Air Labrador provides convenient flights in the domestic lines along the fringes of Newfoundland, Labrador and Quebec in Canada. The main headquarters of the Labrador Airways Limited that operates under the name of Air Labrador is in St. John's Newfoundland. The organization is a member of the Pike Group of companies. Established in the year 1948 the flights of Air Labrador started with a float equipped aircraft from the base station at Gander in Newfoundland. These early airlines plansed to be from Gander to Northern Newfoundland and Labrador with charter, mail and freight work. Soon the company headquarter was transferred to Goose Bay where it is still located.
The company was purchased by Provincial Investment Incorporate owned by Roger Pike along with the subsidiary concern known as Labrador Aviation Services Limited in the year 1983. Since then the Air Labrador is a property of the Pikes. Today the Air Labrador gives flights for 30 destinations in Canada with 12 destinations in the state of Quebec, also including Newfoundland and the destinations along the fringes of the neighboring territories getting wide popularity among the public.
| Though the main base of Air Labrador is at Goose Bay the airlines have also opened it's potential hub at a number of significant spots. These hubs of the Labrador Airways Limited are at: St. John's International Airport, Montreal- Pierre Elliot Trudeau International Airport and the Sept-Iles Airport. Operating from all these major hubs with the main center at Goose Bay the facilities with Air Labrador comprises of both domestic scheduled destinations and off the strip remote spots using amenities like skis, wheels and floats.
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The Air Labrador provides scheduled passenger and freight services along the domestic lines throughout Newfoundland, Labrador and Quebec covering the following destination spots as per the schedules made in January 2007: Black Tickle located on the Labrador Coastal Drive, Blanc Sablon, Cartwright, Charlottetown, Chevery, Deer Lake, Gathsemani, Goose Bay, Hopedale, Kegaska, La Tabatiere, Makkovik, Mary's Harbor, Montreal, Nain, Natashquan, Natuashish, St. Augustine and Wabush. The flights of Air Labrador are also conducted to the destination spots like Port Hope Simpson, Postville, Quebec, Rigolet, Sept-Iles, St. Anthony, St. John's, Tele-a-La- Baleine and Williams Harbor.
The flying facilities at Air Labrador include: prompt air hostess services, wholesome lunch and supper packets, entertainment packages like television sets at the back of the front seats, comprehensive description of the way of flight by the tourist guides and a host of other services. The fleet used by Air Labrador includes:
- 3 Bombardier Dash 8Q100
- 4 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
- 1 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 100
- 1 Raytheon Beech 1900C Airliner
- 2 Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner
- 1 Cessna 208 Caravan
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