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City Express

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Destinations
  
10

Parent company
  
Air Atonabee Ltd GRRS Courier, SRRM Courier India. French Post, London Post, RRS Courier, City Express America

Headquarters
  
New York City (1960-1984) Toronto, Ontario (1984-1991)

Key people
  
Joseph Csumrik, Founder and President

City Express (French: Cité Express), also known as Air Atonabee Ltd., was an airline based in Ontario, Canada, from 1971 to 1991, which operated passenger services in eastern Canada, the northeastern United States and Mexico.

Contents

Fleet

  • Embraer EMB-110 (4 in Service)
  • Bombardier Aerospace/de Havilland Canada: DHC-8 (4 in service), DHC-7 (3)
  • Saunders ST-27 (they once had 9)
  • History

    City Express was founded by Joseph Csumrik in 1971 as Otonabee Airways based at Peterborough Airport in Peterborough, Ontario. It began scheduled service in 1975. In 1980 the company was renamed to Air Atonabee Ltd.

    In 1984, Air Atonabee was acquired by Victor Pappalardo and reorganized into City Express. The airline relocated its base to Toronto Island Airport (now Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport) (YTZ) where it began STOL service. Destinations included:

  • Montreal - Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport / Montreal-Mirabel International Airport
  • Ottawa - Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
  • Quebec City - Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport
  • New York/Newark - Newark Liberty International Airport
  • Detroit
  • Cancun - Cancún International Airport
  • Mexico City - Mexico City International Airport
  • London, Ontario - London International Airport
  • City Express ceased operations in February 1991.

    References

    City Express Wikipedia