This is a list of airlines of British Columbia which have an air operator's certificate issued by Transport Canada, the country's civil aviation authority. These are airlines that are based in British Columbia.
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Current airlines
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Hub airport(s) or headquarters |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cascadia Air | CBF | BIGFOOT | Campbell River | Scheduled Service, Air Taxi and charter | ||
| Central Mountain Air | 
|
9M | GLR | GLACIER | Smithers | Regional, charters[1] |
| CHC Helicopter | 
|
HMB | HUMMINGBIRD | Vancouver International Airport, Richmond | Helicopter charters, flight training[2] | |
| Cloud Air | Lake Muskoka/Mortimer's Point | Floatplane, scheduled passenger service, charters, flight training[3] | ||||
| Corilair | Campbell River | Charters and scheduled floatplane[4] | ||||
| Flair Airlines | 
|
F8 | FLE | FLAIR | Kelowna | Ultra-low-cost-carrier |
| Harbour Air Seaplanes | 
|
H3 | HES | HARBOUR EXPRESS | Vancouver Harbour | Scheduled passenger service, charters[5] |
| Helijet | 
|
JB | JBA | HELIJET | Vancouver | Scheduled passenger service, charters[6] |
| KF Cargo | 
|
KW | KFA | FLIGHTCRAFT | Kelowna | Scheduled passenger service, cargo Charter airline. Along with Canadian Helicopters, Atlantis Systems International and Canadian Base Operators operates KF Defence Programs.[7][8][9] |
| Northern Thunderbird Air | 
|
NTA | THUNDERBIRD | Prince George | Scheduled passenger service, charters[10] | |
| Ocean Air Floatplanes[11] | 
|
Victoria Water | Floatplane charters.[12] Purchased Pat Bay Air in March 2015 and was fully integrated. | |||
| Pacific Coastal Airlines | 
|
8P | PCO | PASCO | Vancouver | Scheduled passenger service, charters[13] |
| Salt Spring Air | 
|
101 | SALTSPRING | Ganges | Floatplane, scheduled passenger service, charters[14] | |
| Seair Seaplanes | 
|
SS1 | SEAIR | Vancouver Water | Floatplane, scheduled passenger service, charters[15] | |
| Tofino Air | 
|
25 | TOFINO AIR | Tofino Harbour | Scheduled passenger service, charters[16] | |
| Vancouver Island Air | Campbell River | Seaplane, scheduled passenger service, charters[17] | ||||
| VIH Helicopters | 
|
Saanich, British Columbia | Charters, MEDIVAC (air ambulance), aerial firefighting[18] Example colours only; aircraft now different type.[19] | |||
| West Coast Air | 
|
8O | YWZ | COAST AIR | Vancouver Harbour | Floatplanes, scheduled passenger service, charters[20] |
Defunct airlines
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Hub airport(s) or headquarters |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air BC | 
|
Vancouver | 1980 - 2002 To Air Canada Jazz | |||
| Air Southwest | Chilliwack | 1983 - 2005 | ||||
| Airspeed Aviation | Abbotsford | 1986 - 2009 Sold to Orca Airways | ||||
| Baxter Aviation | 
|
6B | Nanaimo Harbour | 1985 - 2007 Sold to West Coast Air | ||
| BCWest Air | Abbotsford | 2007 - 2008 Ended in October 2008 due to unresolved shareholder dispute | ||||
| Canadian Pacific Air Lines | 
|
CP | CPC | EMPRESS | Vancouver | 1942 - 1987 Also known as CP Air, to Canadian Airlines International, the callsign is still used by Canadian North |
| Harmony Airways | 
|
HQ | HMY | HARMONY | Vancouver | 2002 - 2007 |
| Hawkair | 
|
BH | BHA | HAWKAIR | Terrace and Kitimat | 1994 - 2016 On November 18, 2016, Hawkair declared bankruptcy, had all assets seized for liquidation, and permanently suspended operations.[21] |
| Island Express Air | 
|
1X | IAX | ABBY AIR | Abbotsford | 2009-2020 Demise due to COVID-19 pandemic[22] |
| KD Air | 
|
XC | KDC | KAY DEE | Vancouver | Ceased operations in 2019 |
| Kootenay Direct Airlines | Nelson | Ceased operating in 2009 | ||||
| Orca Airways | 
|
OR | ORK | ORCA | Vancouver | Suspended by Transport Canada in 2018 |
| Pacific Western Airlines | 
|
PA | PWA | Vancouver | 1946 - 1987 To Canadian Airlines | |
| Powell Air | 
|
PWL | POWELL AIR | Powell River | 1975 - 1987 Merged with Air BC to form Pacific Coastal Airlines | |
| Queen Charlotte Airlines | 
|
Vancouver Water | 1946 - 1955 Sold to Pacific Western Airlines | |||
| Sonicblue Airways | VL | Vancouver | 1982 - 2006 | |||
| Trans-Provincial Airlines | Prince Rupert | ? - 1993 Sold to Harbour Air | ||||
| Western Express Airlines | 
|
Vancouver | 1994 - 2006 |
References
- ^ Central Mountain Air About Us Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ CHC Helicopter About Us Archived 2010-03-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Cloud Air". Archived from the original on 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
- ^ Corilair
- ^ "Harbour Air". Archived from the original on 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
- ^ Helijet
- ^ KF Defence Programs - Participants
- ^ Canadian Helicopters
- ^ KF Aerospace - Flight Operations
- ^ Northern Thunderbird Air
- ^ Ocean Air Floatplanes
- ^ Ocean Air Floatplanes
- ^ Pacific Coastal Airlines
- ^ Salt Spring Air
- ^ Seair Seaplanes
- ^ Tofino Air
- ^ Vancouver Island Air
- ^ VIH Helicopters Archived 2012-04-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: History Search Result
- ^ "West Coast Air". Archived from the original on 2013-02-19. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
- ^ "Northwestern B.C. airline company declares bankruptcy - News". www.terracestandard.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-24.
- ^ Briones, Michael. "COVID-19: New air carrier sought for Qualicum Beach Airport". Vancouver Island Free Daily. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
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| Territories | |
This page was last edited on 9 November 2023, at 14:44