 thumb|view of three air tindi, twin otter airplanes, yellowknife thumb|air tindi airplane operating in winter air tindi is an airline based in yellowknife, northwest territories, canada. now owned by discovery air, it operates scheduled and on demand charter services. its main base is yellowknife airport and the airline was previously owned by the arychuk family. the name tindi means "the big lake" or "great slave lake" in the local native tÅÄ±Ì¨chÇ« yatiÃ¬ language. == history == air tindi was established by two families, alex arychuk and his wife sheila, and his brother peter arychuk and his wife teri."one on one: alex arychuk", darren locke, wings magazine. it began operations on 1 november 1988, with four float/ski aircraft. in 1990, it purchased its first de havilland canada dhc-6 twin otter with the help of the rae-edzo development corporation, allowing the airline to expand and provide more services to the growing mining exploration industry. in 1991, air tindi merged with latham island airways and acquired a further four aircraft in the process. by mid-1992, air tindi was operating four twin otters on floats. in 1993, its first large aircraft was purchased, a dhc 4 caribou for re-supply work with the mining industry. a dhc dash 7 was acquired in 1996. on 19 december 2006, air tindi was sold to discovery air (tsx at da.a), a publicly traded holding company based in london, ontario.discovery air inc. closes private placement offering and acquisition of air tindi ltd. the founders originally maintained their positions with air tindi, but various corporate disagreements led to alex arychuk leaving as president, and departing the discovery air board."things fall apart: discovery air", jack danylchuk, up here business magazine, july 2009 in august 2011 the government of nunavut announced that it had awarded a contract to air tindi and its partner aqsaqniq, owned by dennis lyall, to provide medivac ser
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