List of airlines of Alberta

This is a list of airlines of Alberta which have an air operator's certificate issued by Transport Canada, the country's civil aviation authority. These are airlines that are based in Alberta.

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Hub airport(s) or headquarters	Notes
Air Spray		ASB		Red Deer	Aerial firefighting
AirSprint		ASP	AIRSPRINT	Calgary	Fractional ownership of aircraft^[1]
Lynx Air (Defunct Feb. 26/24)	EG	ENJ	Lynx Air	Calgary	Charter airline^[2]
Kenn Borek Air	4K	KBA	BOREK AIR	Calgary	Charters, aircraft leasing^[3]
LR Helicopters				Calgary/Springbank	Charters, flight training^[4]
McMurray Aviation				Fort McMurray	Charters, flight training^[5]
Morningstar Air Express		MAL	MORNINGSTAR	Edmonton	Cargo airline that operates a FedEx Canada contract.^[6] Example colours only; aircraft now registered to WestJet.^[7]
Nor-Alta Aviation	LT		CANWEST	Fort Vermilion, High Level	Charters and MEDIVAC (air ambulance)^[8]
Northern Air				Peace River	Charters, scheduled flights and air ambulance^[9]
R1 Airlines		TSH	TRANSCANADA	Calgary	Charter airline, aircraft leasing^[10]
Sunwest Aviation		CNK	CHINOOK	Calgary	Charters, MEDIVAC (air ambulance)^[11]
WestJet	WS	WJA	WESTJET	Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto Pearson	Low-cost carrier, scheduled passenger service. Canada's second largest airline after Air Canada.^[12]
WestJet Encore		WEN	ENCORE	Calgary

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Hub airport(s) or headquarters	Notes
Air Mikisew	V8		AURORA	Fort McMurray	1961 (as Contact Air) - 2011 Grounded in 2010 and permanently closed by 2011
Alberta Citylink		ABK	ALBERTA CITYLINK	Medicine Hat	1996 - 2004 Owned by Bar XH Air
Alta Flights		ALZ		Edmonton International	1986 - 2014 To Sunwest Aviation
Bar XH Air		BXH	PALLISER	Medicine Hat	1974 - 2010 To Integra Air ^[13]
Canada West Airlines				Edmonton International	2002 - 2004
Canadian Airlines	CP	CDN	CANADIAN	Calgary	1987 - 2001 To Air Canada
Canadian Regional Airlines	KI	CDR	CANADIAN REGIONAL	Calgary	1993 - 2000 To Air Canada Jazz
Corporate Express		CPB	PENTA	Calgary	1975 - 2009
Eldorado Radium Silver Express				Edmonton/Blatchford Field, Port Radium	1935 - 1970s? To Eldorado Aviation
Globemaster Air Cargo				Edmonton/St. Albert	2003 - 2004
Holidair		STP		Edmonton	1998 - 1999
Integra Air		BXH	PALLISER	Lethbridge	1998 - 2018 Former provider of scheduled passenger service, charters^[14]
Knighthawk Air Express	4I	KNX	KNIGHT FLIGHT	Calgary	1993 - 2005
MacKenzie Air Services				Edmonton/Blatchford Field	1932 - 1942 to Canadian Pacific Airlines
Peace Air				Peace River
QuikAir	Q9			Calgary	2001 - 2006
Skyxpress Airline		KLO	KLONDIKE	Calgary	2001 - 2008
Southern Frontier Airlines				Calgary	1978 - 1978 To Time Air
Swanberg Air				Grande Prairie	2000 - 2011 Ceased due to death of founder Sylvan Swanberg
Time Air	KI	TAF	TIME AIR	Lethbridge	1966 - 1993 To Canadian Regional Airlines
Wardair	WD	WDA	WARDAIR	Edmonton International	1952 - 1990 Started as Polaris Charter Company at Yellowknife in 1946, acquired by Canadian Airlines)
Zip	3J	WZP	ZIPPER	Calgary	2002 - 2004 Operations return to regular Air Canada routes

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Provinces	Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan
Territories	Northwest Territories Nunavut Yukon

List of airlines of Alberta

Defunct airlines

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