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Canadian North flies B737-300 from Ottawa to Baffin Island
CANADIAN North Inc has started deploying on its Iqaluit-Ottawa route a converted Boeing 737-300 combi-jet after ending its codeshare with First Air, indicating the carrier is not retreating from the Nunavut's Qikiqtani region.
The airline had originally intended to launch the aircraft on the route starting from March. However, First Air pulled out of its codeshare in November, prompting Canadian North's decision to bring the new aircraft into the Baffin region earlier, reported Nunatsiaq Online.
"We're in the Baffin to stay. We're not pulling back because of that change," said Canadian North vice president Lorraine Bonner.
Ms Bonner said the configuration they'll use most often on the Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay)-Ottawa route is a combination of 80 passenger seats and three cargo pallets. It's part of a programme the airline began several years back to replace its aging 737-200 jets with 737-300s.
Including its Iqaluit-Ottawa jet, the airline now has ten 300-series jets in its fleet. Seven are used by the airline's charter division, one operates on the Edmonton-Yellowknife-Inuvik route, and another is held for maintenance coverage.
Later this month, the airline plans to announce a new schedule that will essentially take them back to their pre-codeshare schedule, according to Ms Bonner, meaning the airline will bring one more Dash 8-100 aircraft into the region, so they can resume serving Pond Inlet, Clyde River, Qikiqtarjuaq and Pangnirtung.
The airline had originally intended to launch the aircraft on the route starting from March. However, First Air pulled out of its codeshare in November, prompting Canadian North's decision to bring the new aircraft into the Baffin region earlier, reported Nunatsiaq Online.
"We're in the Baffin to stay. We're not pulling back because of that change," said Canadian North vice president Lorraine Bonner.
Ms Bonner said the configuration they'll use most often on the Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay)-Ottawa route is a combination of 80 passenger seats and three cargo pallets. It's part of a programme the airline began several years back to replace its aging 737-200 jets with 737-300s.
Including its Iqaluit-Ottawa jet, the airline now has ten 300-series jets in its fleet. Seven are used by the airline's charter division, one operates on the Edmonton-Yellowknife-Inuvik route, and another is held for maintenance coverage.
Later this month, the airline plans to announce a new schedule that will essentially take them back to their pre-codeshare schedule, according to Ms Bonner, meaning the airline will bring one more Dash 8-100 aircraft into the region, so they can resume serving Pond Inlet, Clyde River, Qikiqtarjuaq and Pangnirtung.
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