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Founded | 1986 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | March 31, 2010 | ||||||
Operating bases | Toronto Pearson Airport Montreal Trudeau Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 18 | ||||||
Destinations | 78 | ||||||
Parent company | Gibralt Capital Corporation, Vancouver | ||||||
Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario[1] | ||||||
Key people | Rob Giguere, President and CEO Ronald Patmore, former President of Skyservice Russell Payson, former CEO and President | ||||||
Website | www |
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]