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Nordair

January 09, 2023

Nordair (IATA: ND, ICAO: NDR, Call sign: Nordair) was a Quebec-based airline in Canada founded in 1947 from the merger of Boreal Airways and Mont Laurier Aviation.

Nordair
Boeing 737-200 at the airline's base in Montreal
IATA ICAO Callsign
ND NDR Nordair
Founded1947; 76 years ago (1947)
Ceased operationsMarch 27, 1987; 35 years ago (1987-03-27)
(merged with Pacific Western Airlines and Canadian Pacific Air Lines to form Canadian Airlines International)
DestinationsCanada, United States
HeadquartersDorval, Montréal, Quebec
Key peopleFernand “Frank” Henley, Founder and VP

History

The airline operated from the 1940s to the 1980s. Initially, most of its business was international and transatlantic passenger and freight charters and other contracts. It also operated scheduled flights to a number of destinations in eastern Canada and the Northwest Territories. Nordair flew out of Montreal's two airports: initially from Dorval Airport, now Montréal–Trudeau International Airport, and later from Montréal–Mirabel International Airport as this latter airfield did not open until 1975. It was headquartered in Montreal with operations at Dorval, Quebec and their head office at 1320 Boulevard Graham in Mont Royal.[1]

Nordair was operating scheduled passenger services in July 1959 utilizing Douglas DC-3 and Douglas DC-4 propeller aircraft with routings of Montreal - Frobisher Bay (now Iqaluit) - Cape Dyer Airport; Montreal - Roberval - Fort Chimo (now Kuujjuaq) - Frobisher Bay; and Montreal - Quebec City - Roberval - Chibougamau.[2]

The airline was still operating scheduled passenger flights 20 years later. According to Nordair's July 1, 1979 system timetable and route map, jet service was being operated as far west as Winnipeg and as far north as the Resolute Bay Airport in the Canadian Arctic with a number of destinations in Ontario and Quebec in Canada being served including Montreal (via Dorval Airport), Ottawa, Toronto, Quebec City, Hamilton, Ontario and Windsor, Ontario as well as Pittsburgh in the United States, primarily with Boeing 737-200 jetliners but also with Fairchild Hiller FH-227 turboprop aircraft.[3] The airline was also operating scheduled passenger flights in 1975 with Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop aircraft primarily to destinations in Quebec.[4] Nordair was continuing to operate scheduled passenger flights in 1986 primarily with Boeing 737-200 jets.[5]

 
A Fairchild Hiller FH-227B at Montréal–Trudeau International Airport

Introduction of Boeing 737 jet aircraft

The airline was operating Boeing 737-200 passenger jet service in 1969 in both scheduled and charter operations according to the June 15, 1970 Nordair system timetable which contained the following marketing message concerning its leisure charter flights: SUNNY HOLIDAYS - BLUE TAIL JET CHARTER FLIGHTS TO THE SUN....BARBADOS - JAMAICA - BAHAMAS - FLORIDA - MEXICO.[6] This same timetable also lists scheduled passenger service operated by Nordair with the Boeing 737-200 between Montreal Dorval and Fort Chimo (now Kuujjuaq), Frobisher Bay (now Iqaluit), Great Whale (now Kuujjuarapik), Hamilton and Resolute.

Merger and aftermath

 
Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation of Nordair at Manchester Airport England on a freight charter in 1966. The airline was also operating the Super Constellation in scheduled passenger service in 1968 on nonstop Montreal-Frobisher Bay and Montreal-Resolute routes.[7]

Nordair was purchased by Canadian Pacific Air Lines which had operated as CP Air. On March 27, 1987, Pacific Western Airlines purchased Canadian Pacific Air Lines and then emerged as Canadian Airlines. The jet operation was absorbed into Canadian Airlines, while the turboprop operations were absorbed into Inter-Canadien. In 2000, that airline was acquired by Air Canada.

Intair, a scheduled passenger airline that was based in Canada and operated jet and turboprop aircraft, used Nordair's two letter "ND" airline code for its domestic flights in eastern Canada in 1989 until it ceased operations and went out of business.[8]

Another company called Nordair Quebec 2000 Incorporated operated in 2000 as a domestic regional carrier and cargo operator in Quebec, but the licence and licence applications for the airline were suspended in 2006 by Transport Canada, and again the Nordair name disappeared from the airline industry

 
Nordair DC-4 Inflight

Destinations

The following destinations in Canada were served by Nordair with scheduled passenger flights during the airline's existence:[9][10][11]

Canada

 
Nordair Grumman G-73 Mallard at Montreal Dorval in 1973
 
Lockheed L-188C Electra operating as Environment Canada ice patrol

Outside of Canada

Most of the flights to the United States, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, Mexico and Europe were charter flights, as Nordair operated only a few scheduled passenger services outside of Canada.

 
Nordair Douglas DC-8 at the operations base.

Military contract flight services

Nordair served as an air service contractor to the Canadian Armed Forces, including ice reconnaissance missions flown with a Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop aircraft[12] and United States Air Force support flights to Distant Early Warning Line stations from Alaska to Baffin Island.[13]

Fleet

Nordair had the following aircraft registered by Transport Canada and listed in their timetables. Over the years they had at least 40 aircraft.

Canadian North fleet
Aircraft Number Variants Notes
Beechcraft At least one aircraft. Not listed with Transport Canada[2]
Boeing 737 15 737-200 Gravel strip equipped, includes combi aircraft[14][15]
Cessna 150 1 150K [14]
Consolidated PBY Catalina Flying boat. At least one aircraft listed as a Canso. Not listed with Transport Canada[2]
Convair CV-990 2 Two aircraft, N5609 and N5615 were leased from Modern Air Transport and operated on charter services
Curtiss C-46 Commando   At least one aircraft. Not listed with Transport Canada[2]
de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver 1 Beaver I [14]
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter 2   [14]
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter   At least one aircraft. Not listed with Transport Canada[16]
Douglas C-47 Skytrain At least one aircraft. Not listed with Transport Canada[2]
Douglas DC-3 1 DC-3SC Former Douglas C-47 Skytrain military aircraft[14]
Douglas DC-4   At least one aircraft. Not listed with Transport Canada[2]
Douglas DC-6   DC-6A, DC-6B At least two aircraft. Not listed with Transport Canada[17]
Douglas DC-8 1 DC-8-52 Operated on charter services[14]
Fairchild FH-227 4 FH-227B, FH-227D, FH-227E [14]
Grumman G-73 Mallard   At least one aircraft. Not listed with Transport Canada[18]
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation   L-1049G, L-1049H At least two aircraft. Not listed with Transport Canada[7]
Lockheed L-188 Electra 2 L-188C [14]
Piper PA-31 Navajo 1 PA-31 Navajo [14]
Short SC.7 Skyvan At least one aircraft. Not listed with Transport Canada[19]

The Boeing 737 fleet included the combi aircraft version for mixed passenger/freight operations.[15]

Nordair also operated de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter STOL capable turboprop aircraft during the early and mid 1970s in scheduled passenger service between the community of Frobisher Bay (now Iqaluit) and various local destinations in this region of the Canadian Arctic.[9]

Another type operated by the airline was the Grumman G-73 Mallard amphibious aircraft which had been converted with turboprop engines and was capable of landing on both land and water (see above photo).

In addition, a division of Nordair, Nordair Metro, was operating Convair 580 turboprop aircraft in 1986.[20]

Accidents and incidents

See also

References

  1. ^ World Airline Directory. Flight International. March 20, 1975. "495.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Nordair timetable". July 16, 1959. pp. 1–2. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  3. ^ "Nordair timetable". July 1, 1979. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  4. ^ "Airlines and Aircraft Serving Montreal Dorval Effective April 15, 1975". Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  5. ^ "Nordair timetable cover". April 27, 1986. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  6. ^ "Nordair timetable". June 15, 1970. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Nordai timetable". June 2, 1968. pp. 1–2. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  8. ^ "December 15, 1989 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Montreal flight schedules". Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Nordair timetables". Time Table Images. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  10. ^ "Nordair route map". Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  11. ^ "Nordair Timetables". AirTimes. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  12. ^ "Lockheed L-188C(PF) Electra - Nordair". Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  13. ^ . Flight International. 1986. p. 113. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i "CCAR - History Search Result". December 8, 2021.
  15. ^ a b "Airlines and Aircraft Serving Montreal Dorval Effective February 15, 1985". Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  16. ^ "Nordair timetable". June 15, 1970. pp. 1–3. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  17. ^ "Nordair timetable". May 3, 1964. pp. 1–2. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  18. ^ "Grumman G-73 Mallard, CF-UOT". Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  19. ^ "Nordair timetable, April 29, 1974". pp. 3–4. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  20. ^ "Convair 580 - Nordair Metro". Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  21. ^ "CF-HTH Hull-loss description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  22. ^ "C-FCSC Hull-loss description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 21 August 2010.

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Nordair news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message Nordair IATA ND ICAO NDR Call sign Nordair was a Quebec based airline in Canada founded in 1947 from the merger of Boreal Airways and Mont Laurier Aviation NordairBoeing 737 200 at the airline s base in MontrealIATA ICAO CallsignND NDR NordairFounded1947 76 years ago 1947 Ceased operationsMarch 27 1987 35 years ago 1987 03 27 merged with Pacific Western Airlines and Canadian Pacific Air Lines to form Canadian Airlines International DestinationsCanada United StatesHeadquartersDorval Montreal QuebecKey peopleFernand Frank Henley Founder and VP Contents 1 History 1 1 Introduction of Boeing 737 jet aircraft 1 2 Merger and aftermath 2 Destinations 2 1 Canada 2 2 Outside of Canada 2 3 Military contract flight services 3 Fleet 4 Accidents and incidents 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory EditThe airline operated from the 1940s to the 1980s Initially most of its business was international and transatlantic passenger and freight charters and other contracts It also operated scheduled flights to a number of destinations in eastern Canada and the Northwest Territories Nordair flew out of Montreal s two airports initially from Dorval Airport now Montreal Trudeau International Airport and later from Montreal Mirabel International Airport as this latter airfield did not open until 1975 It was headquartered in Montreal with operations at Dorval Quebec and their head office at 1320 Boulevard Graham in Mont Royal 1 Nordair was operating scheduled passenger services in July 1959 utilizing Douglas DC 3 and Douglas DC 4 propeller aircraft with routings of Montreal Frobisher Bay now Iqaluit Cape Dyer Airport Montreal Roberval Fort Chimo now Kuujjuaq Frobisher Bay and Montreal Quebec City Roberval Chibougamau 2 The airline was still operating scheduled passenger flights 20 years later According to Nordair s July 1 1979 system timetable and route map jet service was being operated as far west as Winnipeg and as far north as the Resolute Bay Airport in the Canadian Arctic with a number of destinations in Ontario and Quebec in Canada being served including Montreal via Dorval Airport Ottawa Toronto Quebec City Hamilton Ontario and Windsor Ontario as well as Pittsburgh in the United States primarily with Boeing 737 200 jetliners but also with Fairchild Hiller FH 227 turboprop aircraft 3 The airline was also operating scheduled passenger flights in 1975 with Lockheed L 188 Electra turboprop aircraft primarily to destinations in Quebec 4 Nordair was continuing to operate scheduled passenger flights in 1986 primarily with Boeing 737 200 jets 5 A Fairchild Hiller FH 227B at Montreal Trudeau International Airport Introduction of Boeing 737 jet aircraft Edit The airline was operating Boeing 737 200 passenger jet service in 1969 in both scheduled and charter operations according to the June 15 1970 Nordair system timetable which contained the following marketing message concerning its leisure charter flights SUNNY HOLIDAYS BLUE TAIL JET CHARTER FLIGHTS TO THE SUN BARBADOS JAMAICA BAHAMAS FLORIDA MEXICO 6 This same timetable also lists scheduled passenger service operated by Nordair with the Boeing 737 200 between Montreal Dorval and Fort Chimo now Kuujjuaq Frobisher Bay now Iqaluit Great Whale now Kuujjuarapik Hamilton and Resolute Merger and aftermath Edit Lockheed L 1049H Super Constellation of Nordair at Manchester Airport England on a freight charter in 1966 The airline was also operating the Super Constellation in scheduled passenger service in 1968 on nonstop Montreal Frobisher Bay and Montreal Resolute routes 7 Nordair was purchased by Canadian Pacific Air Lines which had operated as CP Air On March 27 1987 Pacific Western Airlines purchased Canadian Pacific Air Lines and then emerged as Canadian Airlines The jet operation was absorbed into Canadian Airlines while the turboprop operations were absorbed into Inter Canadien In 2000 that airline was acquired by Air Canada Intair a scheduled passenger airline that was based in Canada and operated jet and turboprop aircraft used Nordair s two letter ND airline code for its domestic flights in eastern Canada in 1989 until it ceased operations and went out of business 8 Another company called Nordair Quebec 2000 Incorporated operated in 2000 as a domestic regional carrier and cargo operator in Quebec but the licence and licence applications for the airline were suspended in 2006 by Transport Canada and again the Nordair name disappeared from the airline industry Nordair DC 4 InflightDestinations EditThe following destinations in Canada were served by Nordair with scheduled passenger flights during the airline s existence 9 10 11 Canada Edit Ontario Dryden Dryden Regional Airport Hamilton John C Munro Hamilton International Airport Kingston Kingston Norman Rogers Airport Oshawa Oshawa Executive Airport Ottawa Ottawa Macdonald Cartier International Airport Sarnia Sarnia Chris Hadfield Airport Sault Ste Marie Sault Ste Marie Airport Sudbury Sudbury Airport Thunder Bay Thunder Bay International Airport Toronto Malton Airport Windsor Windsor International Airport Nordair Grumman G 73 Mallard at Montreal Dorval in 1973 Quebec Raglan Mines Asbestos Hill Deception Bay Kattiniq Donaldson Airport Bagotville La Baie Bagotville Airport Chibougamau Chibougamau Chapais Airport Dolbeau Dolbeau Saint Felicien Airport Kuujjuaq formerly known as Fort Chimo Kuujjuaq Airport Great Whale Poste de la Baleine now Kuujjuarapik Kuujjuarapik Airport Matagami Matagami Airport Montreal Montreal Mirabel International Airport Montreal Montreal Trudeau International Airport Dorval Airport Quebec City Quebec City Jean Lesage International Airport Radisson La Grande La Grande Riviere Airport Roberval Roberval Airport Rouyn Noranda Rouyn Noranda Airport Val d Or Val d Or Airport Manitoba Winnipeg Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport Nunavut Arctic Bay Nanisivik Airport Broughton Island now Qikiqtarjuaq Broughton Island Airport Cape Dorset now Kinngait Cape Dorset Airport Cape Dyer Cape Dyer Airport Clyde River Cape Christian Clyde River Airport Coral Harbour Coral Harbour Airport Hall Beach now Sanirajak Hall Beach Airport Igloolik Igloolik Airport Frobisher Bay now Iqaluit Iqaluit Airport Nanisivik Nanisivik Airport Pangnirtung Pangnirtung Airport Pelly Bay now Kugaaruk Kugaaruk Airport Resolute Resolute Bay Airport Northwest Territories Inuvik Inuvik Mike Zubko Airport Yellowknife Yellowknife Airport Lockheed L 188C Electra operating as Environment Canada ice patrol Outside of Canada Edit Most of the flights to the United States the Bahamas the Caribbean Mexico and Europe were charter flights as Nordair operated only a few scheduled passenger services outside of Canada North America Barbados Grantley Adams International Airport The Bahamas Grand Bahama Grand Bahama International Airport Varadero Cuba Jamaica Mexico Cancun Cancun International Airport United States Detroit Detroit Metropolitan Airport Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport Los Angeles Los Angeles International Airport Miami Miami International Airport New York City John F Kennedy International Airport Omaha Eppley Airfield Orlando Orlando International Airport Pittsburgh Pittsburgh International Airport Tampa Bay St Pete Clearwater International Airport SeaTac Washington Seattle Tacoma International Airport Van Nuys Van Nuys Airport Nordair Douglas DC 8 at the operations base Europe Amsterdam Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Athens Ellinikon International Airport Budapest Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport Copenhagen Copenhagen Airport Dusseldorf Dusseldorf Airport Frankfurt Frankfurt Airport Glasgow Abbotsinch Airport London Gatwick Airport Manchester Manchester Airport Shannon Shannon AirportMilitary contract flight services Edit Nordair served as an air service contractor to the Canadian Armed Forces including ice reconnaissance missions flown with a Lockheed L 188 Electra turboprop aircraft 12 and United States Air Force support flights to Distant Early Warning Line stations from Alaska to Baffin Island 13 Fleet EditNordair had the following aircraft registered by Transport Canada and listed in their timetables Over the years they had at least 40 aircraft Canadian North fleet Aircraft Number Variants NotesBeechcraft At least one aircraft Not listed with Transport Canada 2 Boeing 737 15 737 200 Gravel strip equipped includes combi aircraft 14 15 Cessna 150 1 150K 14 Consolidated PBY Catalina Flying boat At least one aircraft listed as a Canso Not listed with Transport Canada 2 Convair CV 990 2 Two aircraft N5609 and N5615 were leased from Modern Air Transport and operated on charter servicesCurtiss C 46 Commando At least one aircraft Not listed with Transport Canada 2 de Havilland Canada DHC 2 Beaver 1 Beaver I 14 de Havilland Canada DHC 3 Otter 2 14 de Havilland Canada DHC 6 Twin Otter At least one aircraft Not listed with Transport Canada 16 Douglas C 47 Skytrain At least one aircraft Not listed with Transport Canada 2 Douglas DC 3 1 DC 3SC Former Douglas C 47 Skytrain military aircraft 14 Douglas DC 4 At least one aircraft Not listed with Transport Canada 2 Douglas DC 6 DC 6A DC 6B At least two aircraft Not listed with Transport Canada 17 Douglas DC 8 1 DC 8 52 Operated on charter services 14 Fairchild FH 227 4 FH 227B FH 227D FH 227E 14 Grumman G 73 Mallard At least one aircraft Not listed with Transport Canada 18 Lockheed L 1049 Super Constellation L 1049G L 1049H At least two aircraft Not listed with Transport Canada 7 Lockheed L 188 Electra 2 L 188C 14 Piper PA 31 Navajo 1 PA 31 Navajo 14 Short SC 7 Skyvan At least one aircraft Not listed with Transport Canada 19 The Boeing 737 fleet included the combi aircraft version for mixed passenger freight operations 15 Nordair also operated de Havilland Canada DHC 6 Twin Otter STOL capable turboprop aircraft during the early and mid 1970s in scheduled passenger service between the community of Frobisher Bay now Iqaluit and various local destinations in this region of the Canadian Arctic 9 Another type operated by the airline was the Grumman G 73 Mallard amphibious aircraft which had been converted with turboprop engines and was capable of landing on both land and water see above photo In addition a division of Nordair Nordair Metro was operating Convair 580 turboprop aircraft in 1986 20 Accidents and incidents EditOn 6 February 1973 the Douglas C 47B CF HTH was damaged beyond economic repair when it was hit by a vehicle at an airport in Montreal 21 On 15 November 1975 Douglas C 47 C FCSC was damaged beyond economic repair by a fire at La Grande Riviere Airport Radisson Quebec 22 On 31 March 1977 Lockheed L 188 Electra CF NAZ while parked on the ramp at CFB Summerside was severely damaged when a Canadian Armed Forces CP 107 tail 10737 attempted a three engine landing in bad weather She was later rebuilt in Van Nuys and re registered as C GNDZ See also EditList of defunct airlines of CanadaReferences Edit World Airline Directory Flight International March 20 1975 495 a b c d e f Nordair timetable July 16 1959 pp 1 2 Retrieved December 8 2021 Nordair timetable July 1 1979 Retrieved December 8 2021 Airlines and Aircraft Serving Montreal Dorval Effective April 15 1975 Retrieved December 8 2021 Nordair timetable cover April 27 1986 Retrieved December 8 2021 Nordair timetable June 15 1970 Retrieved December 8 2021 a b Nordai timetable June 2 1968 pp 1 2 Retrieved December 8 2021 December 15 1989 Official Airline Guide OAG Montreal flight schedules Retrieved December 8 2021 a b Nordair timetables Time Table Images Retrieved December 8 2021 Nordair route map Retrieved December 8 2021 Nordair Timetables AirTimes Retrieved December 8 2021 Lockheed L 188C PF Electra Nordair Retrieved December 8 2021 World Airline Directory Flight International 1986 p 113 Archived from the original on December 20 2014 a b c d e f g h i CCAR History Search Result December 8 2021 a b Airlines and Aircraft Serving Montreal Dorval Effective February 15 1985 Retrieved December 8 2021 Nordair timetable June 15 1970 pp 1 3 Retrieved December 11 2021 Nordair timetable May 3 1964 pp 1 2 Retrieved December 10 2021 Grumman G 73 Mallard CF UOT Retrieved December 11 2021 Nordair timetable April 29 1974 pp 3 4 Retrieved December 11 2021 Convair 580 Nordair Metro Retrieved December 8 2021 CF HTH Hull loss description Aviation Safety Network Retrieved 26 August 2010 C FCSC Hull loss description Aviation Safety Network Retrieved 21 August 2010 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nordair NordairPortals Canada Companies Aviation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index 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