List of airlines of Alberta

This is a list of airlines of Alberta which have an Air Operator's Certificate issued by Transport Canada, the country's civil aviation authority. These are airlines that are based in Alberta.

Current airlines

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Hub Airport(s) or headquarters	Notes
Air Spray			ASB		Red Deer	Aerial firefighting[1]
AirSprint			ASP	AIRSPRINT	Calgary	Fractional ownership of aircraft[2]
Bar XH Air			BXH	PALLISER	Medicine Hat	Charters and MEDIVAC (air ambulance)[3]
Enerjet		EG	ENJ	ENERJET AIR	Calgary	Charter airline[4]
Integra Air					Lethbridge	Scheduled passenger service, charters[5]
Kenn Borek Air		4K	KBA	BOREK AIR	Calgary	Charters, aircraft leasing[6]
LR Helicopters					Calgary/Springbank	Charters, flight training[7]
McMurray Aviation					Fort McMurray	Charters, flight training[8]
Morningstar Air Express			MAL	MORNINGSTAR	Edmonton	Cargo airline that operates a FedEx Canada contract.[9] Example colours only aircraft now registered to WestJet.[10]
Nor-Alta Aviation		LT			Fort Vermilion, High Level	Charters and MEDIVAC (air ambulance)[11]
Northern Air					Peace River	Charters, scheduled flights and air ambulance[12]
R1 Airlines			TSH	TRANSCANADA	Calgary	Charter airline, aircraft leasing[13]
Sunwest Aviation			CNK	CHINOOK	Calgary	Charters, MEDIVAC (air ambulance)[14]
WestJet		WS	WJA	WESTJET	Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto Pearson	Low-cost carrier, scheduled passenger service. Canada's second largest airline after Air Canada[15]
WestJet Encore			WEN		Calgary

Defunct airlines

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Hub airport(s) or headquarters	Notes
Air Mikisew		V8		AURORA	Fort McMurray	1961 (as Contact Air) - 2011, grounded in 2010 and permanently closed by 2011
Alberta Citylink			ABK	ALBERTA CITYLINK	Medicine Hat	1996 - 2004, owned by Bar XH Air
Alta Flights			ALZ		Edmonton International	1986 - 2014, to Sunwest Aviation
Canada West Airlines					Edmonton International	2002 - 2004
Canadian Airlines		CP	CDN	CANADIAN	Calgary	1987 - 2001, to Air Canada
Canadian Regional Airlines		KI	CDR	CANADIAN REGIONAL	Calgary	1993 - 2000, to Air Canada Jazz
Corporate Express			CPB	PENTA	Calgary	1975 - 2009, closed
Eldorado Radium Silver Express					Edmonton/Blatchford Field, Port Radium	1935 - 1970s?, to Eldorado Aviation
Globemaster Air Cargo					Edmonton/St. Albert	2003 - 2004
Holidair			STP		Edmonton	1998 - 1999
Knighthawk Air Express		4I	KNX	KNIGHT FLIGHT	Calgary	1993 - 2005
MacKenzie Air Services					Edmonton/Blatchford Field	1932 - 1942, to Canadian Pacific Airlines
Peace Air					Peace River
QuikAir		Q9			Calgary	2001 - 2006
Skyxpress Airline			KLO	KLONDIKE	Calgary	2000s? - 2008
Southern Frontier Airlines					Calgary	1980s? - ?, to Time Air
Swanberg Air					Grande Prairie	2000 - 2011, ceased due to death of founder Sylvan Swanberg
Time Air		KI	TAF	TIME AIR	Lethbridge	1966 - 1993, to Canadian Regional Airlines
Wardair		WD	WDA	WARDAIR	Edmonton International	1952 - 1990, started as Polaris Charter Company at Yellowknife in 1946, acquired by Canadian Airlines)
Zip		3J	WZP	ZIPPER	Calgary	2002 - 2004, operations return to regular Air Canada routes

References

1. Air Spray
2. AirSprint
3. Bar XH Air - Services
4. Enerjet
5. Integra Air
6. Kenn Borek Air
7. LR Helicopters
8. McMurray Aviation
9. Morningstar Air Express
10. Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: History Search Result
11. Nor-Alta Aviation
12. Northern Air
13. Regional 1
14. Sunwest Aviation
15. WestJet, Air France, KLM work toward code-share