Central Mountain Air

Infobox Airline
airline = Central Mountain Air

logo_size = 150px
fleet_size = 16
destinations = 18
IATA = 9M
ICAO = GLR
callsign = GLACIER
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founded = 1987
headquarters = Smithers, British Columbia
key_people =
hubs = Smithers Airport
secondary_hubs = Vancouver International Airport
Calgary International Airport
Prince George Airport
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frequent_flyer =
lounge =
alliance =
website = [http://www.flycma.com/ www.flycma.com]

Central Mountain Air is an airline based in Smithers, British Columbia, Canada. It operates scheduled and charter services and transborder services. Its main base is Smithers Airport, with hubs at Calgary International Airport, Vancouver International Airport and Prince George Airportcite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 63 | date= 2007-04-03] .

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1987; it is wholly owned by 580741 BC. In 1997 Central Mountain air placed an order for additional Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner aircraft and began operating as an Air Canada Connector, replacing Air BC service on several routes within Alberta and British Columbia. Today Central Mountain Air still operates a handful of routes on behalf of Air Canada, although most of their routes are now operated under their own code 9M, and sold as Central Mountain Air flights. In late 2005 the first of two Dornier 328 were delivered to the airline, with the second arriving in early 2006, for use on chartered and scheduled flights.

Central Mountain Air is the sister company of Northern Thunderbird Air (NT Air), which operates charter and cargo services from Prince George, Smithers, Mackenzie, Vancouver and Calgary.

Destinations

Central Mountain Air operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (as of May 2007) [http://www.flycma.com/artwork/template/one_piece/map.gifCentral Mountain Air route map] ] :
* British Columbia
** Campbell River
** Comox
** Dawson Creek
** Fort Nelson
** Fort St. John
** Kamloops
** Kelowna
** Prince George
** Quesnel
** Smithers
** Terrace
** Vancouver
** Williams Lake

* Alberta
** Calgary
** Edmonton
** High Level
** Lloydminster
** Rainbow Lake

Central Mountain also operates the following domestic routes on behalf of Air Canada [http://www.flycma.com/about.html Central Mountain Air/Air Canada Code-Share Services] ] :
* Calgary to Lethbridge
* Calgary to Medicine Hat
* Calgary to Cranbrook, British Columbia

Fleet

The Central Mountain Air fleet includes the following aircraft (as of March 2007) [http://www.flycma.com/aircraft_info.html Central Mountain Air fleet] ] :

*14 Raytheon Beech 1900D AirlinerFin# 912, 913, 914, 915, 917, 918, 919, 920, 922, 923, 924, 925

*2 Fairchild-Dornier 328-100Fin# 3094, 3096

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