{{Short description|Canadian holding company}} {{Infobox company | name = Chorus Aviation Inc. | logo = Chorus Aviation logo.svg | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | logo_padding = | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = <!-- Use ISO 639-1 code, e.g. "fr" for French. For multiple names in different languages, use {{lang|[code]|[name]}}. --> | former_name = Jazz Air Income Fund | type = Public | traded_as = {{TSX|CHR}} | industry = | founded = {{start date|2006|02|02}} as Jazz Air Income Fund <!-- if known: {{start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} in city, country --> | founder = <!-- or: | founders = --> | hq_location = | hq_location_city = Halifax, Nova Scotia | hq_location_country = Canada | area_served = <!-- or: | areas_served = --> | key_people = Colin Copp (President and CEO) Randolph deGooyer (Chief Operating Officer) Gary Osborne (Chief Financial Officer) | products = | brands = | services = | owner = <!-- or: | owners = --> | subsid = *Jazz Aviation LP *Voyageur Airways *Cygnet Aviation Academy *Elisen & Associates | website = {{official URL}} }}
thumb|right|Canadair CL-600 (CRJ 100ER) '''Chorus Aviation''' is a Canadian holding company which owns regional airlines Jazz Aviation LP and Voyageur Airways as well as lessor Chorus Aviation Capital.
Its headquarters is in the Dartmouth area of Halifax, Nova Scotia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chorusaviation.com/contact-us/|title=Contact Us|publisher=Chorus Aviation|access-date=2026-03-24|quote=3 Spectacle Lake Drive, Suite 380 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3B 1W8 Canada}}</ref>
It was founded in 2006 as Jazz Air Income Fund, when then parent company ACE Aviation Holdings divested part of its interests in their regional airline business in an IPO.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/jazz-air-income-fund-ipo-priced-at-10-1.628560 |title= Jazz Air income fund IPO priced at $10|date=2006-01-24 |website= CBC|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> In 2008, ACE Aviation Holdings sold its remaining participation in the company.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-aceaviation-sales/ace-sells-remaining-stakes-in-aeroplan-jazz-air-idUSWNA287920080528 |title= ACE sells remaining stakes in Aeroplan, Jazz Air|date=2008-05-28 |website= Reuters|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> In 2011, it became a public corporation and changed its name to Chorus aviation, due to a change in Canadian tax laws which removed tax advantages for income funds, such changes prompting other income funds to restructure similarly.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/article/872942--jazz-air-plans-to-convert-into-holding-corporation|accessdate=2010-10-12|title=Jazz Air plans to convert into holding corporation - thestar.com| location=Toronto|work=The Star|date=2010-10-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/jazz-air-plans-conversion-to-corporation-1.916267 |access-date=2010-10-12 |title=CBC News - Nova Scotia - Jazz Air plans conversion to corporation |date=2010-10-08 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011120118/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/10/08/jazz-conversion-to-chorus.html |archive-date=2010-10-11 }}</ref>
In February 2011, Chorus reported that revenues had improved and that it had invested in the Uruguayan airline Pluna.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centreforaviation.com/news/2011/02/09/chorus-aviation-formerly-jazz-air-income-fund-net-jumps-358/page1|accessdate=2011-03-27|title=Chorus Aviation (formerly Jazz Air Income Fund) net jumps 35.8%|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517151246/https://centreforaviation.com/news/2011/02/09/chorus-aviation-formerly-jazz-air-income-fund-net-jumps-358/page1|archive-date=2019-05-17|url-status=dead}}</ref> After excessive losses, Pluna was shut down by the Uruguayan government on 5 July 2012, and Pluna's entire fleet was auctioned off on 1 October 2012.
Chorus aviation also acquired air charter company Voyageur Airways in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Voyageur Airways to be sold for $80 million|url=http://www.nugget.ca/2015/03/12/voyageur-airways-to-be-sold-for-80-million|website=North Bay Nugget|language=en-CA|date=March 12, 2015|access-date=June 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905232743/http://www.nugget.ca/2015/03/12/voyageur-airways-to-be-sold-for-80-million|archive-date=September 5, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Voyageur Airways provides chartered aircraft to the United Nations in support of various programmes in Africa.
On February 8, 2019, Chorus Aviation agreed to purchase nine CRJ900 regional jets from Bombardier in a deal valued at US$437 million. The aircraft are operated by Chorus subsidiary, Jazz Aviation, and were delivered in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chorus signs firm agreement for nine Bombardier CRJ900|url=https://www.hmgaerospace.com/news/lara/chorus-signs-firm-agreement-for-nine-bombardier-crj900/|website=hmgaerospace|language=en-CA|date=February 8, 2019}}</ref>
In May 2022, it was announced Chorus has acquired the UK-based company, Falko Regional Aircraft Limited.<ref>{{Cite web |last=S |first=Glenn |last2=s |date=2022-05-05 |title=Chorus Aviation completes acquisition of Falko Regional Aircraft |url=https://www.laranews.net/chorus-aviation-completes-acquisition-of-falko-regional-aircraft/ |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=LARA |language=en-US}}</ref> In December 2024 Chorus completed the sale of Falko to HPS Investment Partners LLC.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chorus Aviation completes sale of regional aircraft leasing segment |url=https://skiesmag.com/news/chorus-aviation-completes-sale-of-regional-aircraft-leasing-segment/ |access-date=2025-07-24 |website=Skies Mag |language=en-US}}</ref>
On July 21, 2025 Chorus announced the acquisition of Montreal based Elisen and Associates<ref>{{Cite web |last=shortstop |date=2025-07-21 |title=Chorus Aviation Announces Agreement to Acquire Elisen & Associates Inc. |url=https://chorusaviation.com/chorus-aviation-announces-agreement-to-acquire-elisen-associates-inc/ |access-date=2025-09-17 |website=Chorus Aviation |language=en-CA}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{official website}} * [http://www.flyjazz.ca/ Jazz Air]
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