Starlink Aviation

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Starlink Aviation
Starlink Aviation logo.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
Q4 TLK STARLINK
Founded1981
HubsMontréal-Trudeau
Fleet size12
HeadquartersDorval, Quebec, Canada
Websitehttp://www.starlinkaviation.com/

Starlink Aviation is a Canadian charter airline and a fixed-base operator. It is based at the Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Dorval.

Starlink acquired Canada's first Pilatus PC-24.

History[]

Starlink Aviation was founded as a Fixed-base operator at the Montreal airport in 1981 as Avionair and was renamed in 1999.[1] The company acquired a fleet of jet and turboprop aircraft, and began leasing them as charter aircraft for private clients.

In 2003, the company also began a scheduled "corporate shuttle" service from Montreal with its BAe Jetstream 31 aircraft to the cities of Alma and Bagotville in Quebec, Canada. These services were later discontinued in 2009 and 2013 respectively. In April 2008, Starlink announced a partnership with the American fractional jet company Flight Options to form "Flight Options Canada," expanding the charter networks of both companies.[2]

In January 2009, service by Starlink Airlines between Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Portland, Maine was announced, with two flights daily, beginning February 4 of the same year.[3] On December 1, 2009, service ceased due to depletion of the .

Fleet[]

As of November 2017, Starlink operated a fleet of 12 aircraft:[4]

References[]

  1. ^ {{cite web | url = https://airlinehistory.co.uk/airline/avionair/ | title = Avionair | publisher = Airline History Insider | access-date = 26 March 2021}
  2. ^ "Flight Options and Starlink Aviation Form Flight Options Canada". Flight Options. Retrieved 2009-01-09.[dead link]
  3. ^ "Portland to get daily flights to Nova Scotia". Portland Press Herald. Archived from the original on 2009-01-18. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
  4. ^ "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: Quick Search Result for Aviation Starlink Inc". Transport Canada. Retrieved 2017-11-11.

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