Aviation News. 05.2018

during the winter the route is  own around

every 30 minutes (although this can depend

on demand), as there is a large amount of

business traffic, the regional government

being based in Victoria. First take-offs –

during January for instance – are 8am at

each end, with the last  ights taking place

at 3.30pm as all must take off and land

in daylight. During the summer months

the services start both earlier (7am) and

end later (7.30pm) with the aircraft being

changed for bigger or smaller types

according to demand.

From downtown Vancouver Harbour,

there are further regular services to Comox

and Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, plus

others to Whistler, Sechelt and Salt Spring

Island. As mentioned earlier there is the

service from Victoria Harbour to South

Vancouver, for links to scheduled services

to and from the international airport, in

addition to Whistler and Pitt Meadows on the

mainland.

In the past, Harbour Air’s ’standard’

colours had been a yellow stripe along the

fuselage over a white base layer and a

stylised HA on the tail. However, this has

now changed to white overall with a blue

rear fuselage and tail. Keen to promote the

country’s 150th Confederation anniversary

in 2017, as well as its environmental efforts

and local sports teams, there are a number

of variations. A Beaver and a Turbo Otter

were painted red with a large maple leaf

insignia and ‘CANADA 150’ titles. Another

Otter has a light blue tail with ‘FLY CARBON

NEUTRAL’ titles. One wears ‘Saltspring Air’

titles over the basic ‘house colours’ and a

further example retains the tail markings

of Whistler Air. The latter two were kept to

maintain links with local communities.

FUTURE OPERATIONS

The CEO said that the carrier is looking at

all options for future aircraft. New routes

are also being investigated and this may

include the expansion into international

services linking Vancouver Harbour with the

 oatplane base on Lake Union in downtown

Seattle in the USA – in co-operation with

US-based Kenmore Air. Negotiations are

still under way, as both sides believe there is

a demand for the route.

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TURBO

The company’s mascot and brand

ambassador is ‘Turbo the Otter’. In the

wild, river otters are renowned for their

sense of play and Turbo is no exception!

Often seen wandering around the Harbour

Air terminals, Turbo is known for helping

out, greeting planes, checking in guests or

‘high  ving’ everyone as they board their

As the aircraft do not have wheels, a specially modi ed pick-up truck is used to take the aircraft aircraft. Harbour Air

for maintenance.

There is a landing stage next to the ‘Flying Beaver Bar and Grill’ at the South

Vancouver facility where aircraft can be moved onto land for overnight servicing.

“The Otter and

Beaver are iconic

in aviation and

Canadian history.”

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