Alma Air Services
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| Founded | 1959 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2002 | ||||||
| Hubs | Alma | ||||||
| Subsidiaries | Air Quebec Metro | ||||||
| Fleet size | Various | ||||||
| Destinations | 5 known | ||||||
| Headquarters | Head Office: 693 SacreCoeur Est, CP 577, Alma,
Quebec, Canada G8B 5W1.
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| Key people | Roland Simard | ||||||
| Website | https://web.archive.org/web/19991115070735/http://www.airalma.com/ | ||||||
Alma Air Services was a Canadian-based airline that existed from 1959 to 2002. In 1980, Alma Air Services was renamed to Air Alma. Air Alma was based out of Alma, Quebec.[1] Air Alma operated aircraft like the EMB 110. As a smaller airline it is less documented but was a Canadian Airlines partner. It was the official carrier of the 35th edition of the Quebec summer games. One contributing factor to Air Alma's demise was Air Creebec as Alma struggled to keep Air Creebec out of Alma.
History
Air Alma was founded in 1959 as Metrolitan Air Services and was renamed to Alma Air services in 1960. In 1980 Alma Air Services was renamed to Air Alma[1].
In the early 1980s the company had 52 employees and Roland Simard as it's president, with a fleet consisting of two Cessna 404s[2]. In 1989 it was reported that following an interline agreement being signed by Air Alma and Air Canada the carrier operated Ottawa-Toronto route which first flew on March 1[3].
In 1990 a brief subsidiary called Air Quebec Metro was formed which ceased operations the same year. In 1994 Air Alma denied the disciplinary action but later suspended that same pilot[4]. In 1995 the 35th addition of the Quebec Summer games were held in Alma which made Air Alma the official carrier for the Quebec Summer games.
In 2002 Air Alma had a dispute with Air Creebec over landing slots in Alma, this was because the Montreal-Alma route was the core of Air Alma's business and the mayor of Alma refused to let Air Creebec gain slots at Alma.[5] The Alma mayor also boycotted Air Canada since Air Creebec was an Air Canada affiliate[5]. In the end Air Alma ceased to exist in 2002.
Fleet
Destinations
Air Alma operated services to
See also
List of Defunct airlines of Canada
References
- ^ a b "Air Alma history from Canada, Americas".
- ^ "1981 | 3488 | Flight Archive". www.flightglobal.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
- ^ a b c Télécharger le PDF - Publicité.
- ^ 31761117665794. Robarts - University of Toronto.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b c Nation [Cree] 7.12 (2000 May 5).
- ^ "AVIATION OCCURRENCE REPORT LOSS OF POWER AIR ALMA INC. BELL 206L-1 LONGRANGER (HELICOPTER) C-GLBA FONTANGE, QUEBEC 1 mi W 04 JULY 1995 REPORT NUMBER A95Q0118" (PDF). Transport Canada.
- ^ a b "Air Alma images".
- ^ Air-Britain. "Aviation photographs of Operator: Air Alma Ltd. :". abpic.co.uk. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
- ^ Télécharger le PDF - Publicité.
- ^ a b "YUL89intro". www.departedflights.com. Retrieved 2026-01-27.