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EPA introduced a new colour scheme in the early eighties as well. Gone was the orange, replaced by a more up to date large navy blue "EPA" painted on the side of an all white side with the white gander on a blue background on the tail. Inside the 70s flower print seats were replaced by a more subtle
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which could transport either passengers or freight in an all-cargo configuration (the airline was operating both passenger and scheduled all-cargo flights with the
Carvair at this time). This same timetable also includes charter information for a number of aircraft types operated by the airline in
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Halifax. This allowed EPA to make Halifax a hub of operations and when schedules were coordinated with CP Air in 1983, Halifax became the main point of transit for passengers connecting from points further west to
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over the next couple of years. The airline's DC-3s were operated on the Gander-St. Anthony-Goose Bay and Sydney-St.Pierre routes until 1975 when the St. Anthony service was taken over by another carrier and early in 1976 the St. Pierre route was upgraded to a Hawker
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Maritime Central and the two companies merged to form Eastern Provincial Airways (1963) Limited. The
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Canadian federal application for the new service was rejected two years later and although the company renewed the application in 1977, Atlantic Canada wouldn't see Dash 7s until the mid-1980s when deregulation of the Canadian Aviation industry allowed for the
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EPA expressed an intent in the early 1970s to have an all-jet fleet as soon as practically possible. As it turned out, this was never to happen. EPA entered the decade with three
Handley Page Heralds and two DC-3s. The Heralds were responsible for flights into
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in 1955–56. In addition to regional charter work, international projects were operated as well, including a contract beginning in 1958 to do extensive work in
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1515:Air Club International
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2332:Mont Laurier Aviation
2241:Latham Island Airways
2216:La Sarre Air Services
2026:Great Western Airways
2016:Grand Island Aviation
2011:Globemaster Air Cargo
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2160:Kamloops Air Service
2098:ICC Air Cargo Canada
2021:Great Lakes Airlines
2006:Ginger Coote Airways
1777:Canada West Airlines
1731:Bradley Air Services
1141:Tropospheric scatter
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2373:New Air & Tours
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2221:Labrador Air Safari
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1757:Calumet Air Service
1650:Associated Air Taxi
1510:Air Charter Systems
1495:Air Canada Regional
1445:Aero Trades Western
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1160:On 17 March 1965 -
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1063:Goose Bay, Labrador
992:Sydney, Nova Scotia
952:Goose Bay, Labrador
640:de Havilland Canada
481:which later became
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2947:West Wind Aviation
2525:Pacific Spirit Air
2123:Island Express Air
1996:Gagnon Air Service
1847:Cherry Red Airline
1827:Cassidair Services
1736:Brock Air Services
1655:Associated Airways
1645:Ashuanipi Aviation
1174:Upper Musquodoboit
1151:amphibian aircraft
1143:site at Sona Lake.
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2585:Ptarmigan Airways
2570:Prince Edward Air
2211:La Ronge Aviation
2041:Gulf Air Aviation
1867:Corporate Express
1852:Chimo Air Service
1842:Chaparal Charters
1782:Canadian Airlines
1767:Canada 3000 Cargo
1665:Athabaska Airways
1620:AllCanada Express
1590:Airspeed Aviation
1575:Air Schefferville
1321:Media related to
1242:. Airline History
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