8199400 Canada Inc. operating as Arctic Sunwest Charters was a charter airline based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada.Contact It operated passenger and cargo charter services in Canada's Arctic, with wheel, ski and float equipped aircraft. Its main base was Yellowknife Airport and also operated a float base on Great Slave Lake near the Yellowknife Water Aerodrome.About Us
History The airline was established in 1989 and was created from the Aviation Division of RTL-Robinson Enterprises. On the 31 August 2012, Arctic Sunwest Charters became part of the Ledcor Group of Companies. In 2013 it was fully integrated into its affiliate Summit Air.
Maintenance The company was certified by Transport Canada as an Approved Maintenance Organization with aircraft maintenance engineers. They had of hangar space available and provided maintenance services to other airlines.Maintenance
Fleet
As of October 2012 the Arctic Sunwest Charters fleet consisted of the following aircraft:
+ Arctic Sunwest fleetAircraftNo. of AircraftVariantsIdentsNotes Beechcraft Model 991GASW 12 passengers. No longer in TC database Beechcraft King Air1100 seriesFASN7 passengers. Now owned by Island Express Air de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver2DHC-2 MK. IIIFOEV, FOPE8 passengers, skis, amphibious. Now part of Summit Air. de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo2DHC-5AFASV, FASYCargo up to , the only civil Buffalo aircraft operating in CanadaCanadian Civil Aircraft Register. Search using "DHC-5" in the "Model Name:" box. The only other operator in Canada is the Canadian Forces Air Command who have six CC-115. Canadian Forces Air Command - CC-115 - Overview and Canadian Forces Air Command - CC-115 - Technical Specifications Now part of Summit Air. de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter3100 series, 300 seriesFASQ, FTFX, FTXQCombi, 19 passengers or , floats, skis, tundra tires. Now part of Summit Air. de Havilland Canada Dash 82DHC-8-102FASC, GASBCombi, 37 passengers or . Now part of Summit Air. Piper PA-31 Navajo2PA-31-350FKCL, FSWN8 passengers. Now part of Summit Air.
Accidents and incidents
On 22 September 2011, a float equipped Arctic Sunwest Twin Otter, that had been charted by Avalon Rare Metals, crashed while landing at Yellowknife Water Aerodrome. The Twin Otter, GARW, was inbound from Thor Lake and carried seven passengers and two crew. All seven of the passengers were injured and both pilots were killed.Two dead in Yellowknife float plane crash
See also List of defunct airlines of Canada
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