[8][9] In 2011, Buffalo Airways was involved in a recreation of the historic Dam Busters raids of World War II, flying the mission, with their own plane and pilots.

[16] On 27 July 2012, Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of Iron Maiden, flew up from Edmonton to Yellowknife with Buffalo Airways.

On 28 July, Dickinson, who holds an airline transport pilot licence, flew a Douglas DC-3 to Yellowknife and spent a day as a guest star for a season five episode.

[17] In August 2019, owner Joe McBryan was made a member of the Order of the Northwest Territories to honour his work in aviation.

[20][21] In 2023, it launched the first dedicated direct cargo route between Edmonton and Yellowknife on its newly acquired Boeing 737-300SF to meet the demands of next-day freight delivery.

According to Transport Canada listings, the school has three aircraft: two are single-engine fixed wing airplanes, an Aeronca Champion and a Fleet Canuck, and the third is a Robinson R22 helicopter.

However, due to the suspension of its Air Operator Certificate, scheduled service was replaced in December 2015, when the company chartered aircraft to make the run.

[25][26] Scheduled cargo services transport supplies from Yellowknife to Deline, Fort Good Hope, Norman Wells, and Tulita under contract with the Government of the Northwest Territories.

The exact location for the drop was 4.8 km (3 mi) inland between Cabourg and Ouistreham, just north of the heavily-defended city of Caen.

[39][40][41] On 30 November 2015, Transport Canada suspended Buffalo Airways' Air Operator Certificate, citing the airline's poor safety record.

This prohibited Buffalo Airways from operating commercial air services until it could prove that it is capable of meeting all safety regulations on a consistent basis.