Calm Air International LP

Calm Air International LP is a regional airline in Central Canada. Its story begins in the 1950s with Arnold and Gail Morberg. They built a fishing camp on Black Lake, Saskatchewan. They needed reliable air service for the camp and its guests.

Arnold earned a pilot license and bought a small single-engine float plane. By 1962 the company had a charter license at nearby Stony Rapids. The name comes from the initials of Arnold's full name, Carl Arnold Lawrence Morberg.

In 1969 the couple bought Fred Chupka's Northern Manitoba airline operation, based in Lynn Lake. Soon after, Calm Air began scheduled Twin Otter passenger service in the area. In 1975 it began work in Churchill, Manitoba. A year later it took over Transair's Twin Otter work in the Keewatin. Its Rankin Inlet facility gave the region its first year-round resident airline service.

The site says the airline bought its first Hawker Siddeley 748 in this period. That aircraft could carry over 40 passengers, or 12,500 pounds of freight, or a mix. In the early 1980s it used two DC-4 aircraft to carry cargo and fuel to the Cullaton Lake mine. A second HS748 joined in 1983. The airline was also the first to sign a joint scheduling and marketing agreement with Pacific Western Airlines.

Today the contact page lists departments for Reservations, Cargo, Group and Corporate Travel, and Charters. Travelers can check in online, join the Calm Rewards program and spread the cost of a trip over monthly payments. The site has a contact form and a careers page.