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|[[Beechcraft King Air]]||1||1||[[Beechcraft King Air#Model 100 series|A100]]||9 passengers.
|[[Beechcraft King Air]]||1||1||[[Beechcraft King Air#Model 100 series|A100]]||9 passengers.
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|[[Beechcraft Super King Air]]||3||8||[[Beechcraft Super King Air#Super King Air 200|Model 200, Model B200]], [[Beechcraft Super King Air#Super King Air 300/350|Model 300, Model 350]]||[[Medical evacuation|Medivac]] configuration.
|[[Beechcraft Super King Air]]||5||8||[[Beechcraft Super King Air#Super King Air 200|Model 200, Model B200]], [[Beechcraft Super King Air#Super King Air 300/350|Model 300, Model 350]]||[[Medical evacuation|Medivac]] configuration.
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| [[Bell 204/205|Bell 205]]||2||2||[[Bell 204/205#Bell 205A-1|Bell 205A-1]]||up to 14 passengers, helicopter
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|[[de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter]]||1||3||DHC3, DHC3-T||9 passengers, wheel/skis or floats. Transwest lists its Otter as turbo, Transport Canada lists three piston models
|[[de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter]]||1||3||DHC3, DHC3-T||9 passengers, wheel/skis or floats. Transwest lists its Otter as turbo, Transport Canada lists three piston models
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|[[de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter]]||4||6||[[de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter#DHC-6 Series 100|Series 100]], [[de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter#DHC-6 Series 200|Series 200]]||12 to 15 passengers, wheels, skis or floats.
|[[de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter]]||5||6||[[de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter#DHC-6 Series 100|Series 100]], [[de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter#DHC-6 Series 200|Series 200]]||12 to 15 passengers, wheels, skis or floats.
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|[[Piper PA-31 Navajo]]||6||7||[[Piper PA-31 Navajo#Variants|PA31-31]] [[Piper PA-31 Navajo#PA-31-350 Chieftain|PA31-350 Chieftain]]||8 passengers.
|[[Piper PA-31 Navajo]]||6||7||[[Piper PA-31 Navajo#Variants|PA31-31]] [[Piper PA-31 Navajo#PA-31-350 Chieftain|PA31-350 Chieftain]]||8 passengers.

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Transwest Air
File:Transwest Air logo.gif
IATA ICAO Callsign
9T[1] ABS[2] ATHABASKA
Founded2000
HubsPrince Albert (Glass Field) Airport
Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport
Secondary hubsStony Rapids Airport
Fond-du-Lac Airport
Wollaston Lake Airport (charter base)
Focus citiesSaskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport
Frequent-flyer programTranswest Air Loyalty Points
Fleet size31[3]/47[4]
Destinations8[5]
HeadquartersPrince Albert, Saskatchewan
Websitetranswestair.com
Transwest Air Terminal at Stony Rapids Airport
Transwest Air Beech 1900D C-GTWG at Regina International Airport
Transwest Air Bell 206B helicopter C-GCNC at Regina International Airport
Transwest Air Saab 340A C-GKCY

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 specializes in not only scheduled passenger services, but fishing charters, serveying 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. In the spring of 2016, their smaller arch rivals, Westwind Aviation, decided to buy Transwest Air. Things have gone downhill since then for both companies.

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, Athabasca 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 July 1, 2016.

Passenger services

Transwest Air offers scheduled flights to and from:[5]

Fleet

As of September 2017 Transwest Air listed 31 aircraft[3] and had 47[4] aircraft registered with Transport Canada.

Transwest Air Fleet
Aircraft Fleet Listing Variants Notes
Beechcraft 1900 1 1 1900D 19 passengers. Can be configured for cargo.
Beechcraft King Air 1 1 A100 9 passengers.
Beechcraft Super King Air 5 8 Model 200, Model B200, Model 300, Model 350 Medivac configuration.
Bell 205 2 2 Bell 205A-1 up to 14 passengers, helicopter
Bell 206 3 4 206B, Bell 206L-4 LongRanger IV 3 or 5 passengers, helicopter.
Bell 407 3 3 up to 6 passengers, helicopter, a derivative of the Bell 206L-4
Cessna 185 Skywagon 1 2 A185F 3 passengers, wheel/ski or floats.
Cessna 310 0 1 310R 4 - 6 seats, nose contains a baggage compartment
de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver 2 5 MK. I 5 or 6 passengers, wheels, skis or floats
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter 1 3 DHC3, DHC3-T 9 passengers, wheel/skis or floats. Transwest lists its Otter as turbo, Transport Canada lists three piston models
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 5 6 Series 100, Series 200 12 to 15 passengers, wheels, skis or floats.
Piper PA-31 Navajo 6 7 PA31-31 PA31-350 Chieftain 8 passengers.
Saab 340 4 4 340A, 340B 34 passengers. 340A can be configured for cargo.

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.[6]

References

  1. ^ Airline Codes
  2. ^ Flight International, 30 March - 5 April 2004 p.85
  3. ^ a b Transwest Air Fleet
  4. ^ a b "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: Quick Search Result for Transwest Air". Transport Canada. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
  5. ^ a b Transwest Air Route Map
  6. ^ Transwest Air Historical gleet

External links

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