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Air Georgian Limited was a privately owned charter airline based at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.[5][6] Between 2000 and 2020 its main business was its operation as Air Canada Express on a Tier III codeshare with Air Canada for scheduled services on domestic and trans-border routes. Starting in 2020 Air Georgian began focusing on air charters, before ceasing operations in May, after a sale of its assets to Pivot Airlines, a company run by the same executives.[7]

Air Georgian Limited

A Cessna Citation Sovereign formerly owned by Air Georgian[1]
IATA ICAO Callsign ZX GGN GEORGIAN
Founded	1994
Ceased operations	May 29, 2020 (2020-05-29)[2]
AOC #	Canada 5559[3] United States SMQF162F[4]
Headquarters	Shell Aerocentre at Toronto Pearson International Airport Mississauga, Ontario
Key people	Eric Edmondson (President & CEO) Troy Stephens (VP Flight Operations) Scott Monsen (VP Finance) Adeeb Haddadi (VP Maintenance)
Website	www.airgeorgian.ca

Air Georgian operated under the Subparts 704 and 705 of the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CAR 704, CAR 705) and had completed the IATA Operational Safety Audit.[8] Air Georgian pilots were represented by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA).[9]

History

Air Georgian began as an airport developer in 1985. It began commercial operations in 1994 and subsequently developed its commercial air carrier business, which as of 2011 represented 87 percent of its total business. In 1997 It became a code share partner of Canadian Airlines, operating under the banner of Ontario Regional. Air Georgian was a partner of Canadian Airlines. In 2000 Air Georgian became a Tier III partner of Air Canada and operated as Air Canada Alliance.[10]

It had a long time cargo operation known as Georgian Express which was sold to Cargojet in 2007.[11]

On November 15, 2013, Air Georgian and Regional 1 completed a joint venture through the creation of a parent company, Regional Express Aviation Ltd. (REAL), based in Calgary, Alberta.[12] Air Georgian and R1 both benefit from having access to the world's largest private fleet of Dash 8 and CRJ aircraft, over CAD$100 million in spare parts and domestic maintenance bases located throughout Canada. The joint venture with R1 ended in February 2016.

In December 2013, Air Canada announced that commencing in mid-2014, Air Georgian would operate additional routes in Canada and the United States using Air Canada CRJ-100/200 aircraft.[13]

In 2019, Air Canada indicated it was ending its relationship with the company, consolidating its CRJ regional capacity into the Jazz Aviation operation.[14][15][16] On January 31, 2020, Air Georgian filed notice of intent for bankruptcy protection.[17][18] On March 16, 2020, Air Georgian received court approval for an asset purchase agreement with Pivot Airlines (2746904 Ontario Inc) for substantially all the assets, properties and undertakings of the company.[19] Pivot Airlines is a new company whose CEO as well as Maintenance Operations and Flight Operations Vice Presidents are the same as Air Georgian's.[7] On May 29, 2020, the transaction was completed, however, the June 1 deadline to make a proposal to exit bankruptcy protection passed and no proposal having been made, the company was declared bankrupt the following day.[2][20]

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Air Georgian had begun offering repatriation flights.[21][22]

Fleet

At the time of bankruptcy, the Canadian Civil Aircraft Register showed 14 aircraft registered for Air Georgian Limited. As of August 2021, Transport Canada shows that Air Georgian had operated the following 89 aircraft:[23]

Former Air Georgian aircraft

Aircraft	No. of aircraft	Variants	Notes
Beechcraft King Air	2	Model 90 series	An F90 and a C90GT
Beechcraft Super King Air	1	300 Series
Beechcraft 1900	22	1900C, 1900D	Two 1900C and twenty 1900D
Beechcraft Premier I	2	390
Bombardier Challenger 600 series	18	100 Series	Also listed as the Canadair CL-600
Cessna 152	5
Cessna 172	2	172M
Cessna 180 Skywagon	1	180K
Cessna 185 Skywagon	3	A185F
Cessna 206	12	U206F, TU206G	See Cessna U206
Cessna 208 Caravan	7	208 Caravan, 208B Grand Caravan	Two 208s and five 208B
Cessna 414	1
Cessna Citation II	2	Model 550
Cessna Citation Sovereign	1	Model 680
de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver	1	DHC-2 MK. I
Hawker 800	2	Series 800, 800XP	One listed as a British Aerospace 125
Pilatus PC-12	1	PC-12/45
Piper PA-23	1	PA-23-250 Aztec
Piper PA-31 Navajo	1	PA-31-350 Chieftain
Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six	2	PA-32-260, PA-32-300	One of each
Piper PA-32R	1	PA-32RT-300T
Piper PA-34 Seneca	1	PA-34-200T Seneca II
Total	89

Air Georgian ceased operations of Toronto-based Beechcraft 1900D aircraft on October 31, 2018,[24] and out of Calgary in on April 30, 2019. Air Georgian ceased operations as an Air Canada Express operator on January 31, 2020.[25]

References

External links

Media related to Air Georgian at Wikimedia Commons

• Air Georgian Archived August 15, 2017, at the Wayback Machine

На других языках

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[de] Air Georgian

Air Georgian war eine kanadische Fluggesellschaft mit Sitz in Mississauga. Sie führte ihren Betrieb im Auftrag von Air Canada gemeinsam mit weiteren Unternehmen unter der Dachmarke Air Canada Express durch.

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- [en] Air Georgian

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[fr] Air Georgian

Air Georgian Limited (code AITA : ZX ; code OACI : GGN) est une compagnie aérienne canadienne basée à l'aéroport international Pearson de Toronto[1]. Jusqu'en janvier 2020, son activité principale consistait en l'exploitation de vols pour le compte d'Air Canada Express[3]. Air Georgian offre actuellement des vols nolisés.

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[it] Air Georgian

Air Georgian è stata una compagnia aerea regionale canadese con sede a Mississauga, che operava voli per conto di Air Canada.

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[ru] Air Georgian

Air Georgian — упразднённая чартерная авиакомпания Канады со штаб-квартирой в городе Миссиссага (провинция Онтарио)[2].

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