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Canada’s Pivot Airlines eyes US charters
16.02.2021 – 19:06 UTC
Canadian start-up Pivot Airlines (GGN, Toronto Pearson) has set its sight on providing on-demand transborder charters to the United States using its single 50-seat CRJ100ER without seat restriction.
The airline has filed an application to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for a Foreign Air Carrier Permit and an exemption to engage in non-scheduled, small aircraft, on-demand charter transportation of passengers, property, and mail. This would be between any point/s in Canada and any destination/s in the US, as well as between any location/s in the territory of the US and point/s in a third country or countries. Except for cargo charters, these services would be a continuous operation, with or without a change of aircraft, that included services to Canada, to carry local traffic between Canada and the US, its application read.
Pivot Airlines intends to start operating the requested services as soon as the DOT permits them, using its CRJ-100ER, C-FWRR (msn 7107), leased from Avmax Aircraft Leasing.
The carrier has applied to the Canadian Transportation Agency and Transport Canada for…
Canada’s Pivot Airlines reveals regional plans
09.10.2020 – 18:35 UTC
Canadian charter start-up, Pivot Airlines (GGN, Toronto Pearson) is to launch scheduled domestic air services from Ontario’s Kitchener, the airline announced.
A start date has not been revealed, but routes would include Ottawa Int’l, Toronto Pearson, Windsor, and Montréal Trudeau in line with a partnership agreement aimed at developing regional markets serving Kitchener, also known as Region of Waterloo International Airport. “Service commences upon receipt of the necessary regulatory approvals and is contingent upon a loosening of COVID-19 travel-related restrictions. Flights will be operated with Canadian-made CRJ jets and De Havilland Dash 8 regional turboprops,” Chief Executive Officer Eric Edmondson said in a statement. The agreement also allowed Pivot to build maintenance, operations, and office facilities, he added. The ch-aviation fleets advanced module shows Pivot Airlines currently leases four CRJ100ERs from Avmax Aircraft Leasing.
Pivot Airlines has close links to now-defunct Air Georgian (ZX, Toronto Pearson), which owed more than CAD41.5 million Canadian dollars (USD31.3 million) to unsecured creditors when it went bankrupt in June…
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