Northern Thunderbird Air
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| Northern Thunderbird Air | ||
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| IATA - |
ICAO NTA |
Callsign THUNDERBIRD |
| Founded | 1971 | |
| Secondary hubs | Vancouver, British Columbia, Mackenzie, British Columbia, Smithers, British Columbia | |
| Alliance | Central Mountain Air | |
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| Destinations | ||
| Parent company | Northern Thunderbird Air Limited | |
| Headquarters | Prince George, British Columbia, Canada | |
| Key people | ||
| Website: http://www.ntair.ca/ | ||
NT Air or Northern Thunderbird Air Inc. is a Canadian charter airline with a head office at Prince George, British Columbia and with based at Vancouver, British Columbia, Calgary, Alberta, Smithers, British Columbia, and Mackenzie, British Columbia.
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[edit] History
NT Air was formed in 1971 with the amalgamation of two of northern British Columbia's Airlines - Northern Mountain and Thunderbird.
Northern Mountain began operations at Fort St. James, British Columbia in 1959 and by 1971 was one of the larger Airlines in British Columbia. With a mixed fleet of Cessna, de Havilland Beaver, Beechcraft Model 18's, Grumman Goose, and Helicopters; Northern Mountain had spread its wings over most of the North including Alberta, Yukon and Northwest Territories. By spinning off its airplane division to merge with Thunderbird in 1971, Northern Mountain was able to concentrate its efforts on helicopters only and did so through the year 2000.
Thunderbird started in the early sixties when it acquired the Bush Operations of Pacific Western Airlines in Prince George, British Columbia. From its base at Tabor Lake, Thunderbird operated Cessnas, Beavers and Otters on floats and skis servicing the new town of Mackenzie and the northern villages and logging camps of Williston Lake. In the early seventies, Thunderbird secured a subcontract from Pacific Western Airlines to service the smaller communities of B.C. to feed that traffic into PWA's jet aircraft at Prince George, Kamloops, British Columbia and Kelowna, British Columbia. The need for a hangar on the Prince George Airport to fulfill this contract was the catalyst for the merger talks that resulted in the formation of Northern Thunderbird Air in 1971.
In the 35 years since its inception NT Air has ebbed and flowed with the times. The early eighties saw the company with 18 aircraft, 3 bases, 21 scheduled points and numerous employees while the late nineties saw the company with 1 aircraft, 1 base, 2 scheduled points and 5 employees. In the ever changing world of aviation, Northern Thunderbird Air has proven its ability to adapt to new challenges whether they are economical, technical or a customer's unique requirement.
NT Air has grown to 11 aircraft, 4 bases, 10 scheduled points and 60 employees. NT Air is strategically positioned throughout British Columbia and offers a wide variety of aircraft services.
[edit] Services
- Prince George, British Columbia
- Mackenzie, British Columbia
- Ospika Airport
- Swannell
- Tsay Keh Airport
- Finbow
- Fort Ware, British Columbia
- Smithers, British Columbia
- Dease Lake, British Columbia
- Vancouver
- Calgary
[edit] Fleet
- Beechcraft 1900D Airliner
- Beechcraft 1900C Airliner
- Beechcraft King Air 350
- Beechcraft King Air 100
- Cessna 185 Skywagon
- Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
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