List of seaplane operators

A lineup of Harbour Air Seaplanes: two DHC-2's and a DHC-3

This is a list of seaplane operators. A seaplane is a powered fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing (alighting) on water.[1] Seaplanes that can also take off and land on airfields are a subclass called amphibious aircraft.

Trans Maldivian Airways base at Velana International Airport
A Vancouver Island Air DHCT-3 Turbo Otter at Campbell River Water Aerodrome
Seawings Cessna 208 Caravan
Tofino Air Cessna 180 at Tofino Harbour Water Aerodrome
Seaborne Airlines Twin Otter at Christiansted Harbor Seaplane Base
Seair Seaplanes DHC-2T Turbo-Beaver at Ganges Water Aerodrome
Pacific Island Air Turbo Otter taxiing at Nacula, Fiji
Three Air Tindi DHC-6 Twin Otters on floats at Yellowknife Water Aerodrome
Piper SuperCub of Kenmore Air on Lake Cushman
Air Saguenay de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver on Lake Mirepoix (or Casinau) near Saguenay, Quebec
A Conair Group Air Tractor at Abbotsford International Airport
Qantas Empire Airways flying boats at Rose Bay, New South Wales
A North-Wright Airways Pilatus Porter
An Air France Lioré et Olivier LeO H-242
Buffalo Airways Noorduyn Norseman at Yellowknife Airport

Seaplane operators

Types:

  • C - Airline is operating and currently flying seaplanes
  • F - Airline is operating but no longer using seaplanes
  • D - Airline is defunct
AirlineCountryType
Ad Astra AeroSwitzerlandD
Aero Espresso ItalianaKingdom of ItalyD
Aero GeralBrazilD
Aerolíneas ArgentinasArgentinaF
Aeromarine West Indies AirwaysUnited StatesD
Air FecteauCanadaD
Air FranceFranceF
Air JuanPhilippinesC
Air LabradorCanadaD
Air MikisewCanadaD
Air OrientFranceD
Air SaguenayCanadaC
Air TahitiFranceF
Air TindiCanadaC
Air UnionFranceD
Air WhitsundayAustraliaC
AirSea LinesGreeceD
Ala LittoriaItalyD
Alaska AirlinesUnited StatesF
Alaska Seaplanes[2]United StatesC
Alkan AirCanadaC
Ansett AustraliaAustraliaD
Aquila AirwaysUnited KingdomD
Arctic Sunwest ChartersCanadaD
Austin AirwaysCanadaD
Baxter AviationCanadaD
British Amphibious AirlinesUnited KingdomD
British Aviation ServicesUnited KingdomD
British Overseas Airways CorporationUnited KingdomD
Buffalo AirwaysCanadaF
Canadian AirwaysCanadaD
Catalina Air LinesUnited StatesD
Cathay PacificHong KongF
Chalk's International AirlinesUnited StatesD
China National Aviation CorporationRepublic of China (1912–1949)D
Conair GroupCanadaC
Condor SyndikatGermanyD
CorilairCanadaC
DeruluftGermany/Soviet UnionD
Deutsche Luft HansaGermanyD
Eastern Provincial AirwaysCanadaD
Elders Colonial AirwaysNigeriaD
Eldorado Radium Silver ExpressCanadaD
European Coastal AirlinesCroatiaD
FjellflyNorwayD
Garuda IndonesiaIndonesiaF
Golden West AirlinesUnited StatesD
Harbour Air SeaplanesCanadaC
Hellenic SeaplanesGreeceC
Imperial AirwaysUnited KingdomD
Imperial Japanese AirwaysEmpire of JapanD
Jal HansIndiaC
Jersey AirwaysChannel IslandsD
Kenmore AirUnited StatesC
Kenn Borek AirCanadaC
Kerala SeaplaneIndiaC
KLMNetherlandsF
KLM Interinsulair BedrijfDutch East IndiesD
KNILMNetherlandsD
Lamb AirCanadaD
Loch Lomond SeaplanesUnited KingdomC
Macau Air Transport CompanyHong KongD
MaldivianMaldivesF
Maldivian Air TaxiMaldivesD
Millennium AirlinesSri LankaC
MøreflyNorwayD
Mount Cook AirlineNew ZealandF
Nakina Air ServiceCanadaC
New York, Rio, and Buenos Aires LineUnited StatesD
NorcanairCanadaD
NordairCanadaD
North-Wright AirwaysCanadaC
Northwestern AirCanadaC
Norwegian Air LinesNorwayD
Ontario Central AirlinesCanadaD
Pacific Island AirFijiC
Pacific Seaplanes[3]CanadaC
Pacific Western AirlinesCanadaD
Pan American World AirwaysUnited StatesD
Panair do BrasilBrazilD
Paraense Transportes AéreosBrazilD
Pat Bay AirCanadaD
Pearl AviationAustraliaF
PenAirUnited StatesF
QantasAustraliaF
QuebecairCanadaD
Queen Charlotte AirlinesCanadaD
Salt AirNew ZealandC
Salt Spring AirCanadaC
Samaritan AviationPapua New GuineaC
SCADTAColombiaD
Sea To Sky Air[4]CanadaC
Seabird AirlinesTurkeyD
Seaborne AirlinesUnited StatesC
Seair PacificAustraliaC
Seair SeaplanesCanadaC
SeawingsUnited Arab EmiratesC
Seawings VeniceItalyC
Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do SulBrazilD
Shoreline AviationUnited StatesC
Società Aerea MediterraneaItalyD
Società Anonima Navigazione AereaItalyD
Star Air ServiceUnited StatesD
Subic SeaplanePhilippinesC
Summit AirCanadaC
Superior AirwaysCanadaC
Tailwind Air ServiceUnited StatesC
Taquan AirUnited StatesC
TEALNew ZealandD
Tofino AirCanadaC
Trans Australia AirlinesAustraliaD
Trans Maldivian AirwaysMaldivesC
Trans-Provincial AirlinesCanadaD
TransairCanadaD
Transportes Aéreos BandeirantesBrazilD
Transwest AirCanadaC
Tropic Ocean AirwaysUnited StatesC
Vancouver Island AirCanadaC
VarigBrazilD
Viação Aérea Santos DumontBrazilD
WardairCanadaD
Waterfront AirHong KongC
West Norway AirlinesNorwayD
Westcoast AirCanadaD
WiderøeNorwayF
Wilderness Seaplanes[5]CanadaC
World AirwaysUnited StatesD

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gunston, "The Cambridge Aerospace Dictionary", 2009.
  2. ↑ Alaska Seaplanes
  3. ↑ Facific Seaplanes
  4. ↑ Sea To Sky Air
  5. ↑ Wilderness Seaplanes
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