Conair Group
Canadian based firefighting airline / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Conair Group Inc. of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, formerly known as Conair Aviation, is a company specializing in retrofitting firefighting aircraft, maintaining customer and company-owned aircraft and aerial firefighting. Conair currently[when?] employs over 250 staff and has a fleet of aircraft that are broken down into two categories; air attack (a.k.a. bird dog), and airtankers (a.k.a. waterbombers). Conair specializes in fire management support by providing services and products to forest protection agencies around the world. In 1996 Conair became a Canadian Air Tractor dealer for the AT-802F air tanker.[4] A former Conair Group division; Cascade Aerospace was acquired by the IMP Group of Halifax, Nova Scotia in 2012.
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Founded | April 1969 | ||||||
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AOC # | Canada:2626[2] | ||||||
Hubs | Abbotsford International Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 59[3] | ||||||
Parent company | Conair Group Inc. | ||||||
Headquarters | Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||
Key people | Barry Marsden (President & CEO) | ||||||
Website | http://www.conair.ca/ |