Kelowna Flightcraft

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Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter is a charter airline based in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. It operates long term cargo charters for couriers such as Purolator and Canadian Post, as well as forest fire patrols, and aircraft sales and leasing in Canada and world-wide. It also provides maintenance and aircraft manufacturing services. Its main base is Kelowna International Airport, with a hub at Hamilton/John C. Munro International Airport, Hamilton <ref name="FI">Flight International 5-11 April 2005</ref>.

1 Code data
2 History
3 Services
4 Fleet
- 4.1 Purolator Fleet
5 Bases
6 External links
7 References

[edit] Code data

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IATA Code: KW
ICAO Code: KFA
Callsign: Flightcraft

[edit] History

The parent company was established on 20 March 1970 and the charter subsidiary was established and started operating in June 1974. It is wholely owned by Barry Lapointe Holding <ref name="FI"/>.

On March 30, 2005, Flightcraft was awarded a $1.77 billion contract to lead a team of Canadian companies called Allied Wings provide primary flight training for the Canadian Forces Air Command at Southport. ^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Services

Kelowna Flightcraft operates domestic freight services to the following destinations (at January 2005) <ref name="FI"/> : Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Hamilton, Kamloops, Kelowna, Moncton, Montreal, Ottawa, Prince George, Regina, Saskatoon, St Johns, Thunder Bay, Vancouver, Victoria and Winnipeg.

[edit] Fleet

As of August 2006 the Kelowna Flightcraft fleet includes <ref>Flight International, 3-9 October 2006</ref> :

Flightcraft operates a fleet of over 40 aircraft, including: Convair 580s, Convair 5800s, Boeing 727s and an Israel IAI-1125 Astra SP. ^{[citation needed]} In the past it has leased aircraft to other Canadian airlines including Harmony Airways and Greyhound Air.