Athabasca Airways

Airline Name:Athabasca Airways
Last Updated: 2nd May 2021
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Status:Merged
Operating Dates: 1955 - 2000
Code: 9T : ABS
Country: Canada
Region: Americas
Genealogy: La Ronge Aviation >Air Sask + Athabasca Airways =>Transwest Air + West Wind Aviation =>Rise Air
Aircraft: Nil at this time
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> renamed | ^ or >> merged in | => merged to form airline | +> assets taken | < divided |

Risa Air2Floyd Glass founded a small charter airline, Athabaska Airways in 1955
< operated regional and domestic scheduled and charter passenger and cargo carrier around Manitoba and Saskatchewan .

[ – Transwest Air was formed in 2000 by the merger of Air Sask (La Ronge Aviation) and Athabasca Airways. Operations started on 11Sep2000. The company became a subsidiary of West Wind Aviation 01/Jul/2016. West Wind Aviation and Transwest Air already shared a parent company in West Wind Aviation Group. A media release from Transwest Air in Jan2021 announced that the two companies will rebrand as Rise Air, pending regulatory approvals, and will no longer have separate operating certificates
< Saskatoon, Ontario based scheduled passenger and cargo > ]

[ – Transwest Air has announced that Transwest Air and West Wind Aviation has rebranded as Rise Air and will no longer have separate operating certificates ]

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