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Air Satellite was an airline based in Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada. It operated scheduled, charter passenger and cargo services, as well as supplying aviation fuel, ground services and aircraft maintenance and repair. Its main base was Baie-Comeau Airport,[1] with hubs at Rimouski Airport, Sept-Îles Airport, Havre Saint-Pierre Airport and Quebec Airport.^{[citation needed]}

Air Satellite

IATA ICAO Callsign 6O ASJ SATELLITE
Founded	1968
Ceased operations	2007
Hubs	Baie-Comeau Airport
Fleet size	2
Headquarters	Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada

History

The airline was established in 1968 and started operations in May 1968. It was founded by Jean Fournier and Real Poulin as a flying school. The acquisition of other related companies led to the launch into passenger and cargo transport services.

Air Satellite sustained a fatal accident on December 7, 1998, when its aircraft, a Britten-Norman BN2A Islander, fell into the St. Lawrence River one mile from the Baie-Comeau Airport, killing 7 and injuring 3 more.[2] The crash was one cause for the airline's diminished success, which eventually led to its sale in 2007 to Exact Air.[3]

Fleet

The Air Satellite fleet consisted of the following aircraft in August 2007:[1]

• 2 Raytheon Beech King Air 100
• 3 Cessna 402
• 1 Cessna 310

See also

• List of defunct airlines of Canada

References

External links

• Air Satellite

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Air Satellite — канадская авиакомпания местного значения со штаб-квартирой в городе Бэ-Комо (Квебек).

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