Intair was a

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-based airline that operated between 1989 and 1991.

History

Intair operated passenger jet service between

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and

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with

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aircraft as well as scheduled jet and turboprop passenger service to other destinations in eastern Canada and also charter flights between Canada and such vacation destinations as

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and Ft.Lauderdale in Florida. According to the

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(OAG), in late 1989 Intair was operating up to twelve nonstop flights a day between Montreal Dorval Airport (YUL) and Toronto Pearson Airport (YYZ) primarily with the Fokker 100 twin jet and was also operating F100 jet service nonstop between Montreal and

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, Saguenay and

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province, and nonstop between Montreal and

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province as well. The airline began operations after

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was purchased by Canadian Pacific Airlines. Intair used Nordair's

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two letter "ND" airline code. The airline was established in 1989 by City Express as a successor to Skycraft Air Transport. It served many destinations in

province formerly served by

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and also flew to destinations in

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, and

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provinces of Canada. Intair ceased operations on 26 August 1991.

Fleet

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x 6 - ''only jet aircraft type operated by the airline'' *

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turboprop x 6 * Fairchild Swearingen SA-226 Metro II turboprop (''multiple aircraft'') one was C-GQAL which was delivered to Propair and crashed as Flight 420 in 1998

Destinations in 1990

According to a 1990 Intair route map brochure, the airline was serving the following destinations in these Canadian provinces:http://www.timetableimages.com, 1990 Intair route map brochure New Brunswick * Charlo * Chatham * Moncton Newfoundland and Labrador * Wabush/Labrador City Ontario * Ottawa * Toronto -

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Quebec * Alma * Baie-Comeau * Baie-Johan-Beetz * Blanc-Sablon * Bonaventure * Chibougamau * Dolbeau * Gaspe * Gatineau/Hull * Gethsemanie/La Romaine * Harrington Harbour/Chevery * Havre-St.-Pierre * Iles-de-la-Madeleine * Kegaska * La Grande * La Tabatiere * Montreal - Dorval Airport (now Montreal-Pierre Elliot Trudeau International Airport) - ''Hub'' * Montreal -

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* Montreal/St.-Hubert * Natashquan * Port Menier * Quebec City - ''Hub'' * Roberval * Rimouski/Mont-Joli * Rouyn/Noranda * Saguenay * Schefferville/Bagotville * St.-Augustin * Sept-Iles - ''Secondary hub'' * Tete-a-La-Baleine * Val-d'Or

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History

Fleet

Destinations in 1990

See also

References

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