PAL Airlines (formerly Provincial Airlines and stylized as PALairlines) is a Canadian

regional airline A regional airline is a general classification of airline which typically operates scheduled passenger air service, using regional aircraft, between communities lacking sufficient demand or infrastructure to attract mainline flights. In North ...

with headquarters at

St. John's International Airport St. John's International Airport is located northwest of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It serves the St. John's metropolitan area and the Avalon Peninsula. The airport is part of the National Airports System, and is operate ...

in St John's,

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, Canada.Contact Us
" PAL Airlines. Retrieved on August 27, 2020. "Head Office: St. John's International Airport, RCAF Road, Hangar No. 1 P.O. Box 29030, St. John's, NL, Canada, A1A 5B5" PAL operates scheduled passenger, cargo,

air ambulance Air medical services are the use of aircraft, including both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters to provide various kinds of urgent medical care, especially prehospital, emergency and critical care to patients during aeromedical evacuation an ...

and charter services. PAL is the commercial airline arm of the PAL Group of Companies. In addition to its head office, it also has bases in Halifax,

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Halifax Stanfield International Airport Halifax Stanfield International Airport is a Canadian airport in Goffs, Nova Scotia, a rural community of the Halifax Regional Municipality. It serves the Halifax region, mainland Nova Scotia, and adjacent areas in the neighbouring Maritime p ...

Happy Valley-Goose Bay Happy Valley-Goose Bay (Inuit: ''Vâli'') is a town in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Located in central Labrador on the coast of Lake Melville and the Churchill River, Happy Valley-Goose Bay is the largest population centre ...

(

CFB Goose Bay Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay , commonly referred to as CFB Goose Bay, is a Canadian Forces Base located in the municipality of Happy Valley-Goose Bay in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is operated as an air force base by ...

), and

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(

Montréal–Trudeau International Airport Montréal–Trudeau International Airport () or Montréal–Trudeau, formerly known and still commonly referred to as Montréal–Dorval International Airport (''Aéroport international Montréal-Dorval''), is an international airport in Dor ...

). PAL is the second largest

operator in

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next to

Jazz Aviation Jazz Aviation LP, commonly shortened to Jazz, is a Canadian regional airline based at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, in Enfield, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Chorus Aviation. Jazz Aviation provides re ...

History

The airline was established in August 1974 as a flight training and charter operator. Scheduled airline operations began in 1980. In the 1980s, the company also developed its airborne

maritime surveillance Maritime patrol or maritime reconnaissance is the task of monitoring areas of water. Generally conducted by military and law enforcement agencies, maritime patrol is usually aimed at identifying human activities. Maritime patrol refers to active ...

division, which operated until 1989 as Atlantic Airways. In 1988, it acquired Eastern Flying Service (established in 1956 and operating an extensive air courier network and charter services). From 1995 to 1997 it used the brand Interprovincial Airlines to operate scheduled regional airline services in a commercial agreement with

Air Nova Air Nova was a Canadian regional airline based in Enfield, Nova Scotia, Canada that became part of Air Canada Regional in 2001. In 2002, the airlines Air BC, Air Ontario, Air Nova and Canadian Regional Airlines were merged to form a new ai ...

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April 12–18, 2005 The Provincial Airlines brand was restored in 1997 to enhance network growth and focus on regional air transport needs. In 1988 PAL Airlines joined with the

Innu The Innu/Ilnu ('man, person'), formerly called Montagnais (French for ' mountain people'; ), are the Indigenous Canadians who inhabit northeastern Labrador in present-day Newfoundland and Labrador and some portions of Quebec. They refer to ...

Development Limited Partnership, to establish Innu Mikun Airlines, which grew to be the largest

Labrador Labrador () is a geographic and cultural region within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is the primarily continental portion of the province and constitutes 71% of the province's area but is home to only 6% of its populatio ...

based air carrier providing charter services throughout Labrador and scheduled airline services to coastal Labrador communities. In 2017 PAL Airlines, Innu Development LP, and NGC

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established Air Borealis through a merger of Innu Mikun Airlines and

Air Labrador Labrador Airways Limited, operating as Air Labrador, was a regional airline based at the Goose Bay Airport in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It operated scheduled daily passenger and freight services throughout Labr ...

to enhance indigenous aviation, expand and improve regional transportation infrastructure, and foster community economic growth. In its early years, the company operated light aircraft such as the

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and the

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around

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. In 1988, the company introduced Fairchild Metroliners, initially for courier services and in 1989 in scheduled passenger services, eventually building one of the larger Metro fleets through the success of the aircraft in building regional air passenger traffic. From 1996 to 1998, it operated a

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for courier and cargo services. In 1995 the first

DHC-6 Twin Otters The de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter is a Canadian STOL (Short Takeoff and Landing) utility aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada in the mid-1960s and still in production today. Built by De Havilland Canada from 1965 to 1988, Viking Ai ...

were purchased for services in Labrador. In 2001, PAL took the delivery of its first

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aircraft. This meant that PAL Airlines had become a 705 carrier, as per the

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, maintained by

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, and thus the first class of flight attendants were trained at this time. The airline added to its 705 fleet three years later when the company was awarded the

Vale Canada Vale Canada Limited (formerly Vale Inco, CVRD Inco and Inco Limited; for corporate branding purposes simply known as "Vale" and pronounced in English) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Brazilian mining company Vale. Vale's nickel mining and ...

contract for the

Voisey's Bay Mine Voisey's Bay Mine is a nickel mine in Labrador, Canada, near the bay of the same name. The mine is located about southwest of Nain. Nickel deposit A large nickel deposit was discovered in the hills along the western shore of Potato Islan ...

in Labrador. This contract required the use of

De Havilland Canada Dash 8 The De Havilland Canada DHC-8, commonly known as the Dash 8, is a series of turboprop-powered regional airliners, introduced by de Havilland Canada (DHC) in 1984. DHC was bought by Boeing in 1986, then by Bombardier in 1992, then by Longv ...

s which began to arrive in 2004. Provincial eventually added more Dash 8s as part of the airline's scheduled air service. On March 12, 2009, one of PAL Aerospace's Maritime Patrol Aircraft was first on the scene of Cougar Helicopters Flight 91's ditching, flying "top cover" until other help could arrive, leading to the rescue of the sole survivor. Between 2011 and 2012, the company divided into two operating segments. Remaining under the same ownership, two separate corporate divisions were formed: PAL Aerospace and PAL Airlines. Provincial Aerospace remains as the parent company. PAL Aerospace is an international aerospace and defence contractor with maritime patrol and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations in Canada,

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, under contract to the Netherlands Ministry of Defence, and the

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. The

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jets, and the charter and MEDIVAC King Airs are also operated by PAL Aerospace. PAL Aerospace is a specialty operator (Part 702, 703, and 704). PAL Aerospace has the MRO operations providing integration, modification, and maintenance and overhaul services. PAL Airlines is focused on regional airline operations with 704 and 705 aircraft which in 2011 consisted of Dash-8s, Twin Otters, and a Metroliner, at four bases in St. John's, Halifax, Goose Bay, and Montreal. In November 2014, the company was purchased by Exchange Income Corporation, a

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(TSX)-listed stock that owns regional airlines and several manufacturing companies, for a combination of cash and stock worth about $246 million. In June 2017, PAL Airlines established Air Borealis LP in partnership with the

, the

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of Labrador (through Innu Development LP) and the government of

(through the Nunatsiavut Group of Companies). Air Borealis operates a large fleet of Series 300 Twin Otter in regional airline and charter operations in Labrador. In 2020, Air Borealis established a rotary wing division providing charter helicopter services throughout

. In July 2023, PAL Airlines became a service provider for

Air Canada Express Air Canada Express is a brand name of regional feeder flights for Air Canada that are subcontracted to other airlines. Presently, Jazz Aviation and PAL Airlines are the sole operators of Air Canada Express flights. They primarily connect smal ...

for flights in

. On October 1, 2024, PAL Airlines completed its inaugural transborder Air Canada Express flight, having departed

for

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and

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Bases and operations

PAL Airlines bases

: PAL operates Dash 8s, King Airs,

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s as well as aircraft from the aerospace side of the company out of St. John's. PAL Airlines operates two hangars in St. John's and shares one, Hangar 2, with the aerospace division. Hangar 2 houses Dash 8s and the Metroliner; Hangar 3 holds Dash 8 maintenance. Hangar 4 previously housed a number of departments, however, in August 2023, PAL began leasing the previous

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and

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building, located on Stavanger Drive in St. John's. This building is now occupied by a majority of PAL's departments, including accounting, finance, IT, reservations, Human Resources, crew scheduling, training and dispatch. Building maintenance, PAL Cargo, chief pilot and

Fisheries and Oceans Canada Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO; ) is a department of the Government of Canada that is responsible for developing and implementing policies and programs in support of Canada's economic, ecological and scientific interests in oceans and inland ...

(DFO) of PAL Airlines, flight attendant management, System Operational Control Centre (SOCC), and a

Shell Canada Shell Canada Limited () is the principal Canadian subsidiary of British energy major Shell plc and one of Canada's largest integrated oil companies. Exploration and production of oil, natural gas and sulphur is a major part of its business, as ...

, a PAL owned

fixed-base operator A fixed-base operator (FBO) is an organization granted the right by an airport to operate at the airport and provide aeronautical services such as fueling, hangaring, tie-down, and parking, aircraft rental, aircraft maintenance, flight instruction ...

(FBO), still operate from Hangar 4. Hangar 4 can also be rented to store aircraft.

: PAL operates one hangar in Halifax, which houses a Dash 8. This hangar is shared with the Aerospace Division and its aircraft as well. PAL also operates an

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Avitat FBO at this hangar. The hangar also has management offices and a crew room. Goose Bay Airport: Goose Bay is home to PAL Airlines Twin Otter operation under the name of Air Borealis. PAL owns two hangars in Goose Bay. Hangar 14 houses the aircraft groomers, aircraft maintenance for Twin Otters (all PAL aircraft can be serviced in Goose Bay), crew room and dispatch. Hangar 18 in Goose Bay houses the Voisey's Bay check-in desk for the daily charter the Dash 8 provides to Voisey's Bay Aerodrome at the

Voisey's Bay Voisey's Bay is a bay of the Atlantic Ocean in Labrador, Canada. The bay is located south of the community of Nain. The bay is heavily indented with numerous inlets and islands and is extremely rocky. It is the site of the Voisey's Bay Mine. ...

, northern Labrador. PAL Cargo, Air Borealis charters and management offices are also in Hangar 18.

: PAL Airlines operates from the Starlink Aviation hangar at Montreal's Trudeau airport. The hangar houses Dash 8s for scheduled and charter service throughout

PAL Aerospace bases

: Hangars 1 and 6 in St. John's are owned by Provincial Aerospace. Hangar 2 houses the

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MEDIVAC, and four Maritime Surveillance (AMSD) King Air 200's. It is shared with the airline division's Dash 8s and Metroliner. Hangar 2 also has the offices of the chief pilot of the AMSD Division, other managers and part of the IT department. Hangar 1 houses the

Cessna Citation X The Cessna 750 Citation X is an American mid-size business jet produced by Cessna; it is part of the Cessna Citation family, Citation family. Announced at the October 1990 National Business Aviation Association, NBAA convention, the Model 750 m ...

and the office of the chief pilot of the jet division and DFO of PAL Aerospace). It also accommodates a Shell FBO and executive offices. The training department for both Aerospace and Airlines is also located in Hangar 1. Hangar 6 is home to PMMD, Provincial's internationally known modification division. This hangar contains a variety of aircraft that PAL is contracted to modify or restore). The accounting department is located from the hangars in the Prince Charles Building. *

: Provincial Aerospace and PAL Airlines share a hangar in Halifax which houses one of PAL Aerospace's King Air 200 Maritime Surveillance aircraft, another King Air 200 MEDIVAC aircraft and two King Air 350 charter aircraft. Provincial Aerospace also has a training base located from the hangar in Halifax for the radar operators of two Dash 8s being operated in the

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and the King Air radar operators in Canada. The charter department, which operates the King Air 350's, Citation X and other Provincial Airlines aircraft at its disposal, is also located at the Hangar in Halifax. *

CFB Comox Canadian Forces Base Comox , commonly referred to as CFB Comox or 19 Wing, is a Canadian Forces base on Vancouver Island in the Comox Valley, north northeast of Comox, British Columbia. It is primarily operated as an air force base by the Roy ...

: The hangar in Comox,

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is part of CFB Comox and is the base of one of Provincial Aerospace's King Air 200 maritime surveillance aircraft and its pilots. *

Curaçao International Airport Curaçao International Airport (, ), also known as Hato International Airport (formerly Dr. Albert Plesman International Airport), is the only airport for the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao, in the southern Caribbean Sea. The airport is lo ...

: Provincial has a maritime surveillance base in

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, where it operates two Dash 8s under contract for the Dutch Government. PAL aircraft in Curaçao use the call signs "Coast Guard" (for routine patrols or

search and rescue Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger. The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, typically determined by the type of terrain the search ...

operations) and "SAM" (which stands for Special Air Missions when on a classified mission which can be launched without filing a flight plan). *

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, UAE: Provincial has pilots and maintenance of two Dash 8s modified by PMMD in the Middle East based in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The crews are not based permanently in Abu Dhabi: they operate on a rotation from Canada. The UAE aircraft use the call sign "Sea Lord".

Cargo

PAL Airlines offers cargo service to all of its destinations. St. John's and Goose Bay each operate a full cargo facility. The Metroliner is PAL's dedicated cargo aircraft and operate daily cargo flights throughout Newfoundland and Labrador. The Twin Otters also are used for cargo flights along the Labrador Coast. For destinations in the Maritimes and Quebec, cargo is moved on scheduled flights. The Dash 8-100's are also capable of being converted to fly as a passenger/cargo combination.

Charters

Provincial Aerospace has three aircraft dedicated to charters. The aircraft in the PAL Airlines fleet are also often used for larger charters. PAL has flown charters all over North America and to Africa. Air Borealis also has its own charter division which flies charters along the coast of Labrador and Northern Quebec and specializes in off-strip charters and float operations.

Aerospace and defence company

PAL Aerospace is an international aerospace and defence company. It is responsible for providing the

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(RCAF) with in-service support for the

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( CC-295 Kingfisher)

fleet. PAL Aerospace is working with

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in offering a Canadian-built solution, Bombardier Global P-6, to replace the

Lockheed CP-140 Aurora The Lockheed CP-140 Aurora is a maritime patrol aircraft operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force. The aircraft is based on the Lockheed P-3 Orion airframe, but mounts the electronics suite of the Lockheed S-3 Viking. "Aurora" refers to the R ...

as the RCAF's

maritime patrol aircraft A maritime patrol aircraft (MPA), also known as a patrol aircraft, maritime reconnaissance aircraft, maritime surveillance aircraft, or by the older American term patrol bomber, is a fixed-wing aircraft designed to operate for long durations over ...

. According to PAL they have marketed the

-based P-4 MPA (DHC-8 MPA-D8) to smaller militaries and coast guards requiring maritime patrol capability.

Destinations

PAL Airlines and Air Borealis serve 21 communities in Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario as of April 30, 2025.

Interline agreements

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Fleet

, the following aircraft are listed by

as being registered to Air Borealis, PAL Airlines, and PAL Aerospace:

Air Borealis

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: LBR.

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(callsign): NORTHLIGHT.

PAL Airlines

: PVL.

(callsign): PROVINCIAL.

PAL Aerospace

: SPR.

(callsign): SPEEDAIR.

Historical fleet

Former aircraft flown include: *

Piper PA-31 Navajo The Piper PA-31 Navajo is a family of twin-engined low-wing tricycle gear utility aircraft designed and built by Piper Aircraft for small cargo and feeder airlines, and as a corporate aircraft. Production ran from 1967 to 1984. It was licen ...

Piper PA-34 Seneca The Piper PA-34 Seneca is a twin-engined light aircraft, produced in the United States by Piper Aircraft. It has been in non-continuous production since 1971. The Seneca is primarily used for personal and business flying as well as multi-engine ...

Swearingen Merlin The Swearingen Merlin or the Fairchild Aerospace Merlin is a pressurized, twin turboprop business aircraft first produced by Swearingen Aircraft, and later by Fairchild at a plant in San Antonio, Texas. Development The Merlin was an evolution ...

Accidents and incidents

*On December 28, 2024, a De Havilland Dash 8-400, registered as C-GPNA, operating for

as Flight 2259, from

, experienced a gear collapse on the number 1 engine side while landing on runway 23. All 77 occupants were safely evacuated to a nearby hangar. The airport was temporarily closed, forcing several flights to divert to nearby airports for a short time.

References

External links

PAL AirlinesPAL AerospaceAir Borealis
{{Airlines of Canada Regional airlines of Atlantic Canada Airlines established in 1974 Companies based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador