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City Express

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{{Infobox airline

| airline = City Express
Cité Express

| logo = File:City_Express_-_Cité_Express_Logo_1985.svg

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| image_size = 200

| IATA = OU

| ICAO = OUL

| callsign = CITY EXPRESS

| founded = {{start date|1971|12|29}}

| commenced = {{Start date|1984|5|}}

| ceased = {{End date|1991|2|}}

| aoc =

| hubs = Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport

| focus_cities =

| frequent_flyer =

| fleet_size =

| destinations = 10

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| parent =

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| headquarters = Toronto, Ontario (1984-1991)

| key_people = Victor Pappalardo ,
Founder and President|

}}

File:City Express Saunders ST-27 at Montreal YUL.jpg

City Express ({{langx|fr|Cité Express}}), also known as Air Atonabee Ltd., was an airline based in Ontario, Canada, from 1971 to 1991, which operated passenger services in eastern Canada and the northeastern United States.

History

City Express was founded by Joseph Csumrik in 1971 as Otonabee Airways based at Peterborough Airport in Peterborough, Ontario. It began scheduled service in 1975. In 1980 the company was renamed to Air Atonabee Ltd.{{cite book |last=Stevenson |first=Garth |title=The Politics of Canada's Airlines |publisher=Toronto University Press |location=Toronto |year=1987 |isbn=0-8020-6637-2 |pages=94}}{{cite web|url=http://www.airlinehistory.co.uk/Americas/Canada/OldAirlines.asp |title=Airlines - Canada |author=David Lyall |publisher=airlinehistory.co.uk |accessdate=2008-02-05 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105171549/http://www.airlinehistory.co.uk/Americas/Canada/OldAirlines.asp |archivedate=2008-01-05 |url-status=dead }}

In 1984, Air Atonabee was acquired by Victor Pappalardo and reorganized into City Express. The airline relocated its base to Toronto Island Airport (now Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport) (YTZ) where it began STOL service.

City Express ceased operations in February 1991.{{cite web |url=http://www.cta-otc.gc.ca/rulings-decisions/orders/1991/A/1991-A-308_e.html |title=1991-A-308 -- Suspension - Air Atonabee Limited cob City Express - Cité Express |publisher=Canadian Transportation Agency |date=June 7, 1991 |accessdate=2008-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030825090748/http://www.cta-otc.gc.ca/rulings-decisions/orders/1991/A/1991-A-308_e.html |archive-date=August 25, 2003 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.torontoport.com/airport_history.asp?id=164 |title=Toronto City Centre Airport: A History |publisher=Toronto Port Authority |accessdate=2008-02-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715203757/http://www.torontoport.com/airport_history.asp?id=164 |archivedate=2009-07-15 }}

Destinations

Destinations included:

Fleet

See also

References

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  • {{cite web |url=http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/CNT/3-3-O.htm |title=CONTRACTIONS FAAO 7340.1 |publisher=Federal Aviation Administration |accessdate=2008-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219074828/http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/CNT/3-3-O.htm |archive-date=2010-12-19 |url-status=dead }}
  • {{cite web |url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19910006688_1991006688.pdf |title=Potential Use for Tailrotor Aircraft in Canadian Aviation |author=Denyse Gazdag |author2=Larry Alton |publisher=NASA |year=1991 |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-02-05 }}
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.cta-otc.gc.ca/rulings-decisions/orders/1990/A/1990-A-131_e.html |title=1990-A-131 -- Approval of a code-sharing program with Continental Airlines Inc. dba Continental Airlines - Air Atonabee Limited cob City Express |publisher=Canadian Transportation Agency |date=April 18, 1990 |accessdate=2008-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050514191106/http://www.cta-otc.gc.ca/rulings-decisions/orders/1990/A/1990-A-131_e.html |archive-date=May 14, 2005 |url-status=dead }}
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.cta-otc.gc.ca/rulings-decisions/orders/1992/A/1992-A-396_e.html |title=1992-A-396 -- Cancellation - Air Atonabee Limited cob City Express - Cité Express |publisher=Canadian Transport Agency |date=November 12, 1992 |accessdate=2008-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030628204838/http://www.cta-otc.gc.ca/rulings-decisions/orders/1992/A/1992-A-396_e.html |archive-date=June 28, 2003 |url-status=dead}}

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