Air Creebec Inc. is a Cree-owned regional airline based in Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada.Contact Us . Air Crebeec. Retrieved on 29 June 2010. "101, 7th Street Val-d'Or, Quebec J9P 4P4" Address in French : "101, 7e Rue Val-d'Or (Québec) J9P 4P4" It operates scheduled and charter services to 16 destinations in Quebec and Ontario. Its main base is Val-d'Or Airport, with a hub at Timmins Victor M. Power Airport.
As part of its charter operations, the airline operates a medical charter service in conjunction with the Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay to provide access to medical specialists and services in the South to Quebec Cree.
History
The airline was established in June 1982 and started operations on 1 July 1982. Billy Diamond, first and former Grand Chief of the Grand Council of the Cree is credited with the founding of the airline.
At that time the Cree owned 51% of the company and Austin Airways owned the remaining 49%. In 1988 the Cree purchased all the airline assets in the largest commercial deal to that date performed by any Indigenous group in Canada, making Air Creebec owned entirely by the Cree.
According to Cree sources, during negotiations to launch the airline, Premier of Quebec René Lévesque muttered "Indians don't run airlines, Billy", to which founder Billy Diamond replied "Well, this Indian is going to."
On 23 March 2012, Air Creebec discontinued its service to La Grande Rivière Airport.
In 2023 the airline appointed its first female CEO Tanya Pash, succeeding outgoing CEO Matthew Happyjack. Prior to her appointment Pash was COO for 10 years.
Destinations Air Creebec operates services to the following Canadian domestic scheduled destinations (as of August 2019):
ProvinceCommunityIATAICAOAirportOntarioAttawapiskat First NationYATCYATAttawapiskat AirportFort Albany First NationYFACYFAFort Albany AirportKashechewan First NationZKECZKEKashechewan AirportMoosoneeYMOCYMOMoosonee AirportPeawanuckYPOCYPOPeawanuck AirportTimminsYTSCYTSTimmins Victor M. Power AirportQuebecChibougamauYMTCYMTChibougamau/Chapais AirportChisasibiYKUCSU2Chisasibi AirportEastmainZEMCZEMEastmain River AirportKuujjuarapikYGWCYGWKuujjuarapik AirportMontrealYULCYULMontréal–Trudeau International AirportNemaskaYNSCYHHNemiscau AirportVal-d'OrYVOCYVOVal-d'Or AirportWaskaganishYKQCYKQWaskaganish AirportWemindjiYNCCYNCWemindji Airport
Interline agreements Air Canada
Fleet Transport Canada listed 22 aircraft, Air Creebec listed the types but not numbers:
+ Air Creebec fleet Aircraft No. of aircraft Variants Notes ATR-GIE (ATR 72) 1 ATR 72-212A Cargo only 21 1 - DHC-8-1036 - DHC-8-1063 - DHC-8-314 Some Series 100 are freighter only, while the others can carry up to 37 passengers and the Series 300 can carry 50 passengersTotal22
Affinity programs The airline offers Aeroplan rewards points, both to collect and to redeem.
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