Northwestern Air

Northwestern Air is an airline based in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada. It operates scheduled passenger services to seven destinations in two territories/provinces,[4] as well as undertaking ad hoc charters and long term charter contracts for various corporations throughout Canada and the USA. Its main base is Fort Smith Airport.

This article is about a Canadian airline. For the United States airline, see Northwest Airlines.
Northwestern Air Lease Ltd
IATA ICAO Callsign
J3 PLR POLARIS
Founded1965
AOC #271[1]
Fleet size14,[2] 13[3]
Destinations7[4]
Parent companyNorthwestern Air Lease Limited
HeadquartersFort Smith, Northwest Territories
Key peopleTerry Harrold
(President)
Brian Harrold
(Vice-President)
James M. Heidema
(Chief Operating Officer)
Debbie Payne
(Director of Finance)
Barry Bergen
(Operations Manager)
Websitehttp://www.nwal.ca/

History

The airline was established in 1965 as a leasing company and started flying operations in 1968. It expanded to operate scheduled passenger services in 1984. It is wholly owned by the Harrold family and had more than 70 employees in September 2018.[5]

Destinations

The airline serves the following locations:[4]

Fleet

As of September 2019 the Northwestern Air fleet includes 14 aircraft registered with Transport Canada and 13 listed at the Northwestern Air web site:[2][3]

Northwestern Air fleet
AircraftFleet (TC/PLR)VariantsNotes
British Aerospace Jetstream9/83112, 3212On the Northwestern site there are three Jetstream 31 and five Jetstream 32. TC lists 4 and 5
Cessna 1722/0172N
Cessna 185 Skywagon1/1A185F
Cessna 2062/2U206one each U206E and U206G
Cessna 2101/1210L
DHC-3 Otter0/1


Previously operated[6]

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References
  1. Transport Canada (2019-09-02), Civil Aviation Services (CAS) AOC. wwwapps.tc.gc.ca.
  2. "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: Quick Search Result for Northwestern Air". Transport Canada. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  3. Our Fleet
  4. Flight Schedule
  5. About Us
  6. Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: History Search Result
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