Arctic Sunwest acquired by Ledcor, starts Canadian North wet-lease
Arctic Sunwest Charters (ASC, Yellowknife) has been acquired by the Ledcor Group of Companies, which also owns Summit Air Charters (Yellowknife). Both carriers offer charter services from Yellowknife with a variety of turboprop aircraft. Summit currently operates Do228s and Shorts Skyvans. Arctic Sunwest operates Dash 8-100s, DHC-6s, DHC-5s and smaller turboprop and piston powered aircraft. Meanwhile, Arctic Sunwest has started operating one of its Dash 8-100s on a wet-lease basis for Canadian North (5T, Yellowknife) operating from Yellowknife to Cambridge Bay, Gjoa Haven, Kugaruk/Pelly Bay and Kuglutuk/Coppermine.