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Founded | 1980 | ||||||
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Hubs | Vancouver Int'l Water Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 12 | ||||||
Destinations | 8 | ||||||
Headquarters | Richmond, British Columbia | ||||||
Key people | Peter Clarke, CEO | ||||||
Website | www.seairseaplanes.com |
Seair Seaplanes is a scheduled and charter Canadian airline based in Richmond, British Columbia. The airline flies routes between the Vancouver International Water Airport and the Nanaimo Harbour Water Airport, as well as other Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia, primarily with float planes.
Seair Seaplanes serves the following destinations (at November 2009):
In addition to scheduled flights, Seair operates scenic flights, scheduled tours, and private charters. Small amounts of cargo may also be carried.
Seair had plans to begin a service to the Victoria Inner Harbour Airport on May 25, 2011, but the service did not debut.
The Seair fleet consists of 12 aircraft equipped with floats:
On 29 November 2009 a DHC-2 Beaver operated by Seair crashed off the coast of Saturna Island. The accident occurred at approximately 4:10 p.m local time. Six passengers (including one infant) died, but the pilot and one other passenger survived.