Transwest Air

Transwest Air
IATA ICAO Callsign
9T[1] ABS[2] ATHABASKA
Founded 2000
Hubs Prince Albert (Glass Field) Airport
Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport
Secondary hubs Stony Rapids Airport
Fond-du-Lac Airport
Wollaston Lake Airport (charter base)
Focus cities Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport
Frequent-flyer program Transwest Air Loyalty Points
Fleet size 31[3]/47[4]
Destinations 8[5]
Company slogan Your Airline ~ Flying Your Way!
Headquarters Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
Website transwestair.com
Transwest Air Terminal at Stony Rapids Airport
Transwest Air Beech 1900D C-GTWG at Regina International Airport
Transwest Air Bell 206B helicopter C-GCNC at Regina International Airport
Transwest Air Saab 340A C-GKCY

Transwest Air is a scheduled and charter airline primarily serving the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Its headquarters and main base is at Prince Albert.

Transwest was formed in 2000 by the merger of Air Sask (La Ronge Aviation) and Athabaska Airways. The company offers not only scheduled passenger services, but fishing charters, serveying work, forest fire fighting, and medevac operations.

Transwest's equipment includes a number of bush planes and helicopters, and four Saab 340 regional turboprop airliners. The company also operates La Ronge Water Aerodrome, Stony Rapids Water Aerodrome and Southend/Hans Ulricksen Field Aerodrome. Transwest Air also has maintenance bases in Saskatoon, Prince Albert, La Ronge, and Stony Rapids.

History

The company was founded by Floyd Glass, who learned to fly in the late 1930s, then served as a military flying training instructor during the Second World War. Postwar, he was the first general manager of the provincial Crown corporation Saskatchewan Government Airways. He resigned from this post, flew briefly with British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Airways, then returned to Saskatchewan and in 1955 formed his own firm, Athabasca Airways, which still exists under the name "Transwest Air". Glass died in 1999. In June 2016, West Wind Aviation put forward a letter of intent to purchase Transwest Air. The company became a subsidiary of West Wind Aviation July 1, 2016.

Passenger services

Transwest Air offers scheduled flights to and from:[5]

Fleet

As of September 2017 Transwest Air listed 31 aircraft[3] and had 47[4] aircraft registered with Transport Canada.

Transwest Air Fleet
AircraftFleetListingVariantsNotes
Beechcraft 1900111900D19 passengers. Can be configured for cargo.
Beechcraft King Air11A1009 passengers.
Beechcraft Super King Air38Model 200, Model B200, Model 300, Model 350Medivac configuration.
Bell 20522Bell 205A-1up to 14 passengers, helicopter
Bell 20634206B, Bell 206L-4 LongRanger IV3 or 5 passengers, helicopter.
Bell 40733up to 6 passengers, helicopter, a derivative of the Bell 206L-4
Cessna 185 Skywagon12A185F3 passengers, wheel/ski or floats.
Cessna 31001310R4 - 6 seats, nose contains a baggage compartment
de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver25MK. I5 or 6 passengers, wheels, skis or floats
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter13DHC3, DHC3-T9 passengers, wheel/skis or floats. Transwest lists its Otter as turbo, Transport Canada lists three piston models
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter46Series 100, Series 20012 to 15 passengers, wheels, skis or floats.
Piper PA-31 Navajo67PA31-31 PA31-350 Chieftain8 passengers.
Saab 34044340A, 340B34 passengers. 340A can be configured for cargo.

Transwest used to operate British Aerospace BAe Jetstream 31 twin turboprop aircraft, the Beechcraft Model 99, the Beechcraft Baron, Beechcraft Travel Air, Cessna 441 Conquest II and the Mitsubishi MU-2.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Airline Codes
  2. ↑ Flight International, 30 March - 5 April 2004 p.85
  3. 1 2 Transwest Air Fleet
  4. 1 2 "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: Quick Search Result for Transwest Air". Transport Canada. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
  5. 1 2 Transwest Air Route Map
  6. ↑ Transwest Air Historical gleet
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