City Express

City Express
*Cité Express*
Destinations	10
Parent company	Air Atonabee Ltd GRRS Courier, SRRM Courier India. French Post, London Post, RRS Courier Pakistan, City Express America
Headquarters	New York (1960-1984) Toronto, Ontario (1984-1991)
Key people	Joseph Csumrik, Founder and President

City Express (French: 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, the northeastern United States and Mexico.

Fleet

Embraer EMB-110 (4 in Service)
Bombardier Aerospace/de Havilland Canada: DHC-8 (4 in service), DHC-7 (3)
Saunders ST-27 (they once had 9)

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.^[1]^[2]

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. Destinations included:

City Express ceased operations in February 1991.^[1]^[3]^[4]

References

1 2 Stevenson, Garth (1987). The Politics of Canada's Airlines. Toronto: Toronto University Press. p. 94. ISBN 0-8020-6637-2.
↑ David Lyall. "Arlines - Canada". airlinehistory.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2008-01-05. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
↑ "1991-A-308 -- Suspension - Air Atonabee Limited cob City Express - Cité Express". Canadian Transportation Agency. June 7, 1991. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
↑ "Toronto City Centre Airport: A History". Toronto Port Authority. Retrieved 2008-02-05.

"CONTRACTIONS FAAO 7340.1". Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
Denyse Gazdag; Larry Alton (1991). "Potential Use for Tailrotor Aircraft in Canadian Aviation" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
"1990-A-131 -- Approval of a code-sharing program with Continental Airlines Inc. dba Continental Airlines - Air Atonabee Limited cob City Express". Canadian Transportation Agency. April 18, 1990. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
"1992-A-396 -- Cancellation - Air Atonabee Limited cob City Express - Cité Express". Canadian Transport Agency. November 12, 1992. Retrieved 2008-02-05.

External links

Air Atonabee at Planespotters.net

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See also: List of airlines of Canada

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