Arctic Sunwest Charters is a charter airline based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. It operates passenger and cargo charter services to the Arctic north of Canada, with wheel, ski and float equipped aircraft. Its main base is Yellowknife Airport^[1]. An Airbus A380 of Emirates Airline An airline provides air transport services for passengers or freight. ... Motto: Multum In Parvo (Much In Little) Coordinates: Country Canada Territory Northwest Territories Established 1936/1937 City Mayor Gordon Van Tighem Governing Body Consensus government Legislature List of Yellowknife MPs and MLAs Area    - City 105. ... Motto: none Capital Yellowknife Largest city Yellowknife Official languages Chipewyan, Cree, English, French, Gwich’in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey, TłįchÇ« [1] Government - Commissioner Tony Whitford - Premier Joe Handley (Consensus government (no party affiliations)) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 1 - Senate seats 1 Confederation 1870... The red line indicates the 10°C isotherm in July, commonly used to define the Arctic region border Satellite image of the Arctic surface The Arctic is the region around the Earths North Pole, opposite the Antarctic region around the South Pole. ... Yellowknife Airport is located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. ...

Code data

• ICAO Code: ASC ^[1]

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), an agency of the United Nations, develops the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth. ...

History

The airline was established in 1993 and was created from the Aviation Division of RTL-Robinson Enterprises^[1]. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

Fleet

The Arctic Sunwest Charters fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2007)^[1] : 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...

• 1 Beechcraft 99
• 1 Raytheon Beech King Air 100
• 2 Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
• 1 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 100
• 4 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300

The Beechcraft Model 99 is similar to the King Air 200 but is not presurized civilian aircraft produced by the Beech Aircraft Corporation (now Raytheon). ... King Air is the name for a line of twin-turboprop aircraft produced by the Beech Aircraft Corporation (now the Beechcraft Division of Raytheon Aircraft). ... Dash 8 is also a series of diesel locomotives built by GE; see List of GE locomotives The de Havilland Canada DHC-8, popularly known as the Dash 8, is a series of twin-turboprop airliners designed by de Havilland Canada in the early 1980s. ... The DHC-6 Twin Otter is a 20-passenger STOL feederliner and utility aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada. ... The DHC-6 Twin Otter is a 20-passenger STOL feederliner and utility aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada. ...

External links

• Arctic Sunwest Charters

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Flight International 27 March 2007