thumb|A [[de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter|Twin Otter at Beechey Island visiting the graves of sailors from the lost expedition of John Franklin]]
thumb|One of Air Inuit's five [[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-200s, at Val-d'Or Airport.]]
thumb|A [[De Havilland Canada Dash 8|De Havilland Canada Dash 8-102 belonging to Air Inuit at Cornwall, Ontario, May 2005]]
Air Inuit (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᖓᑦᑕᔪᖏᑦ) is an airline headquartered in the Montreal borough of Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada. It operates domestic passenger services and charter and cargo services in Nunavik, southern Quebec, and Nunavut. Its main base is Kuujjuaq Airport.
History
The airline was established and started operations in 1978 using a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver aircraft. The airline is collectively owned by the Inuit of Nunavik through the Makivik Corporation.
In 1984 it acquired Chaparal Charters and its fleet of two Twin Otters and one Douglas DC-3.
In 2012, Air Inuit relocated their headquarters to a new multi-purpose facility on Côte-Vertu Boulevard near the Montréal–Trudeau International Airport.
In 2023, Air Inuit announced the retirement of its Boeing 737-200 Combi aircraft. The airline will replace the Boeing 737-200 with three Boeing 737-800 Combi aircraft.
Destinations
Air Inuit operates scheduled services to the following domestic destinations (July 2023):
Scheduled flights
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Province
!Community/City
!IATA
!ICAO
!Airport
!Notes
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|Nunavut||Sanikiluaq||YSK||CYSK||Sanikiluaq Airport
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|rowspan=19|Quebec||Akulivik||AKV||CYKO||Akulivik Airport
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|Aupaluk||YPJ||CYLA||Aupaluk Airport
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|Inukjuak||YPH||CYPH||Inukjuak Airport
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|Ivujivik||YIK||CYIK||Ivujivik Airport
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|Kangiqsualujjuaq||XGR||CYLU||Kangiqsualujjuaq (Georges River) Airport
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|Kangiqsujuaq||YWB||CYKG||Kangiqsujuaq (Wakeham Bay) Airport
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|Kangirsuk||YKG||CYAS||Kangirsuk Airport
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|Kuujjuaq||YVP||CYVP||Kuujjuaq Airport
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|Kuujjuarapik||YGW||CYGW||Kuujjuarapik Airport
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|Montreal||YUL||CYUL||Montréal–Trudeau International Airport
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|Puvirnituq||YPX||CYPX||Puvirnituq Airport
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|Quaqtaq||YQC||CYHA||Quaqtaq Airport
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|Quebec City||YQB||CYQB||Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport
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|Radisson (La Grande)||YGL||CYGL||La Grande Rivière Airport
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|Salluit||YZG||CYZG||Salluit Airport
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|Schefferville||YKL||CYKL||Schefferville Airport
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|Sept-Îles||YZV||CYZV||Sept-Îles Airport
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|Tasiujaq||YTQ||CYTQ||Tasiujaq Airport
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|Umiujaq||YUD||CYMU||Umiujaq Airport
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Charters
Air Inuit also offers other charter services to anywhere in North America.
Fleet
Current
, the Air Inuit fleet includes the following aircraft:
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left"
|+ Air Inuit fleet
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!Aircraft||Number
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||Beechcraft Super King Air||align=center|3||align=center|-||300 Series||Listed as 350 at Air Inuit, 11 passengers
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|Boeing 737||align=center|5||align=center|-||200 Series||Combi aircraft, able to operate from gravel airstrips, 112 passengers. To be retired and replaced by the 800 Series of the Boeing 737 Next Generation.
Former
Previously Air Inuit have also flown the following aircraft:
thumb|right|Hawker Siddeley HS-748
- Beechcraft King Air
- Cessna 185 Skywagon
- Cessna 421
- Convair Liner 340 (580)
- Convair 440 (580)
- Grumman Gulfstream I (G-159)
- Hawker Siddeley HS 748
Accidents and incidents
- On 16 March 1981, Douglas C-47 Skytrain, C-FIRW, was damaged beyond repair when it broke through the frozen surface of Lake Bienville while taxiing for take-off on a cargo flight.