Seair Seaplanes

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.

Seair Seaplanes
A DHC-2 Beaver at a dock in Vancouver
IATA ICAO Callsign
- SS1 -
Founded1980[1]
AOC #5082[2]
HubsVancouver Int'l Water Airport
Fleet size14[3]
Destinations9[4]
HeadquartersRichmond, British Columbia, Canada
Key peoplePeter Clarke, CEO[5]
Websitewww.seairseaplanes.com

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

As of September 2019 Seair Seaplanes serves the following destinations:[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,[6] but the service did not debut.

Fleet

As of September 2019 the Seair fleet consists of 14 aircraft equipped with floats:[3]

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

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.[7][8][9]

On 26 July 2019, a Cessna 208 Caravan (C-GURL) registered to Seair crashed near Addenbroke Island, about 100 km (62 mi) north of Port Hardy. There were nine passengers on board and one pilot. Three passengers and the pilot were killed and five passengers suffered serious injuries.[10][11][12]

See also

References
  1. Seair Seaplanes: The Company Retrieved on 3 September 2019
  2. Transport Canada (August 26, 2019), Civil Aviation Services (CAS) AOC. wwwapps.tc.gc.ca.
  3. "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: Quick Search Result for Seair Seaplanes". Transport Canada. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  4. Seair Seaplanes: Home Retrieved on 3 September 2019
  5. Pilot Career Centre: Seair Seaplanes Retrieved on 3 September 2019
  6. "Two float plane operators to use new Vancouver flight centre for Victoria, Nanaimo routes". Canada Standard. May 6, 2011. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
  7. Vancouver Province: Baby among six feared dead in Saturna Island floatplane crash 29 November 2009
  8. The Globe and Mail: Six bodies recovered from B.C. crash 30 November 2009
  9. CADORS report for Seair Seaplanes (C-GTMC)
  10. CADORS report for Seair Seaplanes (C-GURL)
  11. Passengers killed in floatplane crash were from U.S. and Germany, coroner says
  12. Transportation Safety Board sends investigators to deadly B.C. float plane crash site
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