Central Mountain Air

Central Mountain Air
IATA ICAO Callsign
9M GLR GLACIER
Founded 1987
Operating bases Calgary International Airport
Vancouver International Airport
Prince George Airport
Fleet size 18[1]
Destinations 17
Headquarters Smithers, British Columbia
Website www.flycma.com

Central Mountain Air Ltd. is a Canadian regional airline based in Smithers, British Columbia.[2] It operates scheduled and charter services and transborder services. Its main base is Smithers Airport, with other bases at Calgary International Airport, Vancouver International Airport and Prince George Airport.[3]

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1987; it is wholly owned by 580741 BC.[3] In 1997 Central Mountain Air placed an order for additional Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner aircraft and began operating as an Air Canada connector, replacing Air BC operating several routes within Alberta and British Columbia, latterly under the Air Canada Express banner. In October 2011, Central Mountain Air ceased a Capacity Purchase Agreement (CPA) with Air Canada. The agreement was for flights from Calgary to Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and Cranbrook, flights are now being operated by Air Georgian. Central Mountain Air continues to be an Air Canada Code Share partner.

In late 2005 the first of two Dornier 328 were delivered to the airline, for use on chartered and scheduled flights. In 2014 they received their third Dornier 328. In March 2010, 580741 BC, the parent company of Central Mountain Air, purchased fellow British Columbia-based airline Hawkair.[4] On November 18th 2016, Hawkair declared bankruptcy, had all assets seized for liquidation, and permanently suspended operations. [5]


Central Mountain Air is the sister company of Northern Thunderbird Air, which operates charter and cargo services from Prince George.

Destinations

A Central Mountain Air Beechcraft 1900 at Vancouver International Airport

Central Mountain Air operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (as of September 2016):[6]

Prior to October 1, 2011, Central Mountain Air operated Air Canada Express flights from Calgary to Cranbrook, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat.

Fleet

A Central Mountain Air Dornier 328-100 on approach to Vancouver International Airport

The Central Mountain Air fleet includes the following aircraft (as of September 2016):[1][7]

AircraftTotalVariantsNotes
Beechcraft 1900141900D18 passengers, 2 Pratt and Whitney PT6A-67D Turboprop
Bombardier Dash 81DHC-8-31150 passengers
Dornier 3283328-10030 passengers

The Transport Canada web site shows a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver and a Piper PA-31 Navajo both with cancelled certificates.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: Quick Search Result for Central Mountain Air". Transport Canada. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  2. ↑ "Contact Us Archived January 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.." Central Mountain Air. Retrieved on December 26, 2010. "Central Mountain Air Ltd. Box 998 6431 Airport Road Smithers, BC V0J 2N0"
  3. 1 2 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 63.
  4. ↑ Terrace Standard: Central Mountain buys Hawkair Archived April 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. 16 March 2010
  5. ↑ http://www.terracestandard.com/news/402553815.html
  6. ↑ Central Mountain Air: Route map Retrieved on 23 Apr 2016
  7. ↑ Central Mountain Air: Fleet Retrieved on 17 October 2015
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