Air Satellite
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Founded | 1968 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 2007 | ||||||
Hubs | Baie-Comeau Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 2 | ||||||
Headquarters | Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada |
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Air Satellite was an airline based in Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada. It operated scheduled, charter passenger and cargo services, as well as supplying aviation fuel, ground services and aircraft maintenance and repair. Its main base was Baie-Comeau Airport,[1] with hubs at Rimouski Airport, Sept-Îles Airport, Havre Saint-Pierre Airport and Quebec Airport.[citation needed]
History
The airline was established in 1968 and started operations in May 1968. It was founded by Jean Fournier and Real Poulin as a flying school. The acquisition of other related companies led to the launch into passenger and cargo transport services.
Air Satellite sustained a fatal accident on December 7, 1998, when its aircraft, a Britten-Norman BN2A Islander, fell into the St. Lawrence River one mile from the Baie-Comeau Airport, killing 7 and injuring 3 more.[2] The crash was one cause for the airline's diminished success, which eventually led to its sale in 2007 to Exact Air.[3]
Fleet
The Air Satellite fleet consisted of the following aircraft in August 2007:[1]
- 2 Raytheon Beech King Air 100
- 3 Cessna 402
- 1 Cessna 310
See also
References
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. p. 66.
- ^ "Le crash du 7 décembre 1998 face à Baie-Comeau - Le pilote manquait d'expérience", Le Devoir, November 23, 2002 (in French).
- ^ "Air Satellite passe aux mains d'Exact Air" Archived 2016-05-09 at the Wayback Machine, Radio-Canada, August 1, 2007 (in French).
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