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Since 1973, First Air has continually expanded its scheduled services from its initial single route which was operated between Ottawa and North Bay with an eight-passenger aircraft. The present day route structure serves 28 destinations in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, Alberta, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut with over 15500 scheduled route miles through a fleet of 19 aircraft of various sizes that are capable of carrying various cargo/passenger configurations.
The route map shows the northern communities that are provided with scheduled service (passenger and cargo) by First Air. It can be seen that the main entry point for serving communities in the Western Arctic is Edmonton and Yellowknife while the entry points from the south for serving communities in the Eastern Arctic are through Ottawa and Montreal (Dorval airport). In terms of access to the Central Arctic, it can be seen that First Air's main entry point for the Keewatin region is through Winnipeg.
As a sister airline to First Air, Makivik Corporation also owns Air Inuit, which provides air carrier services to the sixteen Inuit communities of Northern Quebec, which are located along the shores of Ungava Bay, Hudson Strait and the eastern shore of Hudson Bay. First Air and Air Inuit both use Kuujjuaq (Fort Chimo) as a major connecting point for providing scheduled service to this region (which is referred to as the "Nunavik region by the Inuit). Convenient connections are therefore possible for all of First Air's scheduled services either travelling to Our Destinations through any of the four main entry points of Montreal, Ottawa, Edmonton and Winnipeg.