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Discovery Air is a Tier One sponsor of the Discovery Air Hawk One Project – Celebrating 100 years of powered flight in Canada! To learn more, please visit www.hawkone.ca.
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Headquartered in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Great Slave Helicopters and its group of companies is one of the largest helicopter operators in Canada.
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Discovery Mining Services is a mining service and expediting company serving the needs of companies operating throughout Canada.
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Air Tindi operates a diversified fleet of fixed-wing aircraft and offers air ambulance, tourism, cargo transport, charter flying and scheduled service across Canada’s north.
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Discovery Air Defence Services is the prime supplier of Airborne Training services to the Canadian Army, Navy and Air Force.
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Discovery Air Inc.’s Class A common voting shares and unsecured debentures trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbols DA.A and DA.DB.A, respectively).
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Discovery Air Technical Services (DATS) is a Transport Canada Approved Maintenance Organization (AMO 23-10) with a wide range of capabilities. We are authorized to perform maintenance and modifications on all U.S. registered aircraft as listed in the U.S./Canada bilateral agreement (Ref. CFR 43.17) and under EASA 145 (European Aviation Safety Agency).
Technical Solutions
DASH-8
DATS performs heavy maintenance, major repairs and modifications on Dash 8 aircrafts and has the required tools & GSE to support all the heavy maintenance activities.
Our experienced and fully trained personnel have performed just about every job possible on this aircraft, from the simple component replacement to the repair and replacement of a complete belly skins, ladder plates, closing angles, seat rails, etc.
Our in-depth knowledge of this aircraft allows us to perform thorough inspections and cost effective repairs, within short downtimes. These high quality maintenance practices increases the aircraft reliability between heavy maintenance events.
For more information, please visit Discovery Air Technical Services.
EMBRAER Regional Jets (ERJ)
DATS performs heavy maintenance, major repairs and modifications on ERJ 135/145 aircrafts and has the required tools & GSE to support all the heavy maintenance activities.
Our experienced and fully trained personnel have performed just about every job possible on this aircraft, from the simple component replacement to the repair and replacement of major aircraft structure.
Our in-depth knowledge of this aircraft allows us to perform thorough inspections and cost effective repairs, within short downtimes. These high quality maintenance practices increases the aircraft reliability between heavy maintenance events.
For more information, please visit Discovery Air Technical Services.
SAAB 340
DATS performs heavy maintenance, major repairs and modifications on SAAB 340A & 340B aircrafts and has the required tools & GSE to support all the heavy maintenance activities.
Our experienced and fully trained personnel have performed just about every job possible on this aircraft, from the simple component replacement to the repair and replacement of a wing section.
Our in-depth knowledge of this aircraft allows us to perform thorough inspections and cost effective repairs, within short downtimes. These high quality maintenance practices increases the aircraft reliability between heavy maintenance events.
For more information, please visit Discovery Air Technical Services.
Boeing 737
DATS performs line maintenance on the Boeing 737 aircraft. Our technicians have a long history of providing quick turns around the clock and our facility can accommodate an aircraft of that size should repairs be necessary.
For more information, please visit Discovery Air Technical Services.
Bell Helicopter Component Repair and Overhaul
Our state-of-the-art component facility is a Transport Canada approved overhaul facility. Located at the Springbank Maintenance Facility west of Calgary, we specialize in component overhaul for Bell Helicopters.
Aircraft Modification, Conversion and Upgrades
Fully integrated design, analysis, testing and full certification services for aircraft modifications, conversions and upgrades.
Discovery Air has a proven track record in the design, certification and flight test fields as well as with the incorporation of aircraft modification. Expertise includes: Program Management, Structures, Military and Civil Avionics, Rotary Wing, Mission Systems, Ejection Systems as well as many additional areas.
Aircraft and Fleet Management
DA offers corporate and private aircraft and fleet management services and support for a wide range of aircraft that is tailored to your needs.
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.
Special Mission Aircraft Applications
Fully integrated design, analysis, testing and full certification services for your Special Mission needs. Discovery Air specializes in vision and communication systems, avionics, cargo conversion, cockpit and interior upgrades for surveillance, patrol, protection, law enforcement and much more.
Importation
Discovery Air offers a full range of Transport Canada Minister's Delegate - Maintenance Importation/Exportation services. Our Delegate holds full TC delegation for every type of certified Aircraft and Rotorcraft in both the standard and restricted categories.
Certification
Discovery Air’s vast industry experience of aircraft acquisition and certification allows us to cover all the activities related to adding any aircraft type to your operations. Our service offerings range from simple aircraft purchase and certification to facilitation of complex projects such as the addition to or issuance of Canadian Type Certificates.
Aircraft Parts
Our logistics teams purchase from and supply parts to companies all over the world.
Return to Spare (RTS) Projects
Discovery Air acquires aircrafts for tear down in support of our aircraft parts and logistic services. We hold a vast variety of hard to find parts and components that are well priced and certified.
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Both Great Slave Helicopters and Air Tindi are co-sponsors of the Government of the Northwest Territories Aviation Bursary Program that provides eight $5,000 scholarships to young Northerners looking to pursue a career in aviation within the NWT industry each year.
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.
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Discovery Air Fire Services operates with four divisions
Discovery Air Fire Services has been active in the aviation industry for over 60 years and is organized into four operating divisions; Fire, Charter, Imagery and Training.
Read MoreDiscovery Air International was established to expand Discovery Air’s range of specialty aviation services domestically and internationally and will focus initially on executive charter, medevac and repatriation services out of Western Canada with its primary base and main operations based out of Calgary, Alberta.
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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 twelve partnerships operating in this profitable model around the NWT and Nunavut. On top of that, Air Tindi has an additional four Aboriginal partnerships and Discovery Mining Services has two.
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.
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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.
Discovery Aviation Academy is a flight school based in Sudbury, Ontario that offers many different types of pilot flight training to meet the needs of all aspiring aviators.
