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1681:Firefighting
1672:PAL Airlines
1526:PAL Airlines
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1446:Kivalliq Air
1431:Keewatin Air
1273:WestJet Link
1228:PAL Airlines
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1183:Northern Air
1071:Air Borealis
1045:Flag carrier
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614:At least 11
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332:Norman Wells
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273:Destinations
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189:Norman Wells
185:Headquarters
167:Destinations
148:Focus cities
142:Norman Wells
96:NORTHWRIGHT
62:Norman Wells
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1707:Helicopters
1531:R1 Airlines
1381:CanWest Air
1336:Air Transat
1321:Air Nunavut
1301:Air Creebec
1163:Harbour Air
1118:Air Transat
1103:Air Liaison
1093:Air Creebec
352:Yellowknife
1761:Categories
1745:See also:
1576:Tofino Air
1551:Summit Air
1243:Tofino Air
1173:Iskwew Air
1076:Air Canada
1053:Air Canada
842:Nav Canada
705:Nav Canada
681:References
639:Canol Road
635:Twin Otter
622:floatplane
557:Series 300
555:1 –
552:Series 100
550:1 –
494:Cessna 207
459:Cessna 206
434:Cessna 185
251:floatplane
159:Fleet size
114:AOC #
54:Twin Otter
1622:Air North
1617:Air Inuit
1351:Alkan Air
1346:Aklak Air
1341:AirSprint
1331:Air Tindi
1326:Air Spray
1316:Air North
1306:Air Inuit
1123:Aklak Air
1113:Air Tindi
1108:Air North
1098:Air Inuit
988:Companies
628:Accidents
599:PC-6/B-H2
233:based in
199:Employees
1642:Cargojet
1632:Calm Air
1411:EVAS Air
1401:Corilair
1366:Calm Air
1148:Corilair
1133:Calm Air
1000:Aviation
404:Variants
391:Aircraft
84:Callsign
1729:Helijet
1596:WestJet
1561:Sunwing
1521:Propair
1426:Helijet
1284:Charter
1263:Sunwing
1258:WestJet
1168:Helijet
962:Portals
807:18 July
782:18 July
777:"Fleet"
711:18 July
665:killed.
642:injured
282:Aklavik
257:History
231:airline
207:Website
105:Founded
56:on the
976:Canada
676:years.
655:muskeg
407:Notes
342:Tulita
322:Inuvik
302:Deline
229:is an
153:Inuvik
1605:Cargo
701:(PDF)
608:Total
578:H-295
451:float
424:1900D
374:Fleet
60:near
809:2024
784:2024
713:2024
528:208B
472:U206
445:185F
265:and
138:Hubs
118:5732
108:1986
93:NWL
79:ICAO
74:IATA
1501:OWG
736:AOC
502:n/a
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