Eastern Provincial Airways

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Eastern Provincial Airways was a former regional airline based in Atlantic Canada that operated domestic passenger and cargo services before being absorbed into Canadian Airlines.

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Label Occurrences
Eastern Provincial Airways canonical 3
Newfoundland Airways 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf airline
defunct airline
absorbedInto Canadian Airlines
surface form: Canadian Airlines International
callsign EASTERN
ceasedOperations 1986
country Canada
dissolved 1986
fleetComposition mix of turboprop and jet aircraft
fleetSizeAtPeak approximately 25 aircraft
focusCity Deer Lake Regional Airport
Goose Bay Airport
foundedBy Eric Blackwood
headquartersLocation Gander
surface form: Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
IATAcode QK
ICAOcode EPA
inception 1949
industry aviation
mergedInto Canadian Airlines
surface form: Canadian Airlines International

Canadian Pacific Air Lines
notableRole development of air transport in Newfoundland and Labrador
operatedAircraftType Boeing 737
surface form: Boeing 737-200

Curtiss C-46 Commando
Douglas DC-3
Hawker Siddeley HS 748
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
Twin Otter
surface form: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
operatedCharterServices true
operatedInRegion Atlantic Canada
Maritimes
Newfoundland and Labrador
operatedRoute Gander
surface form: Gander – Deer Lake

Gander International Airport
surface form: Gander – Goose Bay

Gander
surface form: Gander – St. Anthony

Halifax
surface form: Halifax – Sydney (Nova Scotia)

St. John’s
surface form: St. John’s – Gander

St. John’s – Halifax
operatedScheduledServices true
parentCompany CP Air
Canadian Pacific Air Lines
predecessor Eastern Provincial Airways self-linksurface differs
surface form: Newfoundland Airways
primaryHub Gander International Airport
secondaryHub Halifax Stanfield International Airport
St. John’s International Airport
servedPrimaryMarket interprovincial routes in Atlantic Canada
remote communities in Newfoundland and Labrador
serviceType cargo service
domestic passenger service
regional airline service
startDateOfOperations 1949

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Canadian Airlines formedByMergerOf Eastern Provincial Airways
Canadian Airlines predecessor Eastern Provincial Airways
CP operatorPredecessor Eastern Provincial Airways
Eastern Provincial Airways predecessor Eastern Provincial Airways self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Newfoundland Airways