Air North Charter and Training Ltd., operating as Air North, Yukon's Airline is a Canadian airline based in Whitehorse, Yukon. It operates scheduled passenger, charter, cargo and ground handling services throughout the Yukon, with flights to the Northwest Territories, Alaska, British Columbia, and Alberta. Its main base is Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport. The airline was established and started operations in 1977 with a single Cessna 206. Later came Douglas DC-3s, a Douglas DC-4, and a variety of Cessnas, de Havillands, Beechcrafts and other aircraft. From 1996 the fleet of... piston-powered aircraft were replaced with more modern turboprop aircraft, and by 2000 the fleet consisted of one Beechcraft Model 99 and three Hawker Siddeley 748 Series 2As. A pair of Boeing 737-200 jets were acquired in 2002, the Beech 99 was sold in 2005, and a fourth Hawker Siddeley 748 was acquired in 2006. In summer 2008, to add capacity and versatility to the fleet, a Boeing 737-200 combi was acquired, with its large main deck cargo door and moveable bulkhead allowing all-cargo as well as mixed cargo/passenger operations with the 737, similar to what was already being done with the HS748s.
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