List of Defunct Airlines of Canada

This is a list of defunct airlines of Canada.

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  • 30000 Island Air (2000?-?) - Charter Rental & Leasing Service air operator based in Parry Sound, Ontario using de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
  • Air Alliance (1988 - 1999, to Air Nova)
  • Air Atlantic (1980s-1998)
  • Air Baffin (1990-1997) (now Air Nunavut)
  • Air BC (1980 - 2001, to Air Canada Jazz)
  • Air Charter Systems (1986–88, reincarnated in 1997 as International Cargo Charter and operating until 2003)
  • Air Canada Tango (2001 - 2003; name retained as a type of fare on its regular Air Canada services)
  • Air Club International (1993 - 1996) - Chartered airlines with flights to Europe
  • Air Dawson (-1997?)
  • Air Fecteau (1973-1991)
  • Air Mikisew
  • Air Nova (1986 - 2001, to Air Canada Jazz)
  • Air Ontario (1987 - 2001, to Air Canada Jazz)
  • Air Satellite (1968 - 2008, to Exact Air)
  • Air Schefferville
  • Airspeed Aviation (1986 - 2009)
  • Alberta Citylink
  • AllCanada Express (1989 - 2005)
  • Astoria Air (1995-1995)
  • Austin Airways (1934 - 1987, to Air Ontario)
  • Baxter Aviation (1985-2007; sold to West Coast Air)
  • BCWest Air
  • Canada 3000 (1988 - 2001, formerly Canada 2000)
  • Canada West Air (1986 - 1990)
  • Canada West Airlines (2002 - 2004)
  • Canadian Airlines (1987 - 2001, to Air Canada)
  • Canadian Airways (1930 - 1941)
  • Canadian Colonial Airways (1929 - 1942)
  • Canadian Pacific Airlines (also known as CP Air) (1942 - 1987, to Canadian Airlines International)
  • Canadian Regional Airlines (1991 - 2001, to Air Canada Jazz)
  • City Express (ceased operations 1991)
  • Colonial Airlines (1942 - 1956; sold to Eastern Air Lines)
  • Corporate Express (1975 - June 2009; closed)
  • Eastern Canada Air Lines (1936 - early 1938; closed)
  • Eastern Provincial Airways (1949 - 1987, to Canadian Airlines International)
  • Fecteau Transport Aerien (1936-1973,renamed as Air Fecteau)
  • Fortunair
  • Globemaster Air Cargo (2003 - 2004)
  • Great Lakes Airlines (to Air Ontario)
  • Greyhound Air (1996 - 1997)
  • Harmony Airways (2002 - 2007)
  • Holidair (1998-1999)
  • Ilford-Riverton Airways (1960 - 1986)
  • Intair (1989-1991)
  • Inter-Canadien (1987-1998; to Canadian Airlines International)
  • Jetsgo (2002 - 2005)
  • Knighthawk Air Express (1993 - 2004)
  • Lamb Air (1934 - 1981)
  • Latham Island airways
  • M&C Aviation (1930 - 1947 to Saskatchewan Government Airways)
  • MacKenzie Air Services (Edmonton) (1932 - 1942, to Canadian Pacific Airlines)
  • Maestro (2006 - 2007)
  • Maritime Central Airways (1941 - 1980s)
  • Millardair (1962 - 1990)
  • NAC Air (North American Charters) (2000 - 2008)
  • Nationair (1984 - 1993)
  • Newfoundland Airways (1948 - 1983, to Air Labrador)
  • Nolisair
  • Norcanair (1965 - 1987)
  • Nordair (1951 - 1987)
  • NorOntair (1971 - 1996)
  • North Canada Air (1930 - 1965; see also Time Air)
  • NWT Air (1960 - 1998, to First Air
  • Odyssey International (1988 - 1990)
  • Ontario Express (1980s - 1993; to Canadian Airlines International)
  • Ontario Worldair (198?-1982)
  • Pacific Western Airlines (1946 - 1987, to Canadian Airlines International)
  • Peace Air (1962 - 2007)
  • Pem-air (1970 - 2002)
  • Prince Edward Air (1989 - 2010)
  • Quebecair Express (2003-2005)
  • Quebecair (1946 - 1987)
  • Queen Charlotte Airlines
  • QuikAir (2001 - 2006)
  • Regal Air (was ATAC.ca member)
  • Roots Air (2000 - 2001)
  • Royal Aviation (1991 - 2001)
  • Saskatchewan Government Airways (1947 - 1965, to Norcanair)
  • Skycraft Air Transport (1977-1989,reincarnated in 1989 and operating until 1994. Restarted in 1995 and merged with Flightexec in 2002. Re-launched in 2003 and later closed in the middle of 2006 by TC)
  • Skyservice (1986-2010 - differs from existing Skyservice Business Aviation - same owners)
  • Skyxpress Airline ( - 2008)
  • Sonicblue Airways (ceased operations 2006)
  • Southern Frontier Airlines (to Time Air)
  • Starratt Airways (1932 - 1942, to Canadian Pacific Airlines)
  • Swanberg Air
  • Time Air (1966 - 1991, to Canadian Airlines International)
  • Torontair (1961 - 1999)
  • Trans-Canada Air Lines (now Air Canada)
  • Trans-Capital
  • Trans-Provincial Airlines (sold to Harbour Air)
  • Transair ( 1947 - 1979; started as Central Northern Airways, renamed Transair 1956; sold to Pacific Western Airlines in 1979)
  • Triton Airlines (1993 - 1994)
  • Vacationair (1988-1990 initiated by Gray Coach Lines)
  • Val Air (2003 - 2004)
  • Vision Airways Corporation (? - 1994)
  • Vistajet (1997 - 1997)
  • Wardair (1946-1990), to Canadian Airlines International)
  • Western Canadian Airways (1926 - 1930)
  • Winnport (1998-1998) - Winnipeg-based air cargo company flying to China
  • World-Wide Airways (1947 - 1966)
  • Worldways Canada (1974 - 1991)
  • Zip (2002 - 2004)
  • Zoom Airlines (2002 - 2008)

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    —Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)

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    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

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    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)