FLYGTA Inc., operating as FLYGTA Airlines, established in 2014, is a Canadian air operator serving southern Ontario and Quebec. FLYGTA is a jet charter company with official bases in Toronto, Niagara, Oshawa, Muskoka, and Montreal, and provides air tourism services in Toronto and Niagara Falls, air charter, cargo, and scheduled flights. As of November 6, 2017[update], the airline served over eight destinations with scheduled flights from Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport to/from destinations such as Barrie/Simcoe, St. Catharines/Niagara, Kitchener/Waterloo, Wiarton/Bruce Peninsula and Muskoka. The flight between Toronto-Billy Bishop and St. Catharines/Niagara is the shortest link between the two cities (land transportation methods must travel many kilometres around Lake Ontario) and is advertised as the shortest commercial flight in North America at 10 minutes according to the company[5] and 15 minutes according to Global News.[6]
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| Commenced operations | November 6, 2016 | ||||||
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| AOC # | Canada: 18765[2] United States: 6LYF537F[3] | ||||||
| Operating bases | Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 6[4] | ||||||
| Destinations | 9 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||
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| Website | flygta | ||||||
The airline offers charters internationally mainly from Southern Ontario.[7]
Scheduled destinations
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- Barrie (Lake Simcoe Regional Airport)[8][9]
- Bracebridge (Muskoka Airport)[10]
- Kitchener/Waterloo (Region of Waterloo International Airport)[11][12]
- St. Catharines/Niagara Falls (St. Catharines/Niagara District Airport)[13][14]
- Toronto (Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport) (Hub)
- Wiarton/Bruce Peninsula (Wiarton Airport)[15]
Fleet
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FlyGTA Airlines the following light aircraft registered with Transport Canada:[4]
| Aircraft | No. of aircraft | Variants | Notes |
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| Bombardier Challenger | 1 | CL600 | Registered 2023-12-30, not on FLYGTA site |
| Cessna 207 | 1 | Cessna 207A | A seven seat 207A, not on FLYGTA site |
| Cessna Citation II | 1 | Citation Bravo | A stretched version of the Cessna Citation I, seats up to seven[16] |
| Beechcraft King Air B100 | 1 | BE10 | Can seat eight[16] |
| Piper PA-31 Navajo | 1 | PA-31-350 Chieftain | Stretched version of the Navajo, up to eight passengers[16] |
| Embraer Phenom 300 | 1 | EMB505 | FlyGTA site |
The Transport Canada list also includes a Piper PA-34-200T Seneca II[17] and a Piper PA-28 Cherokee[18] both with cancelled certificates. However, the Piper PA-28 Cherokee is listed at the FLYGTA site as a PA-28-161 Warrior II and still in operation.[16]
References
edit- ^ a b "ICAO Designators for Canadian Aircraft Operating Agencies, Aeronautical Authorities and Services" (PDF). Nav Canada. 2023-05-04. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
FlyGTA: TOR, HOMERUN
- ^ Transport Canada (2019-08-31), Civil Aviation Services (CAS) AOC. wwwapps.tc.gc.ca.
- ^ "Federal Aviation Administration - Airline Certificate Information - Detail View". av-info.faa.gov. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ a b "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: Quick Search Result for FLYGTA". Transport Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
- ^ admintorontoirways. "Flights | FLYGTA Airlines". www.flygta.com. Retrieved 2017-08-13.
- ^ Smith, Madeline. "Greater Toronto Airways to offer direct flights between Toronto and Niagara". Global News.
- ^ "Charters – FLYGTA". Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ "Airline to start offering flights from Barrie area to Toronto". CTV News Barrie. 2017-10-10.
- ^ Ward, Adam (November 6, 2017). "Ready for takeoff: Flights now being offered from the Barrie area to Toronto". CTV News Barrie. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
- ^ "Commuter airline FlyGTA targets Toronto-Muskoka route". Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ Flanagan, Ryan (October 10, 2017). "Toronto-Waterloo Region flights to start in November". CTV News Kitchener.
- ^ Mercer, Greg (November 7, 2017). "Waterloo Region to Toronto in under 20 minutes". Waterloo Region Record. Metroland Media Group. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
- ^ Firth, Maryanne (August 9, 2016). "Air service launched to connect Niagara, Toronto". St. Catharines Standard. Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- ^ McAllister, Mark (October 12, 2016). "New flight service between Toronto and Niagara slow to take off". Global News. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- ^ Gowan, Rob (2019-02-16). "Passenger flights coming to Wiarton in May". Owen Sound Sun Times. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ a b c d Fleet
- ^ Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: Aircraft Details Piper PA-34
- ^ [https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/saf-sec-sur/2/ccarcs-riacc/ADet.aspx?id=18004&rfr=RchSimpRes.aspx?on=FLYGTA%7C&print=y Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: Aircraft Details Piper PA-28}
