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News February 15, 2023

Canadian North launches Yellowknife-Calgary route

Direct service from Yellownknife to Calgary is now available seven days a week

Passengers of the inaugural Canadian North flight from Yellowknife to Calgary got a warm welcome at the Calgary International Airport on Tuesday morning. Canadian North relaunched direct flights between Calgary and Yellowknife this week. Canadian North is an Inuit-owned company, jointly owned by the NWT’S Inuvialuit Regional Corporation and the…

Featured, News May 13, 2020

Canadian North receives over $5 million to continue essential services

Canadian North airline will receive over $5 million from the Government of the Northwest Territories to continue providing services during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Despite the loss of passenger volumes, we have continued to serve the needs of the communities to the best of our abilities for the last two months…

Community, Featured, Health, Industry, News, Politics, Transportation March 19, 2020

COVID-19: Here are some of the schedule changes to major airlines in the NWT

Canadian North Earlier this week, Canadian North announced it is reducing the Edmonton-Yellowknife-Inuvik passenger flight to once a day and cancelling the flight once to three time a week. The notice adds smaller communities are likely to see their passenger service reduced to one flight every two days. And for…

Community, Featured, News, Transportation March 3, 2020

Lowest return airfare no longer available on Canadian North website

The new Canadian North airline will no longer be publishing the lowest return airfare on its website. The change comes after the airline merged with First Air last year. CBC first reported this story after Yellowknife tax consultant Andy Wong said he received the schedule of the lowest return airfare…

Community, Featured, Industry, News, Transportation July 12, 2019

First Air, Canadian North airlines to merge over next two years

The deal is done. First Air and Canadian North will merge into a single airline over the next two years. The new airline will continue to be known as Canadian North. First Air was owned by the Makivik Corporation, while Canadian North is owned by the Inuvilauit Regional Corporation. The…

Featured, Industry, News June 19, 2019

First Air and Canadian North airline merger approved by Federal Government

Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport, announced Wednesday that the Government of Canada has approved a merger between First Air and Canadian North, the primary air carriers serving Canada’s North, subject to a series of strict terms and conditions. In fall 2018, Makivik Corporation and the Inuvialuit Corporate Group announced an agreement…