Air Satellite
{{Short description|Airline based in Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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|ICAO = ASJ
|callsign = SATELLITE
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|founded = 1968
|ceased = 2007
|headquarters = Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada
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|hubs = Baie-Comeau Airport
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Air Satellite was an airline based in Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada. It operated scheduled, charter passenger and cargo services, as well as supplying aviation fuel, ground services and aircraft maintenance and repair. Its main base was Baie-Comeau Airport,{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 66 | date= 2007-03-27}} with hubs at Rimouski Airport, Sept-Îles Airport, Havre Saint-Pierre Airport and Quebec Airport.{{Citation needed|date=April 2007}}
History
The airline was established in 1968 and started operations in May 1968. It was founded by Jean Fournier and Real Poulin as a flying school. The acquisition of other related companies led to the launch into passenger and cargo transport services.
Air Satellite sustained a fatal accident on December 7, 1998, when its aircraft, a Britten-Norman BN2A Islander, fell into the St. Lawrence River one mile from the Baie-Comeau Airport, killing 7 and injuring 3 more.[https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/justice/14025/le-crash-du-7-decembre-1998-face-a-baie-comeau-le-pilote-manquait-d-experience "Le crash du 7 décembre 1998 face à Baie-Comeau - Le pilote manquait d'expérience"], Le Devoir, November 23, 2002 (in French). The crash was one cause for the airline's diminished success, which eventually led to its sale in 2007 to Exact Air.[http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/est-quebec/2007/08/01/004-air-satellite.asp "Air Satellite passe aux mains d'Exact Air"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509055825/http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/est-quebec/2007/08/01/004-air-satellite.asp |date=2016-05-09 }}, Radio-Canada, August 1, 2007 (in French).
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See also
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.air-satellite.com Air Satellite]
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