tsx da.a industry specialized aviation founded 2004 headquarters toronto ontario canada key people jacob koby shavit president and ceo 1 paul bernards cfo 2 slogan making ideas fly website www.discoveryair.com discovery air da founded in 2004 3 is a specialized aviation company that operates primarily in canada . through its subsidiary companies discovery air provides aviation and aviation related services for corporate customers and for the federal and provincial governments of canada . discovery air operating units provide fixed wing and rotary wing services and logistics and remote operations management services . this includes cargo and passenger air charter services throughout canada vital medivac air services in the north and utility flying for mining exploration . discovery air business units also provide specialized services to provincial governments with forest fire detection and suppression and provide airborne training and special mission services to the canadian army royal canadian navy and royal canadian air force . discovery air also provides a range of maintenance repair and overhaul services to airline customers through discovery air technical services based in quebec city . 4 headquartered in yellowknife northwest territories and traded publicly on the toronto stock exchange tsx under the symbol da.a discovery air s subsidiary companies have bases across canada . 5 contents 1 corporate history 2 operating units 2.1 northern services 2.2 government services 3 fleet 3.1 great slave helicopters 3.2 northern air support 3.3 air tindi 3.4 discovery air fire services 3.5 discovery air defence 4 locations 5 hawk one 6 references 7 external links corporate history edit 2004 discovery air is incorporated by the pacific & western bank of canada . 6 2004 discovery air acquires 50 % of hicks & lawrence later renamed discovery air fire services with the other 50 % being acquired in 2005 . 6 7 2006 discovery air completes an initial public offering of 3.85 million . 8 2006 discovery air acquires great slave helicopters gsh . 9 2006 discovery air acquires air tindi . 6 2007 discovery air purchases the wheel division assets of walsten air service . 10 2007 discovery air acquires top aces later renamed discovery air defence services . 11 2008 discovery air acquires discovery mining services 12 2009 discovery air received a can 34 million loan from the government of the nwt . 13 2010 discovery air announces commencement of operations at discovery air technical services . 14 2011 discovery air announces the opening of a new business unit discovery air innovations . 15 2012 discovery air innovations sign a provisional deal with hybrid air vehicles to purchase hybrid airships for use in northern canada . the deal which the companies hoped to have finalised by 2012 and could have involved up to 45 airships at 40 million per craft with the first being delivered in 2014 . 16 17 2011 discovery air fire services announces launch of new subsidiary discovery aviation academy . 18 2012 discovery air announces that it has repaid the 2009 government loan 10 months early . 19 2012 on 8 august 2012 it was announced that discovery air had let the deal with hybrid air vehicles lapse as they no longer wished to purchase the vehicles . 20 2012 great slave helicopters acquires helicopters.cl spa . 21 2012 great slave helicopters acquires northern air support . 22 2013 discovery air acquires advanced training systems international inc. 2016 premier aviation completes purchase of discovery air technical services . operating units edit discovery air provides specialized aviation services through two operating segments the northern services and the government services . 23 northern services edit the northern services segment consists of three operating units great slave helicopters gshl or gsh air tindi tindi and discovery mining services dms . together these three operating units have a customer base servicing companies and government entities in the business of mineral base and precious metal exploration and production wildlife services forest fire suppression oil and gas exploration power line construction and maintenance aerial surveys seismic air ambulance scheduled charters and tourism . 24 founded in 1984 great slave helicopters is a vfr and ifr helicopter operator in canada with 64 helicopters in its fleet . 25 26 it provides alone and along with several first nations and inuit groups in the northwest territories and nunavut scheduled and chartered passenger and air cargo services to private sector companies and governments . 27 under the name northlinx great slave helicopters has partnerships with akaitcho helicopters dehcho regional helicopters denendeh helicopters 49 % evergreen forestry management has 51 % gwich in helicopters havgun helicopters hudson bay helicopters 100 % k ahsho got ine helicopters majority first nations owned kitikmeot helicopters 49 % bill and jessie lyall own 51 % kivallingmiut kivalliq aviation majority inuit owned air tindi is also a minority share holder sahtu helicopters 49 % various land corporations have 51 % superior helicopters and tlicho helicopters . 28 air tindi founded in 1988 is a charter airline based in yellowknife nt . with their main base as the yellowknife airport they provide scheduled and on demand charter services throughout northern and western canada . with 24 fixed wing aircraft in their fleet they are capable of transporting 46 passengers or 10 000 pounds of cargo . tindi has the largest medivac fleet in northern canada . 29 founded in 1991 discovery mining services is a nwt based company that provides remote exploration camps expediting logistics and staking services to primarily diamond and mineral exploration companies . 30 government services edit the government services segment consists of two operating units discovery air fire services and discovery air defence . these two operating units provide niche services primarily aimed at government entities . 31 discovery air fire services formerly hicks and lawrence a company that has been in operation since 1947 is a fixed wing company based in ontario . in addition to providing air charter services through their turbine division dafs piston division also provides services to the government of ontario as part of the ontario ministry of natural resources forest fire management program . 32 founded in 2000 by three former cf 18 pilots discovery air defence is a quebec based fixed wing aviation company that acts as the prime supplier of contracted airborne training services to the canadian armed forces . 33 former fighter pilots fly dassault dornier alpha jet douglas a 4 and iai westwind aircraft . 34 fleet edit great slave helicopters edit as per the civil aircraft register the great slave fleet consists of 64 helicopters . the great slave website also lists the bell 407 that is not shown in the transport canada registration list . numbers correct as of january 4 2013 . 25 35 great slave helicopters fleet aircraft no . of aircraft variants notes astar 350 23 as350 b2 as350 b3 as350 ba bell 205 6 205 a1 205b the great slave helicopters website lists 205a1 bell 206 24 206b 206l 206l 1 206l 3 206l 4 the 206l 1 is not listed at the great slave helicopters website bell 212 9 212 single 212 212hp bell 412 1 412ep eurocopter ec130 1 ec130 b4 schweizer 269 1 269c not listed at the great slave helicopters website northern air support edit great slave helicopters acquired northern air support on february 21 2012 which is based in kelowna british columbia with a base in rocky mountain house alberta . 36 aqsaqniq airways registered to air tindi at cambridge bay airport as per the civil aircraft register the northern air support fleet consists of 10 aircraft . numbers correct as of january 4 2013 . 37 38 northern air support fleet aircraft no . of aircraft variants notes astar 350 4 as350 b2 bell 206 2 206b bell 407 3 md 500 1 listed by transport canada as hughes 369d air tindi edit main article air tindi as of january 2016 air tindi had the following 27 aircraft registered with transport canada and listed with air tindi 39 40 air tindi fleet aircraft no . of aircraft tc list no . of aircraft at list variants notes beechcraft super king air 11 n a model 200 model 200c model 300 listed on the air tindi site as 200 catpass b 200c and 350 cessna 208 4 n a 208 caravan 208b grand caravan 7 and 9 passengers de havilland canada dhc 3 otter 1 0 not listed at the air tindi website de havilland canada dhc 6 twin otter 5 n a series 300 19 passengers dash 7 5 n a dhc 7 102 dhc 7 103 combi aircraft 46 passengers learjet 35 1 n a 7 8 passengers discovery air fire services edit the fleet consists of 35 aircraft . 41 numbers correct as of january 4 2013 . discovery air fire servicest aircraft no . of aircraft variants notes rockwell twin commander 500 7 500b 500s listed by transport canada as aero commander 500 beechcraft king air 2 model c90 model c90a beechcraft super king air 3 model 200 cessna 172 3 172m cessna 208 1 caravan cessna skymaster 18 337b 337d 337g 337h piper pa 36 pawnee brave 1 pa 36 375 discovery air defence edit main article discovery air defence discovery air defence operates the largest privately owned operational fighter plane fleet in the world . discovery air defence aircraft do not have any rcaf markings and are not included in the rcaf aircraft inventory . some alpha jets retained the luftwaffe paint schemes but a few have been repainted in desert or northern camouflage . the fleet consists of discovery air defence active fleet aircraft no . of aircraft variants notes dassault dornier alpha jet 16 model a douglas a 4 skyhawk 7 a 4n douglas a 4 skyhawk 2 ta 4j iai westwind 2 1124 listed by transport canada as the israel 1124 locations edit discovery air head office 42 toronto ontario canada great slave helicopters kapuskasing dryden churchill calgary rankin inlet fort simpson cambridge bay inuvik norman wells fort liard hay river yellowknife air tindi fort simpson yellowknife cambridge bay discovery mining service yellowknife nunavut discovery air fire services dryden kenora sudbury timmins geraldton chapleau discovery air defence halifax cfb halifax pointe claire cfb montreal bagotville cfb bagotville cold lake cfb cold lake victoria cfb esquimalt mesa arizona germany discovery air hawk one sabre over gatineau executive airport discovery aviation academy sudbury hawk one edit hawk one officially discovery air hawk one is a canadair sabre owned by vintage wings of canada that in partnership with discovery air and the department of national defence has been refurbished . the aircraft a mk .5 was given an orenda 14 engine and wings with leading edge slats making it closer to a mk .6 and has been painted in the colours of the golden hawks . hawk one which tours canada with the snowbirds has been flown on several occasions by astronaut chris hadfield . 43 44 45 references edit discovery air announces appointment of jacob shavit as president and ceo and appointment of brian semkowski as chair of the board 1 the little bank that did discovery air announces commencement of operations at discovery air technical services inc. company profile a b c one on one with shawn clarke chief operating officer of discovery air hicks & lawrence ltd. announces the rebranding of its fire services business and the integration of hawkeye infrared services discovery air completes 3.85 million initial public offering discovery air buys great slave helicopters hicks & lawrence ltd. acquires walsten air service discovery air acquires top aces inc discovery air acquires discovery mining services mla questions n.w.t. s bailout of discovery air company overview of discovery air technical services inc. discovery air innovations futuristic airships planned for north at cbc . uk group secures commercial airship deal at the financial times discovery air fire services discovery air announces early repayment of existing 34 million nwtof indebtedness amendments to existing secured convertible debentures and provision of a