Air Tindi
Air Tindi is a charter and scheduled
airline based in
Yellowknife,
Northwest Territories,
Canada. It is owned and operated by the Arychuk family and also operates medivac services. The name Tindi means 'the big lake' or 'Great Slave Lake', in the local native
Dogrib language.
Air Tindi was established and began operations on
1 November 1988 with four float/ski aircraft. In
1990 it purchased its first
Twin Otter with the help of the Rae-Edzo Development Corporation, allowing the airline to expand and provide more services to the growing mining exploration industry. In
1991 Air Tindi merged with
Latham Island Airways and acquired a further four aircraft in the process. By mid
1992 Air Tindi was operating four Twin Otters on floats. In
1993 their first large aircraft, a
DHC 4 Caribou for re-supply work with the mining industry, was purchased. A DHC
Dash 7 was acquired in
1996.
Air Tindi operates services (subject to traffic demand) to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at January
2005):
Fort Simpson,
Lutselk'e,
Rae Lakes,
Snare Lake,
Wha Ti and
Yellowknife.
Charter, cargo and medivac services are also operated.
The Air Tindi fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of July 2006):
*5
De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
*1
De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 200
*2
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan*1
Cessna 208 Caravan*3 Bombardier
Dash 7*4 Raytheon
Beech King Air 200
*1 Raytheon
Beech 99*2
Cessna 185s
*1
Cessna Citation II*1
De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter*
Air Tindi
