Ptarmigan Airways of Yellowknife is purchased, further expanding the scope of charter operations capability in the Western Arctic.
New Ownership
Makivik Corporation, the organization representing the Inuit of Northern Quebec, purchases First Air.
Expanding Services to the Northwest Territories
The Baffin operations and routes of Survair are purchased by First Air – securing a position for passenger and cargo services in the Northwest Territories.
Opening of Iqaluit Base
First Air opens Iqaluit base.
Bradley Air Services Becomes First Air
1. Bradley Air Services Ltd creates First Air. / 2. First Air opens a major base in Resolute Bay in the High Arctic.
Air Support Contract in the Beaufort Sea and Northwest Territories
Bradley Air Services is awarded air support contract for the Polar Continental Shelf Project.
Invention of the “tundra” tires
On contract for the Geological Survey of Canada, Russ Bradley & partner Weldy Phipps mount “tundra tires on Piper Super Cubs, revolutionizing Arctic explorations capability in the process.
Aerial Survey Work in the Far North
Bradley Air Services begins charter and aerial survey work for the DEWline construction in the vast, untamed Northwest Territories.
Bradley Air Services Takes to the Air
Russell (Russ) Bradley forms Bradley Air Services Ltd. in Ottawa, Ontario, the capital city of Canada.