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City Express
*Cité Express*
Founded	December 29, 1971
Commenced operations	May 1984
Ceased operations	February 1991
Hubs	Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
Destinations	10
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario (1984-1991)
Key people	Victor Pappalardo ,; Founder and President

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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 and the northeastern United States.

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.

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

Destinations

Destinations included:

Fleet

References

^ ^a ^b Stevenson, Garth (1987). The Politics of Canada's Airlines. Toronto: Toronto University Press. p. 94. ISBN 0-8020-6637-2.
^ David Lyall. "Airlines - 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. Archived from the original on August 25, 2003. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
^ "Toronto City Centre Airport: A History". Toronto Port Authority. Archived from the original on 2009-07-15. Retrieved 2008-02-05.

"CONTRACTIONS FAAO 7340.1". Federal Aviation Administration. Archived from the original on 2010-12-19. 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. Archived from the original on May 14, 2005. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
"1992-A-396 -- Cancellation - Air Atonabee Limited cob City Express - Cité Express". Canadian Transport Agency. November 12, 1992. Archived from the original on June 28, 2003. Retrieved 2008-02-05.

External links

Air Atonabee at Planespotters.net

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[Stevenson-1] Stevenson, Garth (1987). The Politics of Canada's Airlines. Toronto: Toronto University Press. p. 94. ISBN 0-8020-6637-2.

[2] David Lyall. "Airlines - Canada". airlinehistory.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2008-01-05. Retrieved 2008-02-05.

[CTA-3] "1991-A-308 -- Suspension - Air Atonabee Limited cob City Express - Cité Express". Canadian Transportation Agency. June 7, 1991. Archived from the original on August 25, 2003. Retrieved 2008-02-05.

[TPA-4] "Toronto City Centre Airport: A History". Toronto Port Authority. Archived from the original on 2009-07-15. Retrieved 2008-02-05.

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 {{Infobox airline
-| airline        = City Express<br />''Cité Express''
+| airline = City Express<br />''Cité Express''
+| logo = File:City_Express_-_Cité_Express_Logo_1985.svg
-|
-| destinations   = 10
+| image =
+| image_size = 200
-| parent         = Air Atonabee Ltd GRRS Courier, SRRM Courier India. French Post, London Post, RRS Courier, City Express America
+| IATA = OU
-| company_slogan =
+| ICAO = OUL
-| headquarters   = [[New York City]] (1960-1984)<br>[[Toronto]], Ontario (1984-1991)
+| callsign = CITY EXPRESS
-| key_people     = Joseph Csumrik,<br /><small>[[Entrepreneur|Founder]] and President</small>
+| founded = {{start date|1971|12|29}}
+| commenced = {{Start date|1984|5|}}
+| ceased = {{End date|1991|2|}}
+| aoc =
+| hubs = [[Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport]]
+| focus_cities =
+| frequent_flyer =
+| fleet_size =
+| destinations = 10
+| company_slogan =
+| parent =
+| num_employees =
+| headquarters = [[Toronto]], Ontario (1984-1991)
+| key_people = Victor Pappalardo ,<br /><small>[[Entrepreneur|Founder]] and President</small>|
 }}
-'''City Express''' ({{lang-fr|'''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]].
+[[File:City Express Saunders ST-27 at Montreal YUL.jpg|thumb|City Express Saunders ST-27]]
-== Fleet ==
-* [[Embraer]] [[EMB-110]] (4 in Service)
+'''City Express''' ({{langx|fr|'''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 and the northeastern [[United States]].
-* [[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.<ref name=Stevenson>{{cite book |last=Stevenson |first=Garth |title=The Politics of Canada's Airlines |publisher=Toronto University Press |location=[[Toronto]] |year=1987 |isbn=0-8020-6637-2 |pages=94}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airlinehistory.co.uk/Americas/Canada/OldAirlines.asp |title=Airlines - Canada |author=David Lyall |publisher=airlinehistory.co.uk |accessdate=2008-02-05 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105171549/http://www.airlinehistory.co.uk/Americas/Canada/OldAirlines.asp |archivedate=2008-01-05 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref>
+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.<ref name=Stevenson>{{cite book |last=Stevenson |first=Garth |title=The Politics of Canada's Airlines |publisher=Toronto University Press |location=[[Toronto]] |year=1987 |isbn=0-8020-6637-2 |pages=94}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airlinehistory.co.uk/Americas/Canada/OldAirlines.asp |title=Airlines - Canada |author=David Lyall |publisher=airlinehistory.co.uk |accessdate=2008-02-05 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105171549/http://www.airlinehistory.co.uk/Americas/Canada/OldAirlines.asp |archivedate=2008-01-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
-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:
+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.
+City Express ceased operations in February 1991.<ref name=Stevenson /><ref name=CTA>{{cite web |url=http://www.cta-otc.gc.ca/rulings-decisions/orders/1991/A/1991-A-308_e.html |title=1991-A-308 -- Suspension - Air Atonabee Limited cob City Express - Cité Express |publisher=[[Canadian Transportation Agency]] |date=June 7, 1991 |accessdate=2008-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030825090748/http://www.cta-otc.gc.ca/rulings-decisions/orders/1991/A/1991-A-308_e.html |archive-date=August 25, 2003 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=TPA>{{cite web |url=http://www.torontoport.com/airport_history.asp?id=164 |title=Toronto City Centre Airport: A History |publisher=Toronto Port Authority |accessdate=2008-02-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715203757/http://www.torontoport.com/airport_history.asp?id=164 |archivedate=2009-07-15 }}</ref>
+==Destinations==
+Destinations included:
 * [[Montreal]] - [[Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport]] / [[Montreal-Mirabel International Airport]]
-* [[Ottawa]] - [[Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport]]
+* [[Ottawa]] - [[Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport]]
 * [[Quebec City]] - [[Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport]]
 * [[New York City|New York]]/[[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] - [[Newark Liberty International Airport]]
-* [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]]
+* [[Detroit]]
-* [[Cancun]] - [[Cancún International Airport]]
-* [[Mexico City]] - [[Mexico City International Airport]]
 * [[London, Ontario]] - [[London International Airport (Ontario)|London International Airport]]
+* [[Sept-Îles, Quebec]]
+* [[Wabush|Wabush/Labrador City, NL]]
+== Fleet ==
-City Express ceased operations in February 1991.<ref name=Stevenson /><ref name=CTA>{{cite web |url=http://www.cta-otc.gc.ca/rulings-decisions/orders/1991/A/1991-A-308_e.html |title=1991-A-308 -- Suspension - Air Atonabee Limited cob City Express - Cité Express |publisher=[[Canadian Transportation Agency]] |date=June 7, 1991 |accessdate=2008-02-05}}</ref><ref name=TPA>{{cite web|url=http://www.torontoport.com/airport_history.asp?id=164 |title=Toronto City Centre Airport: A History |publisher=Toronto Port Authority |accessdate=2008-02-05 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715203757/http://www.torontoport.com:80/airport_history.asp?id=164 |archivedate=2009-07-15 |df= }}</ref>
+* 4  [[De Havilland Canada Dash 8]]
+* 4  [[de Havilland Canada Dash 7]]
+* 9  [[Saunders ST-27]]
+== See also ==
+* [[List of defunct airlines of Canada]]
 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
 {{Refbegin}}
-*{{cite web |url=http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/CNT/3-3-O.htm |title=CONTRACTIONS FAAO 7340.1 |publisher=[[Federal Aviation Administration]] |accessdate=2008-02-05}}
+*{{cite web |url=http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/CNT/3-3-O.htm |title=CONTRACTIONS FAAO 7340.1 |publisher=[[Federal Aviation Administration]] |accessdate=2008-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219074828/http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/CNT/3-3-O.htm |archive-date=2010-12-19 |url-status=dead }}
-*{{cite web |url=http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19910006688_1991006688.pdf |title=Potential Use for Tailrotor Aircraft in Canadian Aviation |author=Denyse Gazdag |author2=Larry Alton |publisher=[[NASA]] |year=1991 |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-02-05}}
+*{{cite web |url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19910006688_1991006688.pdf |title=Potential Use for Tailrotor Aircraft in Canadian Aviation |author=Denyse Gazdag |author2=Larry Alton |publisher=[[NASA]] |year=1991 |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-02-05 }}
-*{{cite web |url=http://www.cta-otc.gc.ca/rulings-decisions/orders/1990/A/1990-A-131_e.html |title=1990-A-131 -- Approval of a code-sharing program with Continental Airlines Inc. dba Continental Airlines - Air Atonabee Limited cob City Express |publisher=Canadian Transportation Agency |date=April 18, 1990 |accessdate=2008-02-05}}
+*{{cite web |url=http://www.cta-otc.gc.ca/rulings-decisions/orders/1990/A/1990-A-131_e.html |title=1990-A-131 -- Approval of a code-sharing program with Continental Airlines Inc. dba Continental Airlines - Air Atonabee Limited cob City Express |publisher=Canadian Transportation Agency |date=April 18, 1990 |accessdate=2008-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050514191106/http://www.cta-otc.gc.ca/rulings-decisions/orders/1990/A/1990-A-131_e.html |archive-date=May 14, 2005 |url-status=dead }}
-*{{cite web |url=http://www.cta-otc.gc.ca/rulings-decisions/orders/1992/A/1992-A-396_e.html |title=1992-A-396 -- Cancellation - Air Atonabee Limited cob City Express - Cité Express |publisher=Canadian Transport Agency |date=November 12, 1992 |accessdate=2008-02-05}}
+*{{cite web |url=http://www.cta-otc.gc.ca/rulings-decisions/orders/1992/A/1992-A-396_e.html |title=1992-A-396 -- Cancellation - Air Atonabee Limited cob City Express - Cité Express |publisher=Canadian Transport Agency |date=November 12, 1992 |accessdate=2008-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030628204838/http://www.cta-otc.gc.ca/rulings-decisions/orders/1992/A/1992-A-396_e.html |archive-date=June 28, 2003 |url-status=dead }}
 {{Refend}}
 == External links ==
+{{commons category}}
-*[http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/Air-Atonabee Air Atonabee] at Planespotters.net
+*[https://www.planespotters.net/airline/Air-Atonabee Air Atonabee] at Planespotters.net
+{{Portal bar|Canada|Companies|Aviation}}
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-[[Category:Companies based in Ontario]]
+[[Category:Defunct companies of Ontario]]
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 [[Category:Airlines disestablished in 1991]]
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+[[Category:1991 disestablishments in Ontario]]
+{{Canada-airline-stub}}
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-{{Canada-company-stub}}

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B	B.C. Air Lines Bar XH Air Baxter Aviation BCWest Air Bearskin Lake Air Service Boreal Airways Bow Helicopters Bradley Air Services Brock Air Services Brooker-Wheaton Aviation
C	Calumet Air Service Canada 3000 Canada 3000 Cargo Canada Jetlines Canada West Airlines Canadian Airlines Canadian Airways Canadian Colonial Airways Canadian Pacific Air Lines Canadian Regional Airlines CanJet Capreol and Austin Air Services Cargo North Carl Millard Cassidair Services Pacific Coastal Airlines#HistoryCentral British Columbia Airlines Central Northern Airways Chaparal Charters Cherry Red Airline Chimo Air Service City Express Contact Airways Corporate Express Curtiss-Reid Flying Service
D	Deraps Aviation Discovery Air Dominion Pegasus Helicopters
E	Eastern Canada Air Lines Eastern Flying Service Eastern Provincial Airways Eldorado Radium Silver Express Enerjet Expeditair Fecteau Transport Aerien
F	First Air First Nations Transportation Flair Air FlyToo Fortunair
G	Gagnon Air Service Georgian Express Ginger Coote Airways Globemaster Air Cargo Grand Island Aviation Great Lakes Airlines Great Western Airways Greater Toronto Airways Greyhound Air Gulf Air Aviation
H	Haida Airlines Harmony Airways Hawkair Helijet Airways HMY Airways Holidair
I	ICC Air Cargo Canada Innu Mikun Airlines Intair Integra Air Inter-Canadien Island Express Air
J	Jetsgo Johanneson Flying Services
K	Kamloops Air Service KD Air Kelner Airways Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter Kenting Atlas Aviation Keystone Air Service Knighthawk Air Express Kootenay Direct Airlines
L	La Ronge Aviation La Sarre Air Services Labrador Air Safari Labrador Airways Lac Saint-Jean Aviation Lamb Air Latham Island Airways Laurentide Air Services Leavens Bros Air Services Lethbridge Air Services Aviation careerLethbridge Aircraft Company Aviation careerLLethbridge Commercial Airways Little Red Air Service Lynx Air
M	M&C Aviation McCall Aero Corporation MacKenzie Air Services Maestro Maritime Central Airways Matane Air Services Millardair Minerve Canada Mont Laurier Aviation Montmagny Air Service Montreal & Dominion Skyways
N	NAC Air Nahanni Air Services Nationair New Air & Tours Newfoundland Airways Newfoundland Aero Sales and Services NewLeaf NextJet Canada Nolisair Norcanair Nordair NorOntair North Canada Air North Cariboo Flying Service North Pacific Seaplanes North Vancouver Air North-Wright Air Northern Mountain Airlines Northern Wings Nunasi-Central Airlines NWT Air
O	Odyssey International Okanagan Air Services Omineca Air Services Ontario Central Airlines Ontario Express Orca Airways Otonabee Airways Owen Sound Air Services
P	Pacific Spirit Air Pacific Western Airlines Pat Bay Air Peace Air Pem-Air Polaris Charter Company Port Alberni Airways Powell Air Prairie Airways Prince Edward Air Pronto Airways Provincial Airlines Ptarmigan Airways Purple Label Airlines
Q	Quebec Airways Quebec Aviation Quebecair Quebecair Express Queen Charlotte Airlines QuikAir QuikAire Cargo
R	Regency Express Regionair Regional 1 Airlines Rimouski Airlines Roots Air Royal Aviation Royal Cargo Airlines RoyalAir
S	Salt Spring Air Saskatchewan Government Airways Sealand Helicopters Saguenay Air Service Sept-Iles Helicopter Services Skeena Air Transport Sky Regional Airlines Skycraft Air Transport Skyservice Skyxpress Slave Air Sonicblue Airways Soundair Soundair Express Southern Air Transport Southern Alberta Airlines Southern Frontier Airlines Starratt Airways Sunwest Home Aviation Swanberg Air Swoop
T	Thomas Cook Airlines Canada Time Air Toronto Helicopters Trans-Canada Air Lines Trans-Gaspesian Air Lines Trans-Provincial Airlines Transair Transwest Air Trillium Air Trinity Helicopters Triton Airlines
U	Universal Helicopters
V	Vacationair Val Air Vic Turner Ltd Vision Airways Corporation Vistajet
W	Wardair West Coast Air West Wind Aviation Western Express Airlines Wilderness Seaplanes Windoak Air Service Winnport Whitehorse Flying Services World-Wide Airways Worldways Canada
Y	Yellowknife Airways
Z	Zip Zoom Airlines
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