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<tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFFFFF;"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Hubs</th><td>Calgary International Airport</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Parent company</th><td>Kenn Borek Air Ltd.</td></tr>

Kenn Borek Air
IATA 4K	ICAO KBA	Callsign Borek Air
Founded		1970
Fleet size		50
Destinations
Headquarters		Calgary, Alberta
Key people
Website: http://www.borekair.com

Kenn Borek Air is an airline based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It provides aircraft charters, leasing and scheduled flight services throughout the world and is based in Canada. It charters aircraft for scientific expeditions, oil exploration etc and operates air ambulance services.

Contents 1 History 2 Services<ref>KBA flight schedule</ref> 3 Fleet 4 Related content 5 External links 6 References

[edit] History

They began operations in 1970 with a DHC-6 Twin Otter providing air support for oil exploration activities in the Canadian Arctic. In April 2001 Kenn Borek Air rescued Dr. Ron Shemenski from the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. When float operations are impossible during the Canadian winter, Kenn Borek Air rents many of its planes and pilots to the Maldivian Air Taxi service. ^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Services<ref>KBA flight schedule</ref>

As of November 2006 Kenn Borek Air operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations in Nunavut:

• Cambridge Bay
• Cape Dorset
• Gjoa Haven
• Grise Fiord
• Igloolik
• Iqaluit
• Kimmirut
• Kugaaruk
• Pangnirtung
• Pond Inlet
• Qikiqtarjuaq
• Resolute
• Taloyoak

Kenn Borek also operates services to several communities in the Northwest Territories as Aklak Air:

• Aklavik (depending on demand)
• Fort Good Hope
• Fort McPherson (only when ice road closed of ferry not in operation)
• Inuvik
• Norman Wells
• Paulatuk
• Sachs Harbour
• Tuktoyaktuk (depending on demand)
• Ulukhaktok

[edit] Fleet

As of August 2006 the Kenn Borek Air fleet includes <ref>Flight International, 3-9 October 2006</ref> :

• 3 Raytheon Beech B99
• 1 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 100
• 1 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 200
• 15 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
• 2 Embraer EMB 110P1 Bandeirante

Other aircraft (ICAO designators in brackets):

• Beech King Air 90, 100 & 200 (BE9L, BE10, BE20)
• Cessna Skywagon (C185)
• Bell Twin Ranger (B06T) - Helicopter
• Douglas Dakota (DC3)
• Douglas Dakota Turbo Conversion (DC3T)

Image:C-GFKB Kenn Borek Air Ltd. EMBRAER EMB 110 Bandeirante (E110) 01.JPG

[edit] Related content

Aircraft Manufacturers:

• Beechcraft
• Cessna
• Bell Helicopter Textron
• Douglas Aircraft Company
• Embraer
• De Havilland Canada

[edit] External links

• Kenn Borek Air
• Antarctic Rescue - April 2001

[edit] References

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