of Montreal Dorval Airport - Goose Bay - Glasgow Prestwick Airport - London Airport (now Heathrow Airport) flown with Canadair North Star aircraft which was a Canadian manufactured version of the Douglas DC-4. By 1962, Trans-Canada was serving Goose Bay with nonstop flights twice a week from Montreal Dorval Airport operated with Vickers Vanguard turboprop aircraft. In 1981, Eastern Provincial Airways was the only airline serving Goose Bay with nonstop Boeing 737-200 jet service from Churchill Falls, Deer Lake, Halifax, Montreal Dorval Airport, St. John's, Stephenville and Wabush although none of these flights were operated on a daily basis. By 1989, Canadian Airlines International was operating nonstop Boeing 737-200 jet service to Montreal Dorval Airport four days a week. On January 23, 2021 Air Canada Express ended service from the airport to Halifax Airport because of reduced demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Service returned on April 30, 2022. Units, squadrons and formations The principal components of CFB Goose Bay are: 444 Combat Support Squadron 5 Wing Air Reserve Flight Forward Operating Location Goose Bay Fixed-base operators The following fixed-base operators (FBOs) are based at CFB Goose Bay: PAL Airlines Canadian Helicopters Universal Helicopters Accidents and incidents On 23 December 1945, a Douglas C-47B Dakota IV of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) crashed upon landing in a snowstorm. On 10 December 1947, a Douglas C-54D-5-DC of the United States Air Force (USAF) crashed and burned in a wooded area shortly after taking off from Goose Bay resulting in 23 fatalities. The Boeing B-50 Superfortress of the Rivière-du-Loup nuclear weapon incident on 10 November 1950 departed Goose AFB to return a US Mark 4 nuclear bomb to Davis–Monthan Air Force Base. On 16 January 1951, a USAF Douglas C-47B-1-DL crashed upon takeoff. On 14 May 1951, a RCAF Douglas C-47A-10-DK disintegrated in-flight and crashed killing four crew members. On 21 July 1952, a RCAF Douglas C-47A-30-DL crashed while engaged on insect spraying operations near Goose Bay. The crew of three were killed. On 10 April 1956, a RCAF de Havilland Canada U-1A Otter crashed after takeoff on runway 09 killing three. On 6 July 1956, a USAF Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter caught fire while descending to Goose AFB on a flight from Lake Charles, Louisiana. The airplane crashed 72 km northeast of Goose Bay killing all six crew members. On 1 October 1957, a Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina of Eastern Provincial Airways