Seair Seaplanes

Seair Seaplanes
IATA ICAO Callsign
- SS1 Seair
Founded 1980[1]
Hubs Vancouver Int'l Water Airport
Fleet size 12[2]
Destinations 8[1]
Headquarters Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Key people Peter Clarke, CEO[3]
Website www.seairseaplanes.com

Seair Seaplanes is a scheduled and charter airline based in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. The airline flies routes between the Vancouver International Water Airport and the Nanaimo Harbour Water Airport, as well as other Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia, primarily with float planes.

Destinations

DHC-2T "Turbo Beaver" unloading at Ganges Harbour

Seair Seaplanes serves the following destinations (at November 2009):[4]

In addition to scheduled flights, Seair operates scenic flights, scheduled tours, and private charters. Small amounts of cargo may also be carried.

Seair had plans to begin a service to the Victoria Inner Harbour Airport on May 25, 2011,[5] but the service did not debut.

Fleet

The Seair fleet consists of 14 aircraft equipped with floats:[2]

Seair Seaplanes
AircraftNumberVariantsNotes
Cessna 185 Skywagon1A185F3 passngers
Cessna 208 Caravan79 passengers
DHC-2 Beaver6DHC-2 MK. I, DHC-2 MK. III

Incidents and accidents

On 29 November 2009 a DHC-2 Beaver operated by Seair crashed off the coast of Saturna Island. The accident occurred at approximately 4:10 p.m local time. Six passengers (including one infant) died, but the pilot and one other passenger survived.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Seair Seaplanes: Information Retrieved on 29 November 2009
  2. 1 2 "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: Quick Search Result for Seair Seaplanes". Transport Canada. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  3. ↑ Pilot Career Centre: Seair Seaplanes Retrieved on 29 November 2009
  4. ↑ Seair Seaplanes: Route Map Retrieved on 29 November 2009
  5. ↑ "Two float plane operators to use new Vancouver flight centre for Victoria, Nanaimo routes". Canada Standard. May 6, 2011. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
  6. ↑ Vancouver Province: Baby among six feared dead in Saturna Island floatplane crash 29 November 2009
  7. ↑ The Globe and Mail: Six bodies recovered from B.C. crash 30 November 2009
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