Lakes Air

Lakes Air is the flag carrier and largest airline of United Great Lakes, with its headquarters in Toronto and where its main hub, Toronto International Airport is located. Lakes Air and its subsidiaries dominate both domestic and international air travel in United Great Lakes. Lakes Air is a member of the Skycon. Lakes Air has three large secondary hubs in Detroit, Milwaukee, and one international secondary hub in Calgary.
In 2016, it transported over 41 million passengers to 7 regional, 44 North-American, 15 European, 14 Asian, 9 South-American and 5 Australian destinations. As of January 2016, the airline employed 34,931 people.
Lakes Air has one subsidiary, Lakes Air Cargo. It's the largest importing cargo airline in the country. Lakes Air Cargo uses currently Lakes Air's fleet on its cargo operations. The headquarters of both companies are at Detroit International Airport. Lakes Air Cargo has four hubs: Detroit International, Toronto International, Milwaukee International and John F. Kennedy International Airport (New York).
==Destinations==
Continent 	Cities 	Total
Asia 	Bangkok • Beijing • Hong Kong • Kuala Lumpur • Manila • New Delhi • Sangkhat • Singapore • Seoul • Shanghai • Taipei • TokyoSeasonal: Dubai • Doha 	14
Australia & Oceania	Auckland • Melbourne • Sydney 	3
Europe 	Amsterdam • Berlin • Brussels • Dublin • Frankfurt • Lisbon • London • Madrid • Moscow • Paris • Rome • Reykjavik • ZürichSeasonal: Athens • Krakow • Milan 	16
North America 	Detroit • Kingston • Madison • Milwaukee • Sudbury • Thunder Bay • Toronto • Atlanta • Austin • Boston • Calgary • Charlotte • Chicago • Dallas • Honolulu • Indianapolis • Las Vegas • Los Angeles • Mexico City • Miami • Minneapolis • Monterrey • Montreal • New Orleans • New York • Orlando • Panamá • Philadelphia • Phoenix • Portland • Punta Cana • Quebec City • St. Louis • San Diego • San Francisco • San Juan • Salt Lake City • Seattle • Vancouver • WinnipegSeasonal: Bridgetown • Guatemala City • Los Cabos • Nassau • Port of Spain • Tampa	46
South America 	Bogota • Buenos Aires • Lima • Montevideo • Quito • Rio de Janeiro • Santiago • Sao PauloSeasonal: Caracas • Georgetown 	10
==Fleet==
As of February 2017, the Lakes Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:
Lakes Air fleet
Aircraft 	In service 	Orders 	Notes
Airbus A330-200	3 	– 	Intercontinental transport, To be phased out by 2018
Airbus A330-300	22 	– 	North-American and intercontinental transport
Airbus A340-600	10 	– 	Intercontinental transport, To be phased out by 2019
Airbus A350-900	14 	18 	Intercontinental transport, Deliveries from December 2016 until 2025Replacing Airbus A330-200 and Airbus A340-300
Airbus A380-800	8 	2 	Long intercontinental transport
Boeing 737-400 	6 	– 	Regional transport, Detroit–Toronto flights
Boeing 737-800 	18 	– 	Regional transport
Boeing 767-300 	25 	– 	North-American transport
Boeing 777-8 	– 	10 	Deliveries planned to start from 2020
Cargo fleet 	Cargo fleet	Cargo fleet	Cargo fleet
Boeing 747-8F 	8 	2 	Cargo
Boeing 777F 	10 	– 	Cargo
Total 	107 	35 	
===Fleet gallery===
LakesAirA330.png|Airbus A330-200
LakesAirA380.png|Airbus A380-800
LakesAirB737Calgary.png|Boeing 737-800 at Calgary
===Cargo fleet===
LakesAirB777F.png|Boeing 777F
LakesAirB747F.png|Boeing 747-8F
==Services==
=== Lakes Air Plus ===
Lakes Air Plus is loyal customer service operated by Lakes Air. Lakes Air Plus offers exclusive members-only offers during the flight. It also gives members-only offers of flights. With Lakes Air Plus, you can also get cheaper prices on airports, which are hubs of Lakes Air (Detroit and Toronto).
=== Lounges ===
Lakes Air has lounges in five airports: Detroit International, Toronto International, London Heathrow, Los Angeles International and Sydney Airport. These lounges are free for Business class and First class passengers. They have food services, private showers, a lot of space and some lounges have Lakes Air Spa.
=== Travel classes ===
Lakes Air has four travel classes, which all of them you can find in Lakes Air's A380-800. Smaller planes have usually Economy and Economy Extra classes, but planes like A350-900 or B767-300 have also Business class.
==== Economy Class ====
Cheapest, lowest and the commonly used class. Economy Class offers regular meals and drinks, power supplies (Socket and USB). Also in A330, A340, A350, A380 and B767 there's 12.1” touch screen TVs.
==== Economy Extra ====
Economy Extra is slightly better than regular Economy Class. This class offers larger and wide seats, special meals and drinks and larger 13" touch screen TVs. Economy Extra seats are located in front of Economy class.
==== Business Class ====
Business class can be found from nearly all of the planes, except not from regional transport planes. Business class gives you an access to Lakes Air lounges and gives you own personal seat, which can be transformed into a bed. Business class passengers will get their own special menu and service. Business class passengers can also get free WiFi.
==== First Class ====
First Class is the most expensive travel class and the class is only available on Airbus A380-800 flights. First class passengers have access to Lakes Air lounges. First class passengers will get own private pod in the front side of the A380. These pods have their own privacy: pods are provided with doors. The pods can turn the seat into a bed. With first class, you'll get access to the high menu, you can serve a shower, free WiFi and plenty more.
==See Also==
*List of Airlines by Official Nations
*Skycon
Category:Airlines
Category:United Great Lakes
Category:Skycon