Austin Airways

Austin Airways was a passenger airline and freight carrier based in Timmins, Ontario, and the oldest in Canada.

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Company history

It was Canada's oldest airline and started service in 1934. The home base was Timmins and it operated many duties in addition to passenger and freight services. Over the years, scheduled services served over 40 cities, including some destinations in the United States. In 1973 it merged with White River Air Services but continued to operate as Austin Airways.

In June 1987 it merged with Air Ontario Ltd (formerly Great Lakes Airlines (Canada), formed in 1958) to form Air Ontario Inc. In turn Air Ontario became part of Air Canada Jazz in 2001.

Aircraft Used

Over its long history, Austin Airways operated the following aircraft: