FlyGTA Airlines
Canadian air operator
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FLYGTA Inc., operating as FLYGTA Airlines, established in 2014, is a Canadian air operator serving southern Ontario and Quebec. FLYGTA is a jet charter company with official bases in Toronto, Niagara, Oshawa, Muskoka, and Montreal, and provides air tourism services in Toronto and Niagara Falls, air charter, cargo, and scheduled flights.
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| Commenced operations | November 6, 2016 | ||||||
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| AOC # | Canada: 18765[2] United States: 6LYF537F[3] | ||||||
| Operating bases | Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 6[4] | ||||||
| Destinations | 9 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||
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| Website | flygta | ||||||
As of November 6, 2017[update], the airline served over eight destinations with scheduled flights from Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport to/from destinations such as Barrie/Simcoe, St. Catharines/Niagara, Kitchener/Waterloo, Wiarton/Bruce Peninsula and Muskoka. The flight between Toronto-Billy Bishop and St. Catharines/Niagara is the shortest link between the two cities (land transportation methods must travel many kilometres around Lake Ontario) and is advertised as the shortest commercial flight in North America at 10 minutes according to the company[5] and 15 minutes according to Global News.[6]
The airline offers charters internationally mainly from Southern Ontario.[7]
Scheduled destinations
Before 2020, FlyGTA operated at following airports:
- Barrie (Lake Simcoe Regional Airport) service offered in 2017[8][9]
- Bracebridge (Muskoka Airport) service offered in 2019[10]
- Kitchener/Waterloo (Region of Waterloo International Airport) service offered in 2017[11][12]
- St. Catharines/Niagara Falls (St. Catharines/Niagara District Airport) service offered in 2016[13][14]
- Toronto (Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport) (Hub)
- Wiarton/Bruce Peninsula (Wiarton Airport) service offered in 2019[15]
Fleet
As of August 2019, FlyGTA Airlines had the following light aircraft registered with Transport Canada:[4]
| Aircraft | No. of aircraft | Variants | Notes |
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| Bombardier Challenger | 1 | CL600 | Registered 2023-12-30, not on FLYGTA site |
| Cessna 207 | 1 | Cessna 207A | A seven seat 207A, not on FLYGTA site |
| Cessna Citation II | 1 | Citation Bravo | A stretched version of the Cessna Citation I, seats up to seven[16] |
| Beechcraft King Air B100 | 1 | BE10 | Can seat eight[16] |
| Piper PA-31 Navajo | 1 | PA-31-350 Chieftain | Stretched version of the Navajo, up to eight passengers[16] |
| Embraer Phenom 300 | 1 | EMB505 | FlyGTA site |
The Transport Canada list also includes a Piper PA-34-200T Seneca II[17] and a Piper PA-28 Cherokee[18] both with cancelled certificates. However, the Piper PA-28 Cherokee is listed at the FLYGTA site as a PA-28-161 Warrior II and still in operation.[16]
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