Calm Air International LP. is a full service

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, offering passenger, charter and freight services in northern Manitoba and the

Kivalliq Region The Kivalliq Region (; Inuktitut syllabics: ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ) is an Region, administrative List of regions of Nunavut, region of Nunavut, Canada. It consists of the portion of the mainland to the west of Hudson Bay together with Southampton Island ...

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. It is owned by Exchange Income Corporation with its main base in

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History

The airline was established and started operations in 1962. It was founded by Carl Arnold Lawrence Morberg (1936-2005) and his wife, Gail, as a charter service in northern

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. In 1976 it took over the Transair passenger service in the

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. In 1981, Calm Air took over many of the passenger and cargo routes of Lamb Air. Canadian Airlines acquired a 45% holding in Calm Air in 1987. On April 8, 2009 Calm Air was purchased by the Exchange Income Corporation (EIC) which also owns Perimeter Aviation, PAL Airlines, Bearskin Airlines, Custom Helicopters and Keewatin Air.

Airline partnerships

Calm Air has codeshare agreement with Canadian North. Canadian North operates flights on the Winnipeg-Rankin Inlet route on behalf of Calm Air.

Destinations

As of January 2023, Calm Air operates daily scheduled air services to the following communities: *Manitoba ** Churchill ( Churchill Airport) ** Flin Flon ( Flin Flon Airport) ** Gillam ( Gillam Airport) ** The Pas ( The Pas Airport) ** Thompson ( Thompson Airport) **

( Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport) *Nunavut **

Arviat Arviat (, Inuktitut syllabics, syllabics: ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ; formerly called Eskimo Point until 1 June 1989) is a predominantly Inuit Hamlet (place)#Canada, hamlet located on the western shore of Hudson Bay in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada ...

( Arviat Airport) ** Baker Lake ( Baker Lake Airport) ** Chesterfield Inlet ( Chesterfield Inlet Airport) ** Coral Harbour ( Coral Harbour Airport) ** Naujaat ( Naujaat Airport) ** Rankin Inlet ( Rankin Inlet Airport) ** Sanikiluaq ( Sanikiluaq Airport) ** Whale Cove ( Whale Cove Airport)

Fleet

As of September 2021, the following aircraft are listed by

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as being registered to Calm Air: In addition, Calm Air has access to Boeing 737 Classic 400 series from Canadian North.

References

External links

* {{Airlines of Canada Airlines established in 1962 Regional airlines of Manitoba Air Transport Association of Canada Regional airlines of Nunavut Companies based in Winnipeg 1962 establishments in Manitoba