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A lineup of Harbour Air Seaplanes: two DHC-2's and a DHC-3

This is a list of seaplane operators. A seaplane is a powered fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing (alighting) on water.[1] Seaplanes that can also take off and land on airfields are a subclass called amphibious aircraft.

Trans Maldivian Airways base at Velana International Airport
A Vancouver Island Air DHCT-3 Turbo Otter at Campbell River Water Aerodrome
Seawings Cessna 208 Caravan
Tofino Air Cessna 180 at Tofino Harbour Water Aerodrome
Seaborne Airlines Twin Otter at Christiansted Harbor Seaplane Base
Seair Seaplanes DHC-2T Turbo-Beaver at Ganges Water Aerodrome
Pacific Island Air Turbo Otter taxiing at Nacula, Fiji
Three Air Tindi DHC-6 Twin Otters on floats at Yellowknife Water Aerodrome
Piper SuperCub of Kenmore Air on Lake Cushman
Air Saguenay de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver on Lake Mirepoix (or Casinau) near Saguenay, Quebec
A Conair Group Air Tractor at Abbotsford International Airport
Qantas Empire Airways flying boats at Rose Bay, New South Wales
A North-Wright Airways Pilatus Porter
An Air France Lioré et Olivier LeO H-242
Buffalo Airways Noorduyn Norseman at Yellowknife Airport

Seaplane operators

Types:

  • C - Airline is operating and currently flying seaplanes
  • F - Airline is operating but no longer using seaplanes
  • D - Airline is defunct
Airline Country Type
Ad Astra Aero Switzerland D
Aero Espresso Italiana Kingdom of Italy D
Aero Geral Brazil D
Aerolíneas Argentinas Argentina F
Aeromarine West Indies Airways United States D
Air Fecteau Canada D
Air France France F
Air Juan Philippines C
Air Labrador Canada D
Air Mikisew Canada D
Air Orient France D
Air Saguenay Canada D
Air Tahiti France F
Air Tindi Canada C
Air Union France D
Air Whitsunday Australia C
AirSea Lines Greece D
Ala Littoria Italy D
Alaska Airlines United States F
Alaska Seaplanes[2] United States C
Alkan Air Canada C
Ansett Australia Australia D
Antilles Air Boats United States D
Aquila Airways United Kingdom D
Arctic Sunwest Charters Canada D
Austin Airways Canada D
Baxter Aviation Canada D
British Amphibious Airlines United Kingdom D
British Aviation Services United Kingdom D
British Overseas Airways Corporation United Kingdom D
Buffalo Airways Canada F
Canadian Airways Canada D
Catalina Air Lines United States D
Cathay Pacific Hong Kong F
Chalk's International Airlines United States D
China National Aviation Corporation Republic of China (1912–1949) D
Conair Group Canada C
Condor Syndikat Germany D
Corilair Canada C
Deruluft Germany/Soviet Union D
Deutsche Luft Hansa Germany D
Eastern Provincial Airways Canada D
Elders Colonial Airways Nigeria D
Eldorado Radium Silver Express Canada D
European Coastal Airlines Croatia D
Fjellfly Norway D
Fly Lapland Oy Finland C
Garuda Indonesia Indonesia F
Golden West Airlines United States D
Harbour Air Seaplanes Canada C
Hellenic Seaplanes Greece C
Imperial Airways United Kingdom D
Imperial Japanese Airways Empire of Japan D
Jal Hans India C
Jersey Airways Channel Islands D
Kenmore Air United States C
Kenn Borek Air Canada C
Kerala Seaplane India C
KLM Netherlands F
KLM Interinsulair Bedrijf Dutch East Indies D
KNILM Netherlands D
Lamb Air Canada D
Loch Lomond Seaplanes United Kingdom C
Macau Air Transport Company Hong Kong D
Maldivian Maldives C
Maldivian Air Taxi Maldives D
Millennium Airlines Sri Lanka C

Manta Air maldives || Maldives || C

Mørefly Norway D
Mount Cook Airline New Zealand F
Nakina Air Service Canada C
New York, Rio, and Buenos Aires Line United States D
Norcanair Canada D
Nordair Canada D
Nordic Seaplanes[3] Denmark C
North-Wright Airways Canada C
Northwestern Air Canada C
Norwegian Air Lines Norway D
Ontario Central Airlines Canada D
Pacific Island Air Fiji C
Pacific Seaplanes[4] Canada C
Pacific Western Airlines Canada D
Pan American World Airways United States D
Panair do Brasil Brazil D
Paraense Transportes Aéreos Brazil D
Pat Bay Air Canada D
Pearl Aviation Australia F
PenAir United States F
Qantas Australia F
Quebecair Canada D
Queen Charlotte Airlines Canada D
Salt Air New Zealand C
Salt Spring Air Canada C
Samaritan Aviation Papua New Guinea C
SCADTA Colombia D
Scandinavian Skies AS Norway C
Sea To Sky Air[5] Canada C
Seabird Airlines Turkey D
Seaborne Airlines United States C
Seair Pacific Australia C
Seair Seaplanes Canada C
Seawings United Arab Emirates C
Seawings Venice Italy C
Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul Brazil D
Shoreline Aviation United States D
Società Aerea Mediterranea Italy D
Società Anonima Navigazione Aerea Italy D
Spice Shuttle India C
Star Air Service United States D
Subic Seaplane Philippines C
Summit Air Canada C
Superior Airways Canada C
Tailwind Air Service United States C
Taquan Air United States C
TEAL New Zealand D
Tofino Air Canada C
Trans Australia Airlines Australia D
Trans Maldivian Airways Maldives C
Trans-Provincial Airlines Canada D
Transair Canada D
Transportes Aéreos Bandeirantes Brazil D
Transwest Air Canada C
Tropic Ocean Airways United States C
Vancouver Island Air Canada C
Varig Brazil D
Viação Aérea Santos Dumont Brazil D
Wardair Canada D
Waterfront Air Hong Kong C
West Norway Airlines Norway D
Westcoast Air Canada D
Widerøe Norway F
Wilderness Seaplanes[6][7] Canada C
World Airways United States D

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