Pacific Coastal Airlines
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| Founded | 1979 | |||
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| Hubs | Vancouver International Airport Port Hardy Airport |
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| Fleet size | 23 | |||
| Destinations | 15 | |||
| Headquarters | Vancouver International Airport Richmond, British Columbia |
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| Key people | Smith family | |||
| Website | http://www.pacificcoastal.com | |||
Pacific Coastal Airlines Ltd is a Canadian airline. It operates scheduled, charter and cargo services to destinations in British Columbia. Its head office is located in the South Terminal of Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia.[1] Its main base is Vancouver International Airport, with a hub at Port Hardy Airport.
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[edit] History
The airline was established in 1979 by the merger of Powell Air and the Port Hardy division of Air BC. It acquired the shares and assets of Wilderness Airlines on 1 April 1998. It has 300 employees (at March 2007).[2]
[edit] Destinations
Pacific Coastal Airlines operates services to the following destinations in British Columbia:[3]
- Anahim Lake
- Bella Bella
- Bella Coola
- Campbell River
- Comox
- Cranbrook
- Klemtu
- Masset
- Port Hardy
- Powell River
- Trail
- Vancouver
- Victoria
- Williams Lake
[edit] Terminated Destinations
[edit] Incidents and accidents
- On November 28, 2007 a Short 360 aircraft landing in Victoria International Airport reported that the cockpit landing gear light was not indicating that the gear had fully deployed. The aircraft returned and landed at Vancouver International Airport without incident.[4]
- On August 3, 2008, a Grumman Goose aircraft with seven passengers and crew crashed during a flight from Port Hardy to Chamiss Bay. The aircraft was completely destroyed by a fire. There were only two survivors.[5]
- On November 16, 2008 a Grumman Goose aircraft with 8 passengers and crew crashed during a flight from Vancouver International Airport to Toba Inlet, BC. The plane exploded into a mass of burning wreckage according to the lone survivor. This person was rescued up by the Coast Guard on South Thormanby Island off British Columbia's Sunshine Coast.[6][7][8][9]
[edit] Fleet
As of August 2010, the Pacific Coastal Airlines fleet consisted of 24 aircraft:[10]
| Aircraft | Count | Variants | Notes |
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| Saab 340 | 6 | 340A | 30 passengers, based in Vancouver |
| Shorts 360 | 2 | 360-100 | 33 passengers, based in Vancouver |
| Beechcraft 1900 | 7 | 1900C | 19 passengers, based in Vancouver |
| Beechcraft Super King Air | 1 | 200 | 11 passengers, based in Vancouver |
| Grumman Goose | 4 | 9 passengers, based in Port Hardy | |
| de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver | 4 | 5 passengers, based in Port Hardy |
[edit] References
- ^ "Contact Us." Pacific Coastal Airlines. Retrieved on December 4, 2011. "Pacific Coastal Airlines Head Office Vancouver International Airport - South Terminal 4440 Cowley Crescent Unit 204 Richmond BC V7B 1B8"
- ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 60. 2007-04-10.
- ^ Pacific Coastal Airlines: Route map Retrieved on 15 January 2010
- ^ Victoria Times Colonist: Flight Aborts Landing Over Gear Scare 29 November 2007
- ^ The Globe And Mail: 5 Dead In B.C. Plane Crash 3 August 2008
- ^ CBC: 7 Dead In Plane Crash Off B.C. Coast 16 November 2008
- ^ Vancouver Sun: Thick fog may be to blame for B.C. crash 17 November 2008
- ^ Daily Commercial News: Victims of Thormanby Island plane crash identified 19 November 2008
- ^ CTV: A look inside the doomed B.C. plane 17 November 2008
- ^ Pacific Coastal Airlines: Fleet Retrieved on 15 January 2010
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