List of airlines of Ontario

This is a list of airlines that are based in Ontario which have an air operator's certificate issued by Transport Canada, the country's civil aviation authority.

Current airlines[]

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Hub airport(s) or headquarters	Notes
			SWH	SHOCKWAVE	Waterloo	Charters, cargo, flight training[1]
					Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier, Chatham-Kent, Oshawa Municipal	Charters[2]
Bearskin Airlines			BLS	BEARSKIN	Sioux Lookout, Thunder Bay	Regional, scheduled passenger service, charters[3]
Brock Air Services			BRD	BROCK AIR	Kingston/Norman Rogers	Charters and MEDIVAC (air ambulance)[4]
Cargojet		W8	CJT	CARGOJET	John C. Munro Hamilton	Cargo[5]
First Air		7F	FAB	FIRST AIR	Yellowknife, Iqaluit	Scheduled passenger service, cargo, charters[6]
Flightexec			FEX		Buttonville, London	Charter airline, MEDIVAC (air ambulance)[7][8]
					Carp	Charters, MEDIVAC (air ambulance), aerial firefighting[9]
Nakina Air Service		T2			Nakina	Floatplane charters[10]
Ornge					Thunder Bay, Sioux Lookout, Timmins/Victor M. Power	Air ambulance
Porter Airlines		PD	POE	PORTER AIR	Billy Bishop Toronto	Regional airline[11]
Silverline Helicopters					Holland Landing
SkyLink Aviation			SKK	SKYLINK	Toronto Pearson	Charters, cargo[12]
SkyLink Express			SLQ	SKYLINK	Toronto Pearson	Charters, cargo[13]
					Orillia/Lake St John	Floatplanes, charters and fly-in fishing camps[14]
Superior Airways					Red Lake	Charters[15]
Thunder Airlines			THU	AIR THUNDER	Thunder Bay	Scheduled passenger service, charters[16]
Voyageur Airways		VC	VAL	VOYAGEUR	North Bay/Jack Garland	Charters, MEDIVAC (air ambulance)[17]
Wasaya Airways			WSG	WASAYA	Thunder Bay	Scheduled passenger service, charters[18]
			WRA		White River	Fly-in outposts[19]
					Vermilion Bay	Floatplanes, fly-in fishing camps[20]

Defunct airlines[]

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Hub airport(s) or headquarters	Notes
					Parry Sound Harbour	2000? - ?, charter rental and leasing service air operator based in Parry Sound, Ontario using de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
Air Ontario		GX	ONT	ONTARIO	London	1987 - 2001, to Air Canada Jazz
Air Toronto		CS	CNE	CONNECTOR	Toronto Pearson	1984-19991
AllCanada Express			CNX	CANEX	Toronto Pearson	1992 - 2005
Austin Airways		AAW			Timmins/Victor M. Power	1934 - 1987, to Air Ontario
Canada 3000		2T	CMM	ELITE	Toronto Pearson	1988 - 2001, formerly Canada 2000; Canada 3000 Cargo sold to Cargojet and 2005 revival failed
City Express					Peterborough	1971 - 1991, founded as Air Atonabee 1971
Great Lakes Airlines					Sarnia Chris Hadfield	1958 - 1983, to Air Ontario
Intair		ND	INT	INTAIR	Toronto Pearson	1989 - 1991, established by City Express as a successor to Skycraft Air Transport
Millardair					Toronto Pearson	1962 - 1990, continued as aircraft maintenance and servicing firm Millard Air Incorporated (Millardair MRO) 1990-2012
NAC Air			HMR	HAMMER	Thunder Bay	2000 - 2008, North American Charters was 100% First Nations owned
NorOntair			NOA	NORONTAIR	Sault Ste. Marie	1971 - 1996, airline operations of Ontario Northland Transportation Commission
Odyssey International		OL	ODY	ODYSSEY	Toronto Pearson	1988 - 1990, name, aircraft and some employees were merged with Nationair, and operated as a separate division of Nolisair for a short period of time
Ontario Central Airlines			NUN	NUNASI	Kenora	1947 - 1991?, became Nunasi-Central Airlines in 1984 and then to Nunasi-Northland Airlines in 1987
Ontario Express		9X	OEL	PARTNER		1980s - 1998, to Canadian Airlines
Pem-Air		PD	OEM	PEM-AIR	Pembroke	1970 - 2002
Roots Air		6J	SSV	SKYTOUR	Toronto Pearson	2000 - 2001, part of Roots Canada, ceased operations when ownership acquired by Air Canada
Skycraft Air Transport					Oshawa	1977 - 1989, reincarnated in 1989 and operating until 1994.
Skyservice Airlines		5G	SSV	SKYTOUR	Toronto Pearson	1986 - 2010, differs from existing Skyservice Business Aviation - same owners
Soundair			SDR	SOUNDAIR	Toronto Pearson	1973-1990, owned Odyssey International and Air Toronto. Previously Owen Sound Air Services. DBA Soundair Express.
Starratt Airways					Hudson, Kenora District	1932 - 1942, to Canadian Pacific Airlines
					Toronto	1988 - 1990, initiated by Gray Coach Lines
Vision Airways Corporation		V6	VSN	VISION	Timmins/Victor M. Power	? - 1994
Vistajet			VJT	VISTA	Ottawa, Toronto, Windsor	1997 - 1997
Zoom Airlines		Z4	OOM	ZOOM	Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier	2002 - 2008, named acquired for new XPO Airlines 2009

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