Alberta Citylink was an airline

Airline

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 based in Medicine Hat

Medicine Hat, Alberta

Medicine Hat, known to locals as "The Hat", is a city of 61,097 people located in the southeastern part of the province of Alberta, Canada. It is enclaved within Cypress County along with the nearby Town of Redcliff, although neither is part of the county....

, Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

, Canada

Canada

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. It operated domestic passenger service for Air Canada

Air Canada

Air Canada is the flag carrier and largest airline of Canada. The airline, founded in 1936, provides scheduled and charter air transport for passengers and cargo to 178 destinations worldwide. It is the world's tenth largest passenger airline by number of destinations, and the airline is a...

. Its main base is Medicine Hat Airport

Medicine Hat Airport

Medicine Hat Airport, , is located southwest of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Air Canada Express serves the airport daily from Calgary.During World War II the site was used as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan for No. 34 Service Flying Training School . The SFTS was open from 8...

, with a hub at Calgary International Airport

Calgary International Airport

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History

The airline was established and started operations in 1996. It was established to operate scheduled services for Air BC

Air BC

Air BC was an airline headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. It is now part of Air Canada Jazz.- History :Air BC was established in 1980 after the merger of a number of west coast domestic airlines: Canadian Air Transit, Flight Operation, Gulf Air Aviation, Haida Airlines, Island...

 and Air Canada

Air Canada

Air Canada is the flag carrier and largest airline of Canada. The airline, founded in 1936, provides scheduled and charter air transport for passengers and cargo to 178 destinations worldwide. It is the world's tenth largest passenger airline by number of destinations, and the airline is a...

 in Alberta and eastern British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

. In 2000, Air Canada cancelled its contract, but services continued for Peace Air

Peace Air

Peace Air was a Canadian regional airline that flew to destinations within the Canadian province of Alberta and to two destinations in eastern British Columbia. It covered niche markets including scheduled flights to smaller communities, freight and charter flights in northern Alberta. It was based...

 until 2004.It has 20 employees. Scheduled services were operated by Bar XH Air

Bar XH Air

Bar XH Air is an airline based in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. It operates North American charter services and air ambulance services mainly in Alberta, southern Saskatchewan and eastern British Columbia. Its main base is Medicine Hat Airport, with a hub at Calgary International Airport...

 (established in 1974) under the name Alberta Citylink. However, scheduled services are no longer operated.

Fleet

The Alberta Citylink fleet did consist of the following aircraft:

• 1 BAe Jetstream 31
• 2 BAe Jetstream 32