North Star Air


North Star Air is a Canadian charter, passenger and cargo airline headquartered in Thunder Bay, Ontario, with secondary passenger hub in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, and cargo hubs located in Pickle Lake, Red Lake, Kapuskasing, Ontario and Thompson, Manitoba. The majority of destinations served are remote First Nations communities, with regular service to 18 airports under "Flex Flight Passenger Service", and other regional destination under an on-demand basis. Founded in 1997 as a float plane operator with two DHC-2 Beaver aircraft based in Pickle Lake, the airline has grown over the years and came under new ownership in 2012. In 2015 Cargo North and North Star Air merged under the North Star banner.
On April 28, 2017, it was announced that North Star Air was to be purchased by The North West Company for a sum of $31 million.

Destinations

;Flex Flight Passenger Services
As of 2019 North Star Air flies to the following destinations:
As of September 2019 North Star Air had the following 14 aircraft registered with Transport Canada.
AircraftNumberVariantsNotes
ATR 722ATR 72-212A
Douglas DC-34Basler BT-6719 passenger-combi / freight - based in Pickle Lake Airport
Pilatus PC-128PC-12/45, PC-12/47, PC-12/47E9 passenger / freight - based in Thunder Bay International Airport

The Transport Canada list also includes a Pilatus PC-12 with a cancelled certificate.

Accidents and incidents