Great Lakes Airlines (Canada)

Great Lakes Airlines was an airline in Canada. It was formed in 1958 in Sarnia, Ontario by Mr. John Blunt and by 1983 became Air Ontario Ltd. In June 1987 Air Ontario Ltd merged with Austin Airways to form Air Ontario Inc.

Aircraft in service with the company in the 1970s, Convairs, were older, and were subject to vibrations during take-off, resulting in passengers nicknaming the company "Great Shakes"; the name Air Ontario prompted "Scare Ontario".

Defunct airlines of Canada
  • Aeropro
  • Air 500
  • Air Alliance
  • Air Atlantic
  • Air Club International
  • Air Baffin
  • Air BC
  • Air Bras d'or
  • Air Canada Tango
  • Air Fecteau
  • Air Manitoba
  • Air Nova
  • Air Ontario
  • Air Satellite
  • Air Southwest
  • Airspeed Aviation
  • Airtransit
  • Air Toronto
  • AllCanada Express
  • Austin Airways
  • Baxter Aviation
  • BCWest Air
  • Canada 3000
  • Canada West Airlines
  • Canadian Airlines
  • Canadian Airways
  • Canadian Colonial Airways
  • Canadian Pacific Airlines
  • Canadian Regional Airlines
  • City Express
  • Colonial Airlines
  • Corporate Express
  • Eastern Provincial Airways
  • First Nations Transportation
  • Fortunair
  • Globemaster Air Cargo
  • Great Lakes Airlines
  • Greyhound Air
  • Harmony Airways
  • Intair
  • Inter-Canadien
  • Jetsgo
  • Knighthawk Air Express
  • Lamb Air
  • Maestro
  • Maritime Central Airways
  • Millardair
  • NAC Air
  • Nationair
  • Nolisair
  • Norcanair
  • Nordair
  • NorOntair
  • North Canada Air
  • NWT Air
  • Odyssey International
  • Ontario Express
  • Pacific Western Airlines
  • Peace Air
  • Pem-Air
  • Powell Air
  • Prince Edward Air
  • Quebecair
  • Quebecair Express
  • Queen Charlotte Airlines
  • QuikAir
  • Roots Air
  • Royal Aviation
  • Skyxpress
  • Skyservice
  • Sonicblue Airways
  • Southern Frontier Airlines
  • Swanberg Air
  • Time Air
  • Transair
  • Trans-Canada Air Lines
  • Trans-Provincial Airlines
  • Triton Airlines
  • Val Air
  • Vision Airways Corporation
  • Vistajet
  • Wardair
  • Western Express Airlines
  • Winnport
  • Worldways Canada
  • World-Wide Airways
  • Zip
  • Zoom
See also: List of airlines of Canada


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