<p>Each morning, travellers and cargo take off from Montreal’s Trudeau airport for a 1,600-kilometre flight to Puvirnituq in northern Quebec aboard a nearly 50-year-old Air Inuit plane.</p>

Old Boeing 737-200s are essential to Canada's north because they are one of few jet aircraft that can land on gravel runways.{ai:summary}<p>Travelers and cargo depart daily from Montreal's Trudeau airport to Puvirnituq, Quebec, on an Air Inuit aircraft that is nearly 50 years old. This route covers a distance of 1,600 kilometers. #society</p>

Geriatric jets still soaring in Canada's north by necessity, not for nostalgia

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