (President & CEO)
  • Alexandra Pontbriand (VP Finance)
  • Rashwan Domloge (VP Maintenance)
  • Aaron Speer (VP Flight Operations)
  • Andrew Pope (VP Commercial)[7]
Websitewww.firstair.ca (redirects to Canadian North)
First Air's headquarters in Kanata, Ontario

Bradley Air Services Limited, operating as First Air, was an airline headquartered in Kanata, a suburb of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.[6] It operated services to 34 communities in Nunavut, Nunavik, and the Northwest Territories.[5] First Air has assisted in various humanitarian missions such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, airlifting relief supplies and equipment.[8] Its main base, which included a large hangar, cargo and maintenance facility, was located at Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport, with hubs at Iqaluit Airport, and Yellowknife Airport.[9] On November 1, 2019, the airline consolidated operations with Canadian North.[10]

  1. ^ "Transport Canada – Air Traffic Designators – TP 143" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  2. ^ Transport Canada (2019-08-30), Civil Aviation Services (CAS) AOC. wwwapps.tc.gc.ca.
  3. ^ "Federal Aviation Administration - Airline Certificate Information - Detail View". av-info.faa.gov. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference TCFleet was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference dest was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b "First Air Head Office." First Air. Retrieved on 13 January 2012. "20 Cope Drive Kanata, Ontario Canada, K2M 2V8"
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference officer was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Northern airline sends planes to Haiti". Cbc.ca. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  9. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 3 April 2007. p. 82.
  10. ^ "Our history". canadiannorth.com. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2020.