Discovery Air News

2010-07-16
July 16, 2010 Discovery Air is thrilled to share the July edition of Flight Plan - the Newsletter of Discovery Air. Within this issue, you will learn about the exciting projects that Discovery Air and its operating companies have been working on, such as Maple Flag, which Top Aces partakes in annually and the opening of four Northlinx bases in Yellowknife. Flight Plan also informs the readers about a busy fire season and new hangar...
2010-06-21
June 21, 2010 Yellowknife, NWT - Discovery Air Inc. (DA) is pleased to announce the Aboriginal partnerships operated by its Northern subsidiaries Great Slave Helicopters, Air Tindi and Discovery Mining Services have reached a significant milestone in terms of the cumulative revenue earned by all First Nations, Inuit and Metis partners. Since Great Slave Helicopters’ first joint-venture in 1998 with the K’atlodeeche First Nation (KFN),...
2010-06-14
June 11, 2010 President and CEO’s Comments Discovery Air continues to benefit from its diverse line of services and our strategy going forward is to expand our diversity as a means to achieve our Overarching Objective. I am pleased that the Northern Services segment of our business showed significant improvement over last year’s comparable quarter, which offset a temporary shortfall in the Government Services segment as compared to la...
2010-06-21
June 8, 2010 Yellowknife, NWT – Discovery Air subsidiary Great Slave Helicopters (GSH) is pleased to announce that four of its independent Northlinx partners have opened bases in Yellowknife. GSH has helped to pioneer successful aboriginal joint-ventures for nearly two decades and this announcement is the latest evolution of that profitable model for Sahtu Helicopters, Denendeh Helicopters, Superior Helicopters and Hudson Bay Helicopters. T...
2010-05-28
May 26, 2010 Yellowknife, NWT – Discovery Air Inc. subsidiary Great Slave Helicopters (GSH) is pleased to announce it will donate all revenue from its efforts battling yesterday’s fire at the Coast Fraser Tower in Yellowknife to the Canadian Fallen Firefighters Fund. "We were just happy to be in a position to help out and minimize the damage related to this fire, which otherwise had the potential to become tragic very quickl...

Archive

  • [ppm:alt id=78]

    Discovery Mining Service annually sponsors an adult recreational soccer team in Yellowknife; whereas Air Tindi commits to two novice hockey teams – the Air Tindi Otters.

  • Hicks & Lawrence operates with two divisions

    [ppm:alt id=16]

    A division dedicated to Air Charter Services and a Fire Division. The Air Charter Services division is operated by Walsten Air, a company wholly owned by Hicks & Lawrence.

    Read More
  • [ppm:alt id=268]

    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 nine 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, Tlicho Helicopters and Akaitcho Helicopters.

    We are committed to providing our customers with specialty aviation solutions whenever and wherever they are required. Our pilots, maintainers, logisticians and administrators operate with precision and pride in some of the most challenging environments in the world.

  • Discovery Air is committed to recruiting and retaining the best talent in aviation industry. By joining Discovery Air you will have the opportunity to participate in a unique and dynamic environment focused on growth, entrepreneurship, innovation and teamwork.

    [ppm:alt id=16]

    Hicks & Lawrence Limited, (“H&L”), is a Northern Ontario based Air Operator which has been active in the Canadian Aviation industry for over 50 years.

  • If you would like to concentrate on flying aircraft while knowing you are in the safest hands around, our team of maintainers will take care of all aspects of managing your fleet.

    The Turbine Single Otter is one of the most versatile and dependable bush airplanes operating in the North today. This aircraft is easily converted from full-passenger to all-cargo configuration quickly, or a combination of both may be used.