The Canadian North airline launched an Inuktitut version of its site Thursday.
Now, the site offers the same information and services as its English page in Nunavut's official language.
"We just wanted to have the website be able to provide Inuktitut as a language, as an option for people to use so that if they want to go online and do their bookings in Inuktitut, then that option is there," said Vinnie Karetak, manager for government services and passenger and cargo sales with Canadian North.
The airline is an Inuit-owned company that has been around for more than 80 years. Many of its customers come from small, isolated communities in Nunavut where Inuktitut is the main language used.
Timiusie Inualuk says he's happy about the site change.
"I am a frequent flyer with the airline, I am from Iqaluit and I travel alot and this will be very convienient for me," he said.
People from smaller communities, such as Arctic Bay, say the site will be useful for Inuktitut speakers.
"Some people who only speak Inuktitut have trouble with trying to get information for travel and this website that Canadian North has will be helpful to those very people," said an Arctic Bay resident.
The site is now up and running. The site helps people to book flights, but it also helps customers to find out how much it would cost to ship items like country food.
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