Air Inuit unveils innovative cargo door expansion on Dash 8-300 – Nunatsiaq News
Feb 10, 2022
Air Inuit is hailing a retrofit of one of its planes as a “world’s first in aviation” that will make it easier for the company to deliver large items such as snowmobiles and ATVs to people across Nunavik.
The innovation sprang from necessity, explained Christian Busch, president and CEO of the airline.
Popular on-the-land vehicles are growing in size, and it was coming to the point where no planes in Air Inuit’s fleet had doors big enough to handle their delivery. Short, gravel runways in Nunavik’s communities limited the company’s options for buying a bigger plane.
So, said Busch, his team asked themselves, why not cut a bigger door in one of the company’s Dash 8-300’s?
