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This is a list of airlines of Alberta which have an air operator's certificate issued by Transport Canada, the country's civil aviation authority. These are airlines that are based in Alberta.

Current airlines

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Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Hub airport(s) or
headquarters 		Notes
Air Spray ASB Red Deer Aerial firefighting
AirSprint ASP AIRSPRINT Calgary Fractional ownership of aircraft[1]
Lynx Air EG ENJ Lynx Air Calgary Charter airline[2]
Kenn Borek Air 4K KBA BOREK AIR Calgary Charters, aircraft leasing[3]
LR Helicopters Calgary/Springbank Charters, flight training[4]
McMurray Aviation Fort McMurray Charters, flight training[5]
Morningstar Air Express MAL MORNINGSTAR Edmonton Cargo airline that operates a FedEx Canada contract.[6] Example colours only; aircraft now registered to WestJet.[7]
Nor-Alta Aviation LT CANWEST Fort Vermilion,
High Level 		Charters and MEDIVAC (air ambulance)[8]
Northern Air Peace River Charters, scheduled flights and air ambulance[9]
R1 Airlines TSH TRANSCANADA Calgary Charter airline, aircraft leasing[10]
Sunwest Aviation CNK CHINOOK Calgary Charters, MEDIVAC (air ambulance)[11]
WestJet WS WJA WESTJET Calgary,
Vancouver,
Toronto Pearson 		Low-cost carrier, scheduled passenger service. Canada's second largest airline after Air Canada.[12]
WestJet Encore WEN ENCORE Calgary

Defunct airlines

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Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Hub airport(s) or
headquarters 		Notes
Air Mikisew V8 AURORA Fort McMurray 1961 (as Contact Air) - 2011
Grounded in 2010 and permanently closed by 2011
Alberta Citylink ABK ALBERTA CITYLINK Medicine Hat 1996 - 2004
Owned by Bar XH Air
Alta Flights ALZ Edmonton International 1986 - 2014
To Sunwest Aviation
Bar XH Air BXH PALLISER Medicine Hat 1974 - 2010
To Integra Air [13]
Canada West Airlines Edmonton International 2002 - 2004
Canadian Airlines CP CDN CANADIAN Calgary 1987 - 2001
To Air Canada
Canadian Regional Airlines KI CDR CANADIAN REGIONAL Calgary 1993 - 2000
To Air Canada Jazz
Corporate Express CPB PENTA Calgary 1975 - 2009
Eldorado Radium Silver Express Edmonton/Blatchford Field,
Port Radium 		1935 - 1970s?
To Eldorado Aviation
Globemaster Air Cargo Edmonton/St. Albert 2003 - 2004
Holidair STP Edmonton 1998 - 1999
Integra Air BXH PALLISER Lethbridge 1998 - 2018
Former provider of scheduled passenger service, charters[14]
Knighthawk Air Express 4I KNX KNIGHT FLIGHT Calgary 1993 - 2005
MacKenzie Air Services Edmonton/Blatchford Field 1932 - 1942
to Canadian Pacific Airlines
Peace Air Peace River
QuikAir Q9 Calgary 2001 - 2006
Skyxpress Airline KLO KLONDIKE Calgary 2001 - 2008
Southern Frontier Airlines Calgary 1978 - 1978
To Time Air
Swanberg Air Grande Prairie 2000 - 2011
Ceased due to death of founder Sylvan Swanberg
Time Air KI TAF TIME AIR Lethbridge 1966 - 1993
To Canadian Regional Airlines
Wardair WD WDA WARDAIR Edmonton International 1952 - 1990
Started as Polaris Charter Company at Yellowknife in 1946, acquired by Canadian Airlines)
Zip 3J WZP ZIPPER Calgary 2002 - 2004
Operations return to regular Air Canada routes

References

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  1. ^ AirSprint Archived 2015-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Enerjet". Archived from the original on 2010-03-29. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  3. ^ Kenn Borek Air
  4. ^ LR Helicopters
  5. ^ McMurray Aviation
  6. ^ Morningstar Air Express
  7. ^ Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: History Search Result
  8. ^ "Nor-Alta Aviation". Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  9. ^ Northern Air
  10. ^ Regional 1
  11. ^ Sunwest Aviation
  12. ^ WestJet, Air France, KLM work toward code-share
  13. ^ "Bar XH Air - Services". Archived from the original on 2005-03-11. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  14. ^ "Integra Air". Archived from the original on 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
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