Vancouver Island Air is a Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several North American locations named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Northwest coast of North America between 1791 and 1794...

 seaplane company serving coastal British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, based in Campbell River

Campbell River, British Columbia

Campbell River is a coastal city in British Columbia on the east coast of Vancouver Island at the south end of Discovery Passage, which lies along the important coastal Inside Passage shipping route...

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History

The airline has been in operation since 1985, offering charter and scheduled service with single and multi-engine aircraft on floats from Campbell River, British Columbia. The company was started by Larry Langford with a Cessna on floats and has grown to include five aircraft. It received media publicity during the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Destinations

Vancouver Island Air provides on-demand scheduled service to (as of March 30, 2009):

• Campbell River
  Campbell River, British Columbia
  Campbell River is a coastal city in British Columbia on the east coast of Vancouver Island at the south end of Discovery Passage, which lies along the important coastal Inside Passage shipping route...
  
   (Campbell River Airport
  Campbell River Airport
  Campbell River Airport is located south of the town of Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada.The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency...
  
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• Blind Channel Water Aerodrome
  Blind Channel Water Aerodrome
  Blind Channel Water Aerodrome, , is located adjacent to Blind Channel, British Columbia, Canada. Blind Channel lies at the eastern end of West Thurlow Island in the Discovery Islands....
  
  
• Burial Cove
• Caviar Cove
• Echo Bay
• Farewell Harbour
• Glendale Cove, British Columbia
  Glendale Cove, British Columbia
  Glendale Cove is an uninhabited locality that was the site of a cannery owned by Francis Millerd & Co., located on the south side of Knight Inlet in the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada. The cannery was located on the east side of the cove. Somewhere in the vicinity was a village of the...
  
  
• Greenway Sound
  Greenway Sound
  Greenway Sound is a sound in the area of the Broughton Archipelago, which lies on the north side of Queen Charlotte Strait in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. It is adjacent to Sutlej Channel, which lies on the north side of Broughton Island, the largest of the group, between...
  
  
• Kingcome Inlet
  Kingcome Inlet
  Kingcome Inlet is one of the lesser principal fjords of the British Columbia Coast. It is sixth in sequence of the major saltwater fjords north from the 49th parallel north near Vancouver and similar in width to longer inlets such as Knight Inlet and Bute Inlet, but it is only 35 km in...
  
  
• Lagoon Cove
• Pierre's Bay
• Port Neville
• Sullivan Bay

Fleet

The Vancouver Island Air fleet as of March 30, 2009:

• 3 de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
  De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
  The de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver is a single-engined, high-wing, propeller-driven, STOL aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada, primarily known as a bush plane. It is used for cargo and passenger hauling, aerial application , and has been widely adopted by armed forces as a utility aircraft...
  
  
• 1 de Havilland Canada DHCT-3 Turbo Otter
• 3 Beech 18

External links

• Vancouver Island Air official site