Airwest Airlines

♦ Powell River Airways was established in 1959. In 1965, Nanaimo Airlines was acquired and the company was renamed Airwest Airlines. The airline was acquired by the Jim Pattison Group in late 1979 and merged to form Air BC in 1980
< Airwest Airlines operated services from Vancouver International Airport and Seaplane Base to Nanaime, Texada Island and Victoria in British Columbia > ♦

♦ AIR BC was formed in 1980 through merger of of small West Coast operators including HAIDA AIRLINES, ISLAND AIRLINES, GULF AIR AVIATION, CANADIAN AIR TRANSIT, OMININECA AIR SERVICE, TRANS PROVINCIAL AIRLINES, PACIFIC COASTAL AIRLINES , AIRWEST AIRLINES and WEST COAST AIR SERVICES ♦

♦ Air Canada launched Air Canada Jazz after renaming it from Air Canada Regional on 27Mar2002. Operations started on 30Jun2001. Air Canada Express replaced Jazz on 01Jun2011. Air Canada merged Canadian Airlines’s former regional operations, flown by Air BC, Air Nova, Canadian Regional and Air Ontario into Air Canada Jazz on 01Jan2001. Air Canada Express launched services on 03May2011, and officially replaced Jazz as the brand applied to all regional services on 01Jun2011. Air Canada Jazz was renamed to Jazz Airlines ♦