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Northern Thunderbird Air
NT Air or Northern Thunderbird Air Inc. is a Canadian charter airline with a head office at Prince George, British Columbia and bases in Vancouver and Smithers.
History.
NT Air was formed in 1971 with the amalgamation of two of northern British Columbia's airlines - Northern Mountain and Thunderbird.
Northern Mountain began operations at Fort St. James in 1959 and by 1971 was one of the larger airlines in British Columbia. With a mixed fleet of Cessnas, de Havilland Beavers, Beechcraft Model 18s, Grumman
Key Airlines
Key Airlines, was founded as Thunderbird Airlines in 1964, but changed its name in 1969.
The airline took over Sun Valley Airlines in 1972 and was known as Sun Valley Key Airlines
for a few years until reverting to Key Airlines. The airline began as a commuter and charter air carrier in the western United States flying turboprop and prop aircraft. In later years, Key Airlines operated a hub in Savannah, Georgia with scheduled passenger flights operated with mainline jet aircraft to international and domestic destinations.