Buffalo Airways (J0, Yellowknife) is planning to begin B737 charter operations in summer 2022 and has already acquired its first B737-300(SF) in the form of 2-ESKA (msn 23512), General Manager Mikey McBryan has said.

The 35.5-year-old converted freighter was last operated by Swiftair (WT, Madrid Barajas) through 2016. It is currently at Bournemouth, undergoing maintenance with its previous owner, European Aviation (Lessor). It will be re-registered as C-FBAE once in Canada and is expected to ferry to Yellowknife for final maintenance by mid-June 2022.

Buffalo Airways specialises in cargo and passenger charter services in Canada's far north. The airline's fleet comprises a mix of older aircraft types, comprising four DC-3s, two C-46s, four Lockheed Electras, six Beech (twin turboprop) King Air 90/100s, two Beech (twin piston) Barons, two Turbo Commanders, one Cessna (twin piston) 310, four Canadair CL-215s, and eight AT802s operated on behalf of the government of the Northwest Territories. It is one of two remaining commercial operators of the L-188, alongside fellow Canadian carrier Air Spray (1967).