Rise Air
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Founded | 2000 | ||||||
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AOC # | 12508[3] | ||||||
Hubs | Prince Albert (Glass Field) Airport Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport | ||||||
Secondary hubs | Stony Rapids Airport Fond-du-Lac Airport Wollaston Lake Airport (charter base) | ||||||
Focus cities | Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport | ||||||
Frequent-flyer program | Transwest Air Loyalty Points | ||||||
Fleet size | 31[4]/39[5] | ||||||
Destinations | 8[6] | ||||||
Parent company | West Wind Aviation | ||||||
Headquarters | Prince Albert, Saskatchewan | ||||||
Website | transwestair.com |
Transwest Air is a scheduled and charter airline primarily serving the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Its headquarters and main base is at Prince Albert.
Transwest was formed in 2000 by the merger of Air Sask (La Ronge Aviation) and Athabaska Airways. The company offers not only scheduled passenger services, but fishing charters, surveying work, forest fire fighting, and medevac operations.
Transwest's equipment includes a number of bush planes and helicopters, and four Saab 340 regional turboprop airliners. The company also operates La Ronge Water Aerodrome, Stony Rapids Water Aerodrome, and Southend/Hans Ulricksen Field Aerodrome. Transwest Air also has maintenance bases in Saskatoon, Prince Albert, La Ronge, and Stony Rapids. Transwest Air was bought by West Wind Aviation on June 30, 2016.
History
The company was founded by Floyd Glass, who learned to fly in the late 1930s, then served as a military flying training instructor during the Second World War. Postwar, he was the first general manager of the provincial Crown corporation Saskatchewan Government Airways. He resigned from this post, flew briefly with British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Airways, then returned to Saskatchewan and in 1955 formed his own firm, Athabaska Airways, which still exists under the name "Transwest Air". Glass died in 1999. In June 2016, West Wind Aviation put forward a letter of intent to purchase Transwest Air. The company became a subsidiary of West Wind Aviation on July 1, 2016.
Passenger services
Transwest Air offers scheduled flights to and from:[6]
- Saskatchewan
- Fond du Lac Dene Nation (Fond-du-Lac Airport)
- La Ronge (La Ronge (Barber Field) Airport)
- Points North Landing (Points North Landing Airport)
- Prince Albert (Prince Albert (Glass Field) Airport)
- Saskatoon (Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport)
- Stony Rapids (Stony Rapids Airport)
- Uranium City (Uranium City Airport)
- Wollaston Lake (Wollaston Lake Airport)
Fleet
As of August 2019 Transwest Air listed 31 aircraft[4] and had 39[5] aircraft registered with Transport Canada.
Aircraft | TC list | ABS list | Variants | Notes |
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Beechcraft 1900 | 2 | 1 | 1900D | 19 passengers. Can be configured for cargo. |
Beechcraft King Air | 1 | 1 | 100A | 9 passengers and cargo |
Beechcraft Super King Air | 8 | 3 | 200, B200, 300, B300, 350 | Medivac configuration. Transwest lists 1 each 200 and 300 and 350. |
Bell 205 | 2 | 2 | 205A-1 | Up to 14 passengers, helicopter |
Bell 206 | 3 | 3 | 206B, 206L-4 | 3 or 5 passengers, helicopter. |
Bell 407 | 2 | 3 | up to 6 passengers, helicopter, a derivative of the Bell 206L-4 | |
Cessna 185 Skywagon | 1 | 1 | A185F | 3 passengers, wheel/ski or floats. |
de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver | 5 | 2 | MK. I | 5 or 6 passengers, wheels, skis or floats |
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter | 1 | 1 | DHC3-T | 9 passengers, wheel/skis or floats. Transwest lists its Otter as turbo, Transport Canada lists one piston models |
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter | 6 | 4 | Series 100, Series 200, Series 300 | 12 to 15 passengers, wheels, skis or floats. |
Piper PA-31 Navajo | 5 | 6 | PA-31 Navajo, PA-31-350 Chieftain | 7 passengers plus cargo |
Saab 340 | 3 | 4 | 340A, 340B | 34 passengers. 340A can be configured for cargo. |
Transport Canada also shows a Bell 206B, a de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter, and a Twin Otter Series 100 all with canceled certificates of registration. There is also a Piper PA-31 Navajo listed with a temporary canceled certificate.[5]
Transwest used to operate British Aerospace BAe Jetstream 31 twin turboprop aircraft, the Beechcraft Model 99, the Beechcraft Baron, Beechcraft Travel Air, Cessna 441 Conquest II and the Mitsubishi MU-2.[7]
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Transwest Air Terminal at Stony Rapids Airport
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Transwest Air Beech 1900D C-GTWG at Regina International Airport
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Transwest Air Bell 206B helicopter C-GCNC at Regina International Airport
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Transwest Air Saab 340A C-GKCY
References
- ^ "The Airline Codes Website". www.airlinecodes.co.uk.
- ^ Flight International, 30 March - 5 April 2004 p.85
- ^ Transport Canada (2019-08-27), Civil Aviation Services (CAS) AOC. wwwapps.tc.gc.ca.
- ^ a b Transwest Air Fleet
- ^ a b c "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: Quick Search Result for Transwest Air". Transport Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
- ^ a b Transwest Air Route Map
- ^ Transwest Air Historical gleet
External links
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