Rise Air
A Beechcraft 1900 at Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International, with the airline's old name and logo | |||||||
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| Founded | 2021 | ||||||
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| AOC # | 12508 | ||||||
| Hubs | Prince Albert (Glass Field) Airport Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport | ||||||
| Secondary hubs | Stony Rapids Airport Fond-du-Lac Airport Wollaston Lake Airport (charter base) | ||||||
| Focus cities | Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 33 | ||||||
| Destinations | 8 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | ||||||
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| Employees | 300 | ||||||
| Website | riseair | ||||||
Rise Air is a scheduled and charter airline primarily serving the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Its headquarters and main base are in Saskatoon.
Rise Air, a First Nations owned airline, was formed in 2021 by the merger of Transwest Airlines and West Wind Aviation. Transwest Airlines, was formed by the merger La Ronge Aviation, and Athabaska Airways. The company offered not only scheduled passenger services, but fishing charters, surveying work, forest fire fighting, and medevac operations.
Rise Air's equipment includes Twin Otters, King Air 200s, Beaver, ATR 42-320/500s, Beech 1900s and Saab 340 regional turboprop airliners. The company also operates La Ronge Water Aerodrome, Stony Rapids Water Aerodrome, and Southend/Hans Ulricksen Field Aerodrome. Rise Air as of late has been significantly scaling back summer float operations, and has been threatening to ‘park’ their Saab 340A model for many years. The company has stated plans to become an authorized and licensed ATR service and manufacturing centre. Rise Air also has maintenance bases in Saskatoon, Prince Albert, La Ronge, and Stony Rapids. Transwest Air was bought by West Wind Aviation on June 30, 2016.
In January 2021, it was announced that West Wind Aviation would be merged with Transwest Air, and would be renamed Rise Air.