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Provincial Airlines (PAL) is a regional airline with headquarters at St. John's International Airport in St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.〔"(Contact Information )." Provincial Airlines. Retrieved on December 4, 2011. "Head Office: St. John's International Airport RCAF Road, Hangar #4 P.O. Box 29030 St. John's, NL Canada A1A 5B5" and "Halifax Office: Halifax International Airport 647 Barnes Road Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada B2T 1K3" - (French ): "Aéroport International de St. John’s Route RCAF,Hangar nº 4 Case postale 29030 St. John's,Terre-Neuve A1A 5B5 Canada" and "Aéroport International de Halifax 647 route Barnes Halifax, Nouvelle-Écosse B2T 1K3 Canada"〕 It operates scheduled passenger, cargo, air ambulance and charter services. PAL is the commercial arm of Provincial Aerospace Ltd. In addition to its head office, it also has offices in Halifax, Nova Scotia (Halifax Stanfield International Airport) and Goose Bay, Labrador, (CFB Goose Bay). PAL is the largest regional airline operator in Eastern Canada. == History == The airline was established in August 1974 as a flight training and charter operator. Scheduled airline operations began in 1980. In the 1980s, the company also developed its airborne maritime surveillance division, which operated until 1989 as Atlantic Airways. In 1988, it acquired Eastern Flying Service (established in 1956 and operating an extensive air courier network). In 1995, it created an Interprovincial Airlines division to operate scheduled airline operations and entered into a commercial agreement with Air Nova.〔Flight International 12–18 April 2005〕 It is a partner, with the Innu Development Limited partnership, in Innu Mikun Airlines, which serves the Labrador coast.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Innu Mikun Airlines ) 〕 Traditionally, PAL operated light aircraft such as Piper Navajo's and the Britten-Norman Islander around Atlantic Canada. Eventually, the airline began operating DHC-6 Twin Otters and Fairchild Metroliners and, at one point, had a Convair 580 in its fleet. In 2001, PAL took the delivery of its first Saab 340 aircraft. This was the first time that Provincial Airlines had entered into 705 Airline Operations which meant that the first class of Flight Attendants were trained at this time. The airline added to its 705 Fleet three years later when the company was awarded the VALE Inc. contract for the Voisey's Bay Mine in Labrador. This contract required the use of De-Havilland Dash 8's which began to arrive in 2004. PAL eventually added more Dash 8's as part of the airline's scheduled air service. On 12 March 2009, one of Provincial Aerospace's Maritime Patrol Aircraft was first on the scene of Cougar Helicopters Flight 91's ditching, flying "top cover" until other help could arrive, leading to the rescue of the sole survivor. Between 2011 and 2012, the company was divided into two companies. Remaining under the same ownership, two separate companies (divisions) were formed: Provincial Aerospace and Provincial Airlines. Provincial Aerospace has always been the parent company and, up until recently, consisted of the Maritime Surveillance divisions in Canada, Curaçao and the United Arab Emirates. During the split, both of PAL's Cessna Citation jets, and the Charter and Medevac King Airs in Halifax were moved over to the Aerospace division. Anything considered a specialty service (mainly 702 and 703 operations) became Aerospace. Provincial Airlines was then left with its fleet of 704 and 705 aircraft which now consists of Twin Otters, a Metroliner, and Dash-8's at 4 bases in St. John's, Halifax, Goose Bay and Montreal. PAL undertook an internal shift of staff and management. On February 19, 2014 it was announced that Provincial Airlines was awarded a 4-year contract to be the air service provider for NALCOR on the Lower Churchill Project. In November 2014, the company was purchased by Exchange Income Corporation, a TSX-listed stock that owns regional airlines and several manufacturing companies, for a combination of cash and stock worth about $246 million.〔(cbc.ca: "New owners of Provincial Aerospace on the upswing" ), 16 Nov 2014〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Provincial Airlines」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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