Groupe La Québécoise () is a passenger transportation company based in

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. The company started out in 1965 by providing student transportation for school boards in the

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area, and has progressed into providing intercity bus service, public transit, paratransit, airport shuttles and coach charters. Expansion within the province has seen them establish subsidiaries in the regions of

Outaouais Outaouais (, ; also commonly called The Outaouais) is a region of western Quebec, Canada. It includes the city of Gatineau, the municipality of Val-des-Monts, the municipality of Cantley, Quebec, Cantley and the Papineau Regional County Municipal ...

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and Gaspésie.Autobus La Québécoise Profile: Company background and expertise
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Bus services

La Québécoise offers intercity bus service between

and

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(via

Victoriaville Victoriaville () is a town in south-central Quebec, Canada, on the Nicolet River. Victoriaville is the seat of Arthabaska Regional County Municipality and a part of the Centre-du-Québec (Bois-Francs) region. It is formed by the 1993 merger of ...

). Public transit systems operated by the company are CIT Le Richelain and CIT Sorel-Varennes, with paratransit services operated for the

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. They also provide transportation services for handicapped persons directly to other regional municipalities and cities in the province. School transportation, the foundation of the company, is still a major part of their business. Groupe La Québécoise operates

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luxury coaches, including H3-41, H3-45 and VIP models. School transportation is provided using minibuses, standard and modified school buses. Transit buses and handicapped vehicles vary according to differing municipal requirements. Formerly, Groupe La Québécoise operated l'Aerobus, a coach service that transported passengers between Montréal-Trudeau International Airport and the Central Bus Station in

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. Departures from the airport were at Gate 5, and the bus terminal was located on

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at the corner of Berri Street, directly connected to the Berri-UQAM Metro Station. There was a free shuttle connection from the bus station to select downtown hotels. Since March 29, 2010, the

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has operated the airport bus.

Aviation services

Air Liaison Skyjet MG o/a Air Liaison is a regional airline based in Quebec City, Quebec with its base being the Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport. It operates scheduled flights to 15 domestic destinations from Monday to Friday, and has a morni ...

is a regional airline based in Quebec City. Héli Express provides helicopter services in support of mining, forestry, oil, and hydroelectric companies in remote areas of Quebec and northern Canada. They have worked extensively with

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on the

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. Skyjet Aviation (''Skyjet'') is a company that specializes in aircraft charter service, beginning operations from Quebec City in 2007. They acquired Air Mécatina Sept-Iles in 2008 to expand further in the eastern Quebec region.Skyjet History
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Accidents and incidents

* On 12 October 2017, for the first time in North America, a

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collided with a passenger plane. The drone struck the turboprop passenger plane operated by Skyjet Aviation while it was on approach to Quebec City's Jean Lesage Airport. The drone was operating above the 90m flight height restriction and within the 5km exclusion zone around airports, violating drone operating regulations.

References

External links

Autobus La QuébécoiseHéli ExpressSkyjet
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