Chorus Aviation set to acquire Voyageur Airways & Co.

Voyageur Airways  has been acquired by Chorus Aviation after the latter moved to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of 519222 Ontario Limited, a holding company that owns Voyageur Airways and its related companies. The transaction is valued at CAD80 million (USD63 million).

With a fleet of twenty aircraft - ten CRJ-200s, five Dash 7s, and five Dash 8-300s - Voyageur operates medical, logistical and humanitarian flights for government agencies as well as international NGOs in Canada, Africa and Central Asia. It also offers specialized engineering and advanced maintenance operations at its Sudbury, North Bay facility.
Chorus Aviation is to transition to a mixture of larger, newer aircraft comprising Dash 8-400s and CRJ-705s while at the same time establishing a second carrier to operate its fleet of Dash 8-100s and Dash 8-300s which will ultimately be phased out. It is believed Voyageur could be used to help find suitable lessees for these aircraft once they have been retired~

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