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First Air
IATA
7F		 ICAO
FAB[4]		 Callsign
FIRST AIR
Founded 1946
Frequent flyer program Aeroplan
Fleet size 24[1]21[2]
Destinations 28[3]
Headquarters Kanata, Ontario
Key people Bob Davis (President)
Website: http://www.firstair.ca

Bradley Air Services Limited, operating as First Air, is an airline based in Kanata, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It operates services to 24 communities in Nunavut, Nunavik and the Northwest Territories. It also charters its fleet worldwide through brokers, freight forwarders and alliances with other carriers. Its main base is Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, with hubs at Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Iqaluit Airport and Yellowknife Airport.[5]

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First Air is unusual in that it is one of the few international airlines that does not have a designated ICAO call sign.[4]

The airline was founded and started operations as Bradley Air Services in 1946 and is still registered under that name. First Air first started scheduled operations in 1973, between Ottawa and North Bay, Ontario. This service was operated with an eight seat passenger plane. Eventually, the airline would have southern gateways at Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal and Ottawa. Through Kuujjuaq, in northern Quebec, the airline provides vital services to the Inuit community, covering 16 Inuit communities with its partnership with Air Inuit. In 1995 First Air bought Ptarmigan Airways, and in 1997 it bought Northwest Territorial Airways, both of which were merged into First Air.[citation needed]

First Air is wholly owned by the Inuit people of Quebec through the Makivik Corporation, who purchased the company in 1990.[citation needed]

First Air Hercules
First Air Hercules

First Air operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (as of October 2007[3]):

First Air HS-748 at Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
First Air HS-748 at Cambridge Bay, Nunavut

The First Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2007):[citation needed]

First Air Fleet
Aircraft No. of Aircraft
(FAB list)[2]		 No. of Aircraft
(TC list)[1]		 Variants Idents Notes
Aerospatiale ATR 42 8 8 ATR42-300
ATR42-320		 FIQR, FIQU, FTCP, FTJB, GHCP, GUNO,GSRR, GULU Max 42 seats, combi aircraft, Ice/Gravel runway capable
Hawker Siddeley HS 748 3 5 Series 2
Series 2A		 GDUL, GFNW, GGNZ, GJVN, GTLD Max 40 seats, combi aircraft, Ice/Gravel runway capable
GDUL and GGNZ have been stripped for parts and are no longer active, although they are still shown in the Transport Canada database
Boeing 727 2 3 727-200
727-200C		 FUFA, GXFA, GYFA One 200C series max 174 seats, combi aircraft, Ice runway capable,
One 200F series cargo aircraft only, Ice/Gravel runway capable
One B727-200F has been retired by the company, and is no longer showing on the First Air webpage and can be seen parked and stripped at the Ottawa airport. It is however still registered and could be returned into service.
Boeing 737 6 6 737-200
737-200C		 FACP, FNVK, FNVT, GCPT, GNDC, GNWN Four 200C series max 115 seats, combi aircraft, Ice/Gravel runway capable,
Two 200 series max 99 seats, all passenger aircraft
One B737-200C (FNVK) was recently added to the Transport Canada database and is shown on the First Air website only as a press release
L-382 Hercules 2 2 L-382G GHPW, GUSI Cargo aircraft only, Ice/Gravel runway capable

FMOC a Douglas DC-3 is still listed with Transport Canada but with its certificate cancelled.

  1. ^ a b Transport Canada listing of aircraft owned by "Bradley Air Services" (enter Bradley Air Services in the box titled "Owner Name")
  2. ^ a b *First Air fleet details (PDF)
  3. ^ a b First Air route map
  4. ^ a b Transport Canada - Air Traffic Designators - TP 143 (PDF)
  5. ^ "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-03, p. 82. 
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