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City Express
Cité Express

IATA	ICAO	Call sign
OU	OUL	CITY EXPRESS

Founded

1984

Ceased operations

1991

Hubs

YTZ

Destinations

Headquarters

Toronto, Ontario (1984-1991)

Key people

Victor Pappalardo ,
Founder and President

City Express (Template:Lang-fr), 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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to City Express.

Air Atonabee at Planespotters.net

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 == History ==
-City Express was founded by [[Joseph Csumrik]] in 1971 as '''Atonabee 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>
+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.

Revision as of 23:41, 24 September 2023

History

Destinations

Fleet

See also

References

External links