R1 Airlines

It was established and started operations in August 2003 as Westpoint Airlines and renamed to Regional 1 Airlines the following year[3] operating scheduled services in Western Canada.[4] On September 11, 2005, the airline ceased providing scheduled operations and focused entirely on providing business charter services, workforce transportation and ACMI operations.[5] R1 Airlines under Order No. 2019-A-52 had its operating certificates suspended, on April 8, 2019, by the Canadian Transportation Agency. Reason for suspension is listed as "The Licensee has ceased to meet the requirement to hold a valid Canadian aviation document under subparagraphs 61(a)(ii) and 73(1)(a)(ii) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended (CTA)". On February 20, 2020, Determination No. A-2020-30 was issued by the Canadian Transportation Agency as The Licensee has requested that the licences remain suspended and not be cancelled. The Canadian Transportation Agency stated that the licences will be automatically cancelled, if they are not reinstated within one year from the date of this Determination.[6]

Prior to September 11, 2005, the airline served the following five cities in western Canada:

• Alberta
  • Red Deer, Red Deer Regional Airport
• British Columbia
  • Kamloops, Kamloops Airport
  • Kelowna, Kelowna International Airport
  • Richmond, Vancouver International Airport
  • Victoria, Victoria International Airport

Newly branded R1 Airlines Bombardier Dash 8 used to transport clients and their workforces for business purposes to remote and densely populated regions in the world.

Former Regional 1 Bombardier Dash 8 at Cambridge Bay Airport used daily to carry workers to Hope Bay Aerodrome. Aircraft now operated by Provincial Airlines Limited of Newfoundland and Labrador

It used to operate one aircraft in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, flying for the World Food Programme, under the auspices of United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The company also operated two Dash 8 and two DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft for Flamingo Air in Haiti, until operations were halted after the fall of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Police fleeing insurgents in Cap-Haïtien hijacked one Dash 8 on the ramp and forced the crew to fly them to Port-au-Prince, and during the takeoff roll the aircraft came under fire but was not damaged.

R1 offers fleet and services to the oil and gas industry, mining, peacekeeping and humanitarian missions, the construction industry, energy and utilities and forestry.

On November 15, 2013, Regional 1 and Air Georgian completed a joint venture through the creation of a parent company, Regional Express Aviation Ltd. (REAL), based in Calgary, Alberta and then rebranded under the name of R1 Airlines Ltd. Its new ownership structure gives the subsidiary additional clout in both the domestic and international aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance (ACMI) business charter markets. One of the immediate benefits delivered through the launch of REAL was Air Georgian's 15-strong fleet of Beech 1900D turboprops, which are now being offered by R1 on both new and existing ACMI contracts in addition to its regular scheduled work for Air Canada. Through its links with Air Georgian and Avmax, R1 Airlines now has access to the world's largest private fleet of Dash 8 and CRJs, while the addition of the 18-seat Beech 1900Ds mean it can now serve far smaller markets that had been inaccessible to its larger types.

The arrangement also provides more than $100 million in spare parts and domestic maintenance bases in Halifax, Montreal, Kingston, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver. International deployments are supported through Avmax facilities in Great Falls, Montana, Jacksonville, Florida, Nairobi, Kenya and N’djamena, Chad.