About Us
Born in 2019 to keep the aviation spirit alive — and still flying to celebrate Alberta’s community airports.
The Alberta Air Tours began in 2019 as a way to gather like-minded enthusiasts to enjoy aviation in a safe manner during the Covid restriction period.
Summer was approaching and all airshows and other aviation events had been cancelled. With limited options for a social gathering or local community event, founders Dina Jammaz and Scott Holmes devised a way to carry on the aviation spirit. They were soon joined by MLA Shane Getson, who recognized an opportunity to promote general aviation in a more profound way — and to share the economic impact of our community airports. The Alberta Air Tours was born, providing a safe way to enjoy an aviation event and promote general aviation.
As pandemic restrictions lifted and larger open-air gatherings were permitted, the Alberta Air Tours began to grow. Community members, business owners, chambers of commerce, tourism and other not-for-profit groups were invited to join us in celebrating aviation and Alberta’s beautiful communities.
We began to encourage some friendly competition between the towns we flew to, to show why each is the best place to visit in what we call God’s country. We’ve seen over 1,000 people join us at airports to enjoy live music, food trucks and BBQs, car shows and drifting demonstrations, local artisans selling their wares, children’s face painting and games, and so much more. Elected officials welcomed and joined us in promoting their community and its airport.
Today, we continue to invite pilots from Alberta and surrounding provinces to explore Alberta with us — to promote economic development, support community airports and tourism, and inspire our rural youth into aviation as a career or a passion.
The Alberta Air Tours is a not-for-profit group that does not charge a fee to our pilots or the communities we visit. Our passion for aviation, and our love of our beautiful province, is what continues to drive us.
- 2019First tour flies during Covid restrictions
- 1,000+Visitors at community airport events
- 40Aircraft per tour, for safety
- $0Fees for pilots or host communities
Award-winning community impact
The Alberta Air Tours has been honoured by the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association with the John Bogie Memorial Award, and by the Alberta Aviation and Aerospace Council, for innovation, engagement, giving back to local communities and promoting aviation and aerospace. The Air Tour concept has made a lasting impression on many Albertans — showing the positive benefits of general aviation and dispelling the stigmas around it.
Meet the people behind the tours
Air traffic controllers, builders, racers, educators and lifelong pilots — all volunteers.