List of Britten-Norman Islander operators
This is a list of Britten-Norman Islander military and law enforcement operators, both past and present
Military and law enforcement operators
Current
- Korps landelijke politiediensten Aviation Police
- Royal Air Force of Oman
- Royal Oman Police Air Wing
- Philippine Navy - [13]used for reconnaissance and liaison duties. In license production
- Philippine Coast Guard - used primarily for aerial reconnaissance and during maritime search and rescue operations.
- Police Service of Northern Ireland[15]
- Royal Air Force - R Mk1 variant transferred from British Army in 2019.[16][17] Disposed of CC Mk2 variant in 2017.[18]
- HM Coastguard
Former
- Malawi Police Force Air Wing
- Philippine Air Force - license production
- Abu Dhabi Defence Forces Air Wing
Civilian and other former operators
- Cape Air Transport
- Golden Eagle Airlines
- Airlines of Tasmania
- Lady Elliot Island Eco-Resort (Seair Pacific)
- Air BVI - former operator
- Air Montmagny (2)
- Alair MHA Enterprises (1) - Soon to be operating
- Gillam Air Services (1) - Former operator
- Gold Belt Air Transport - Former operator
- Great River Air (2)[21]
- Maritime Air Charter - Former operator
- Northstar Air Tours (1)[22]
- Sable Aviation (1)
- Sander Geophysics (2)[23]
- South Nahanni Airways (1)
- Strait Air - Former operator[24]
- Top of the World Flying Services - Former operator
- Tsayta Aviation (1)[25]
- Villers Air Services (1) [26]
- Wagner Aviation - Former operator
- Archipiélagos Aviación operates the two Islanders in Chile and the former South Pacific Korp aircraft [27]
- South Pacific Korp
- Falck Air - operated three Islanders, a BN-2A-9 (OY-DZV), a BN-2A-20 (OY-RPZ) and a BN-2B-26 (OY-CFV)
- Copenhagen Air Taxi - operates two Islanders
- Emetebe Airlines Galapagos
- Avies Ltd.
- Skydive Estonia
- Air Hamburg
- Bremerhaven Airline
- FLN Frisia Luftverkehr
- Helgoland Airlines
- Holiday Express
- LFH
- Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter
- OLT
- Stuttgarter Flugdienst
- Olympic Airways - former operator
- Aer Arann Islands
- Garda Air Support Unit - Irish Police
- Ayit Aviation
- Air Dolphin
- First Flying Company, Ltd (FFC) / 第一航空, Okinawa
- Kyokushin Air - Suspended Operations On October 1, 2008.
- New Central Air Service
- New Japan Aviation Co.Ltd. NJA 新日本航空
- Ryukyu Air Commuter
- Aero Taxis de CV
- Aero Sudpacífico
- Divi Divi Air (Still in operation) (2)
- EZAir (Still in operation) (1)
- Windward Express (Still in operation) (2)
- Winair
- Aspiring Air Wanaka
- Fly My Sky Auckland (Still in operation) (4)
- Great Barrier Airlines Auckland (Still in operation) (2)
- Island Air Charters - Former operator.
- Mount Cook Airline - Former operator.
- Real Journeys Queenstown
- Stewart Island Flights Invercargill
- Wings over Whales Kaikoura
- Aero Taxi Intl
- Air Panama (recently)
- ANSA
- AVIATUR
- Aviones de Panama S.A.
- PARSA
- TRANSPASA
- Mid-Sea Express
- Pacificair
- ATA-Aerocondor
- Oceanair-Transportes Aéreos Regionais - Azores Islands
- TAC-Transportes Aéreos Continentais
- TAT-Transportes Aéreos de Timor - Portuguese East Timor
- Regional Air Services
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- RVL Aviation[30] - Former operator
- 2Excel Aviation Ltd
- Air Alderney
- APEM Aviation - Former operator
- Aurigny Air Services, (Channel Islands) (1968 - c.1990)
- Blue Islands, (Channel Islands)
- Channel Islands Air Search, (Channel Islands)
- Cheshire Police - Former operator
- Her Majesty's Coastguard - Former operator.
- Falkland Islands Government Air Service
- Greater Manchester Police - Former operator
- Hampshire Police
- Hebridean Air Services[31]
- Highland Airways
- Isles of Scilly Skybus[32]
- Loganair[33]
- Marine Fisheries Agency
- Precision Terrain Surveys Ltd
- RVL Aviation - Former operator
- Skydive Headcorn
Gem Air LLC- Salmon, Idaho
- Aero International - Florida - Former operator
- Air Bahia
- Air Carolina - Florence, South Carolina - Former operator
- AmericAir[34] - Washington Dulles International Airport - former operator
- American Samoa Government (ASG) - American Samoa
- Boise Air Service - Boise, Idaho
- Cape Air[35]
- Channel Islands Aviation - Camarillo, California
- Commutaire International Airways - Florida - Former operator
- Great Northern Air
- Griffing Flying Service - Port Clinton, Ohio
- Harbor Airlines - Oak Harbor, Washington State
- Homer Air - Alaska
- Iliamna Air Taxi - Alaska
- Inter Island Airways - American Samoa
- Island Air Charters - Florida
- Island Air Service - Kodiak, Alaska
- Island Airways - Beaver Island, Michigan (4) - Still in operation
- LAB Flying Service - Juneau, Alaska
- McCall Aviation - McCall, Idaho
- Munz Northern Airlines - Nome, Alaska (12) - Former operator
- New England Airlines - Westerly, Rhode Island - Still in operation
- Pelican Airways
- Princeton Airways - Princeton Airport, New Jersey - Former operator
- Rediske Air - Alaska
- Salmon Air - Salmon, Idaho - Former operator
- San Juan Airlines - Friday Harbor, Washington State
- Servant Air - Kodiak, Alaska
- Slocum Airlines - Florida - Former operator
- SouthCentral Air - Former operator in Alaska
- South Pacific Island Airways - Guam - Former operator
- Stol Air Commuter - San Francisco, California - Former operator
- Tropic Air Charters - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
- Wheeler Airlines - Former operator
- Williams Air - former operator
- Wings Airways - Blue Bell, Pennsylvania - Former operator
References
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- ^ Flight International 14–20 December 2010, p. 30.
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- ^ Flight International 14–20 December 2010, p. 35.
- ^ a b Hoyle Flight International 8–14 December 2015, p. 39.
- ^ Hoyle Flight International 8–14 December 2015, p. 40.
- ^ Flight International 14–20 December 2010, p. 41.
- ^ a b c Hoyle Flight International 8–14 December 2015, p. 43.
- ^ Hoyle Flight International 8–14 December 2015, p. 44.
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- ^ Hoyle Flight International 8–14 December 2015, p. 46.
- ^ Hoyle Flight International 8–14 December 2015, p. 47.
- ^ "G-INFO G-BSWR". Civil Aviation Authority. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ "Avionic Upgrades for the RAF's Britten-Norman Islanders". Britten-Norman (Press release). 23 July 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ Air Vice Marshal Harvey Smyth Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group [@@HarvSmyth] (2 April 2019). "Handover of Fixed Wing Manned Aerial Surveillance from Army to RAF" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "RAF Islanders Replaced by Civilian-Contracted Aircraft". Warnesy's World. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
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- ^ "Great River Air". Retrieved 16 Sep 2017.
- ^ "Northstar Air Tours". Retrieved 16 Sep 2017.
- ^ Sander Geophysics (n.d.). "Geophysical Survey Aircraft - Britten-Norman BN2B-21 Islander". Retrieved 30 April 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ "Strait Air". Retrieved 16 Sep 2017.
- ^ "Tsayta Aviation". Retrieved 16 Sep 2017.
- ^ "Villers Air Services". Retrieved 16 Sep 2017.
- ^ Archipiélagos Aviación (2010). "Otro Islander para Archipiélagos". Retrieved 24 January 2011.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.hebrideanair.co.uk/flights/Air_Charter.html
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