Air Tindi is a charter and scheduled airline based at Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories of 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.

Code Data

• IATA Code: 8T
• Callsign: Air Tindi

History

Air Tindi began operations on 1 November 1988 with four float/ski aircraft. Twin Otters were added to the fleet and 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.

Services

Air Tindi operates scheduled services ( subject to traffic demand) as follows (at February 2005):

• Yellowknife to Fort Simpson, Lutsel K’e, Rae Lakes, Snare Lake and Wha Ti

Charter, cargo and medivac services are also operated.

Fleet

The Air Tindi fleet has 22 aircraft of 9 different types including:

• 4 DHC 6-300 Twin Otter
• 2 Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
• DHC Husky
• DHC Dash 7
• Beechcraft Super King Air
• Piper Navajo
• DHC Beaver
• King Air C-90
• DHC 4 Caribou

External Links

• Air Tindi