Dominion Airlines

Dominion Airlines is Albion's second-largest airline and largest privately-held air carrier. Dominion flights account for nearly 40% of all air traffic in Albion, with destinations in roughly 20 countries.

History
Dominion Airlines descends from one of the earliest airlines founded in Albion: Western Albion Airways, founded in 1926 in Granville by Richard Cincinnatus Jemison III. Over the next four years Jemison acquired a number of smaller regional competitors and found his way onto the board of directors of the Dominion Pacific Railway. By 1929, WAA had assembled a fleet of more than 50 aircraft and a stable of excellent pilots drawn from the bush pilot and military pools, providing services like cargo transport, mail delivery and passenger service across the Pacific Northwest. WAA at the time was the second-largest airline in the British Empire, trailing only Imperial Airways.

Jemison moved in 1929 to acquire several key competitors, mainly the Columbian Aviation Corporation out of Peterborough. In 1930, Columbian Pacific Airways Limited was established based on the enormous collection of air assets Jemison had assembled. The new airline was underpinned by air mail service, which defrayed much of the cost of other services.

The rise of Columbian Pacific coincided with the onset of the Great Depression and an increase in competition from American aviation concerns, as well as a push by the government of Major John Stilwell to establish a national air transport strategy in order to safeguard the sector against both American intervention and private over-consolidation. Ultimately the Stilwell government established Trans-Albion Airways in 1935, putting Columbian Pacific in direct competition with a federally-bankrolled entity. New regulations introduced by the government and the drying-up of economic opportunity during the Depression further impacted Columbian Pacific's bottom line. The company remained the number two airline in Albion, but struggled to gain market share, hit hardest by Labour's policies prohibiting private airlines from servicing certain major international routes and carving out preferences for Trans-Albion.

In 1937, Dominion Pacific Railway moved in and bought Columbian Pacific from Jemison alongside several other smaller airlines: Granville Airways (Granville), Yukon Southern (Yukon), Central Columbian Airways (Windsor and area), Mountain Airways (Kiottowa), Willamette Airways (Multnomah), Western Albion Airways (Windsor), Prairie Airways (Wichispa), North East Airways (Paskoyac) and Harkness Airways (Dauphin). Columbian Pacific had the greatest core of assets in that group and formed the nucleus of a new company designated Dominion Pacific Airlines.

Dominion Pacific era
Dominion Pacific entered the market as the largest non-government airline in Albion, backed by the massive Dominion Pacific budget. The company worked to establish its own routes in the face of federal regulations giving preference to Trans-Albion Airways on major in-Albion routes, particularly as the age of international air travel emerged in the postwar years. These early backbone routes were dominated by TAA, forcing Dominion Pacific to develop its own routes.

Key to the development of Dominion Pacific was the northern route to the Far East. Dominion Pacific managed to secure flights out of their Granville base to destinations throughout the Pacific, including:


 * Granville -> Shemya Island, Aleutians, Yukon -> Tokyo, Japan -> Hong Kong
 * Granville -> Honolulu, Hawaii -> Canton Island, Gilbert and Ellice Islands -> Suva, Fiji -> Yéorra, Australia or Auckland, New Zealand
 * Granville or Windsor -> Edmonton -> Paskoyac -> nonstop via the Polar Route to Amsterdam, Lisbon, Rome and Madrid
 * Windsor -> Mexico City, Mexico -> Lima, Peru -> Santiago, Chile -> Baires, Argentine

The arrival of longer-ranged aircraft in the 1950s made European and South American routes feasible, though Dominion Pacific continued to have to fight for market share by carving out its own agreements to work around restrictions giving preference to Trans-Albion (and its successor, Air Albion). From 1958, DP introduced the turboprop Bristol Britannia before phasing in the jet-powered Douglas DC-8 from 1961 on particular routes.

Federal regulations actively prohibited Dominion Pacific from serving international routes to countries such as the United Kingdom, France and West Germany. As the airline introduced longer-range jets, DP cultivated strong and profitable routes to partners outside the Commonwealth and key Alban allies, notably pursuing destinations in "Four Amigos" countries such as the Confederate States, Spain and Portugal as well as in Southeast Asia. By the 1960s, DP had established Amsterdam, Milan and Corfu as major hubs in Europe and built up an incredibly profitable network of flights to Yéorra, Saigon, Krung Thep, Surabaya, Tokyo and Hong Kong as well as destinations in South America like Baires, Còrdoba, Sao Paulo and Prince Edward.

Years of DP lobbying finally bore fruit in late 1982, when the Mark Longfield government rolled back route quotas and restrictions and opened up all potential destinations to competition. DP, as the largest privately-held airline, moved to take advantage. The company acquired the fourth-leading airline in the country, National Hudson Airlines, in a massive merger deal before re-emerging in 1984 as a rebranded entity: Dominion Airlines.

Dominion Airlines era
Despite the rebrand, Dominion retained several elements of their Dominion Pacific heritage, most notably branding reminiscent of DP Rail's famous Multimark logo.

In 1985, Dominion acquired Stannassippi-based Eastair, gaining access to lucrative routes to Boston, London, Paris and Berlin. The Spanish-Catalonian War disrupted Dominion's operations in Madrid through the period of the conflict, but the long history of operation in the region allowed the company to move in following the turnover of the Spanish regime, gaining control of incredibly profitable routes to prime vacation destinations in Andalusia and newly-independent Catalonia. Dominion quickly won rights to the newly-reconstructed Málaga Airport and set their Boeing 747-200B fleet to servicing a major international route to the Costa del Sol:


 * Granville -> Málaga, Andalusia, Spain

The route quickly became one of Dominion's most profitable routes, allowing the airline to weather slowdowns in the Asian economy in the late 1990s without going under.

In 2002, Dominion consolidated its wholly-owned regional carriers into Dominion Express Airlines. These carriers had largely operated under the "Dominion Connector" branding prior. Dominion Regional continues to operate the bulk of Dominion's local and regional routes throughout the subarctic regions of the country.

In 2003, Dominion established AlbaJet, a low-cost carrier intended to compete with other carriers being rolled out by EastJet. AlbaJet capitalized on Dominion's extensive network of contacts in Central and South America to offer low-cost trips to destinations throughout Albion and the United States as well as the Confederacy, Mexico, Jamaica and St. Michael and Providencia.

In 2006, Dominion bought out Fort Smith-based Northwind Airlines and calved it off as a subsidiary servicing northern Albion and a handful of northern international destination. Northwind hubs were expanded into Iqaluit and Nakanuk, mostly serving domestic airlines across the northern provinces and territories but adding a few international destinations, namely Fort Garry, Minitic, USA; Québec City, New France; and Reykjavik, Iceland via Iqaluit.

Dominion underwent a major rebrand in 2012, introducing a streamlined dark-blue-and-ochre branding influenced by the older Multimark-inspired livery. The livery has since been applied to all in-service Dominion aircraft.

Asia

 * China
 * Nanjing - Nanjing Lukou International Airport
 * Guangzhou - Baiyun International Airport
 * Hong Kong
 * Hong Kong International Airport
 * India
 * Delhi - Indira Gandhi International Airport
 * Japan
 * Tokyo - Narita International Airport
 * Nagoya - Komaki Airport
 * Taihoku - Taihoku Osono International Airport
 * Korea
 * Seoul - Incheon International Airport
 * Malaya
 * Kuala Lumpur - Kuala Lumpur International Airport
 * Manchuria
 * Shenyang - Shenyang Taoxian International Airport
 * '''Republic of Nusantara
 * Surabaya - Sidoarjo International Airport
 * Philippines
 * Manila - New Grace Park International Airport
 * Siam
 * Krung Thep - Don Mueang International Airport
 * Singapore
 * Changi Airport

Europe

 * Denmark
 * Copenhagen - Copenhagen Airport
 * France
 * Paris - Charles de Gaulle Airport
 * Iceland
 * Reykjavik - Keflavik Airport
 * Italy
 * Milan - Malpensa Airport
 * Rome - Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport
 * Netherlands
 * Amsterdam - Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
 * Portugal
 * Lisbon - Humberto Delgado Airport
 * Salonika
 * Salonika - Mikra International Airport
 * Soviet Union
 * Kiev - Boryspil International Airport
 * Moscow - Sheremetyevo International Airport
 * Spain
 * Málaga - Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport
 * Switzerland
 * Zürich - Zurich Airport
 * United Kingdom
 * London - Heathrow Airport
 * London - Gatwick Airport
 * Edinburgh, Scotland - Edinburgh Airport
 * West Germany
 * Frankfurt am Main - Frankfurt Airport
 * Munich - Munich Franz Josef Strauss Airport

North America

 * Albion
 * Athabasca
 * Edmonton - Edmonton International Airport
 * Tampere - Tampere International Airport
 * Wellington - Wood Buffalo Regional Airport
 * Wichispa - Macaben International Airport
 * Calapuya
 * Boise - Boise Airport
 * Chafin - Chafin International Airport
 * Merritton - Merritt Western International Airport
 * Modoc - Modoc Airport
 * Multnomah - Multnomah-Columbian International Airport
 * Valley Falls - Valley Falls District Airport
 * Vancouver - George Vancouver International Airport
 * Columbia
 * Bellingham - Bellingham International Airport
 * Mukilteo - Heritage Regional Airport
 * Okanogan - Okanogan District Airport
 * Pefferlaw - McAllister International Airport
 * Port Townshend - Port Townshend Airport
 * Richmond - Tri-Cities International Airport
 * Skamokawa - Columbia-Skamokawa International Airport
 * Windsor - Windsor-Peterborough International Airport (hub)
 * Fraser
 * Granville - Minoru Park International Airport (main hub)
 * Kelowna - Kelowna International Airport
 * Kitimat - Kitimat Airport
 * Matsqui - Matsqui Airport
 * Osoyoos - Osoyoos International Airport
 * Powell River - Powell River Airport
 * Prince George - Cariboo International Airport
 * Prince Rupert - Kaien-Prince Rupert International Airport
 * Haida Gwaii
 * Hlgaagilda - Haida Gwaii Airport
 * Kisatchewan
 * Dauphin - Dauphin Airport
 * Stannassipi - Stilwell International Airport
 * Kootenay
 * Bakersfield - Bakersfield International Airport
 * Coeur d'Alene - Pappy Boyington Field
 * Kiottowa - Billy Sleighton International Airport (hub)
 * Line and Pacific Islands
 * Bridges Point - Bridges Point Field International Airport
 * Mackenzie Territory
 * Fort Smith - Fort Smith International Airport
 * Inuvik
 * Norman Wells
 * Qausuittuq - Resolute Airfield
 * Yellowknife - Yellowknife Airport
 * Muskegon
 * Miskwaham - Matawa Regional Airport
 * Paskoyac - Delta-North Kisatchewan International Airport (hub)
 * Pinawa - Whitemouth-Lac-du-Bonnet Airport
 * Rollington - Rollington Airport
 * Nunavut
 * Iqaluit - Iqaluit Airport
 * Kangiqliniq - Kangiqliniq Airfield
 * Nanisivik - Nanisivik Airfield
 * Stikine
 * Blackstone - Peace River International Airport
 * New Aiyansh - Nass River District Airport
 * Whidbey - Whidbey International Airport
 * Vancouver
 * Comox - Comox Airport
 * Nanaimo - Nanaimo Airport
 * Victoria - Victoria International Airport
 * Yukon
 * Nakanuk - Nakanuk International Airport
 * Prudhoe Bay - North Slope Airport
 * St. Timothys - St. Timothys Airport
 * Whitehorse - Whitehorse International Airport
 * Bahamas
 * Nassau - Lynden Pindling International Airport
 * '''Confederate States
 * Florida
 * Miami - Miami International Airport
 * Orlando - Orlando International Airport
 * Texas
 * Dallas - Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
 * Virginia
 * Richmond
 * Jamaica
 * Kingston - Norman Manley International Airport
 * Mexico
 * Cancún - Cancún International Airport
 * Mexico City - Mexico City International Airport
 * Monterrey - General Mariano Escobedo International Airport
 * Puerto Vallarta - Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport
 * New France
 * Acadia
 * Mirliguèche
 * Québec
 * Québec City
 * Montréal - Marchand International Airport
 * St. Michael and Providencia
 * Jacobsstad - New Courland International Airport
 * United States
 * California
 * Los Angeles - Los Angeles International Airport
 * San Francisco - San Francisco International Airport
 * San Diego - San Diego International Airport
 * Canada
 * Toronto - Mackenzie International Airport
 * Illinois
 * Chicago - O'Hare International Airport
 * Massachusetts
 * Boston - Logan International Airport
 * Michigan
 * Detroit - Detroit International Airport
 * Minitic
 * Fort Garry - Louis Riel International Airport
 * Nevada
 * Las Vegas - McCarran International Airport
 * New York
 * New York City - John F. Kennedy International Airport
 * New York City - LaGuardia Airport
 * Pennsylvania
 * Erie - Erie International Airport
 * Virgin Islands
 * Christiansed - Christiansed International Airport

Oceania

 * Australia
 * Pays-du-Cygne
 * Dufresne - Dufresne International Airport
 * Pays-du-Tongale
 * Yéorra - Yéorra International Airport
 * Fiji
 * Nadi - Nadi International Airport
 * Kaiserines
 * Miramare - Miramare-Maarland Airport
 * New Caledonia
 * Nouméa - La Tontouta International Airport
 * New Zealand
 * Auckland - Auckland Airport

South America

 * Argentine
 * New Georgia
 * Baires - Sir Isaac Brock International Airport
 * British Araucania
 * Valdivia - Pichoy Airport
 * Brasil
 * Rio de Janeiro - Galeão International Airport
 * São Paulo - Guarulhos International Airport
 * Chile
 * Santiago - Comodoro Benitez International Airport
 * Guyana
 * Prince Edward - Prince Edward International Airport
 * Peru
 * Lima - Jorge Chavez International Airport