- Discovery Air Head Office Grand Opening
- The Great Slave Helicopters Win Third Place
- Top Aces' ICATS Contract Extended to 2011
- At the Polar Bear's Level
- Top Aces Extension
- Diavik Diamond Mine
- Top Aces as Red Air in Maple Flag
- Baker Lake
- A New Role for the Beechcraft C-90
- 16 Alpha Jets now in Operation
- Biggest Building To Date
- On the Job at Doris Camp
- New Partnership Denesoline Corp.
- New Hangar in Sudbury
- Most Northern Job To Date
Welcome to Discovery Air
Discovery Air Incorporated ("DA"), founded and Incorporated in 2004, is a specialty aviation company that operates across Canada and in locations around the world. With 145 aircraft, Discovery Air is the second largest air operator in Canada. Discovery Air's 500 person team provides unique flying solutions to each of its customers, be they Government or business. Through its five operating companies, DA offers fixed-wing and rotary-wing services as well as logistics and remote operations management services. Services include vital Air Ambulance services, utility flying for mining exploration, forest fire detection and suppression, cargo and passenger services to remote areas of Canada and airborne training and special mission services to the Canadian Army, Navy and Air Force.
Did you know?
...that at the Grand Opening ceremonies for the new Head Office of Discovery Air in Yellowknife, NWT the Tlicho Drummers performed a prayer song.
...that The Directors College of McMaster University's DeGroote School of Business has an annual award for a graduate of The Directors College who demonstrates dedication to raising the bar for professional standards in corporate governance, both through their work in the Chartered Director program and in their experience as directors.
This award is named after Discovery Air's Chairman, Gil Bennett, and is called the "Gilbert Bennett Gold Standard Award"...that 3 Top Aces pilots, Shawn "Burner" Byrne, Jeff "Beck" Beckett and Steve "Bunt" Nierlich have over 3000 hrs of flying time in the F-18 Hornet. Bunt was the only one to get all of his hours on the CF-18, both Burner and Beck completed exchange tours with the US.
… where Air Tindi gets its name? Tindi means “big lake” in Dogrib and the Dogrib Tli Cho people have always been one of our loyal customers.
…that Discovery Air is the second largest air operator in Canada.
Fred Carmichael, an associate of Discovery Air, was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada in 2008 for his contributions and achievements as an Aboriginal leader, businessman and volunteer, as well as a committed and untiring advocate of autonomy for Native people. Great Slave Helicopters and Discovery Mining Services joint-venture partner William L. Lyall received the same honour in 2003 for championing Inuit business initiatives to create and expand economic development in northern communities.
At the Grand Opening ceremonies for the new Head Office of Discovery Air in Yellowknife, NWT the Tlicho Drummers performed a prayer song.
Northlinx
Northlinx Network
The Northlinx Network brings together many of the Great Slave Helicopters Aboriginal Joint-Venture Partnerships allowing all participants to benefit from pan-territorial mega-projects requiring helicopter services in the North. Presently there are eight partnerships operating in this profitable model around the NWT and Nunavut, including Denendeh Helicopters, Dehcho Regional Helicopters, Sahtu Helicopters, Kitikmeot Helicopters, Gwich’in Helicopters, Havgun Helicopters, Kivalliq Aviation and Akaitcho Helicopters.
