Know Borek Air
| Kenn Borek Air Ltd | |
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| IATA code : | 4K |
| ICAO code : | KBA |
| Call sign : | BOREK AIR |
| Founding: | 1970 |
| Seat: |
Calgary , Canada
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| Home airport : | Iqaluit |
| Fleet size: | 38 |
| Aims: | national |
| Website: | www.borekair.com |
Kenn Borek Air Ltd is a Canadian airline with a scheduled service in the Canadian Arctic . Because of its reputation, the airline flies for the United Nations and various countries around the world on disaster and rescue missions. The airline rents its aircraft to Cuba, Panama, Nepal and the Maldives. Flights are also carried out for research companies in the Arctic and Antarctic. For the Alfred Wegener Institute she has been operating the two research aircraft Polar 5 and Polar 6 of the Basler BT-67 type from the Bremerhaven-Luneort airfield since 2007 and 2011 and from the Bremen airport since 2016 .
history
The company's founder, Kenn Borek, grew up in Stettler, Alberta . When oil explorers began exploring the Arctic, he learned to fly and acquired a Twin Otter in 1970 . Kenn Borek Air operates one of the largest fleets of Twin Otters in the world. In addition to the airline, Kenn Borek's empire also includes a construction company, a few hotels and an agricultural company. Kenn Borek passed away in 2005. The new management continues its tradition of optimally adapting aircraft and crews to the tasks.
Rescue operations
A rescue operation in the Antarctic winter at temperatures as low as −67 ° C in 2001 was considered spectacular. The National Science Foundation (USA) commissioned Borek to appoint the seriously ill doctor Dr. Shemenski from Antarctica to fly out to Chile. Two Twin Otters were moved from Calgary to Punta Arenas . From there both machines flew to Rothera Base on the Antarctic coast. One machine stayed at Rothera Base, the other flew 2500 km to the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, spent the night there and flew back the next day. In order to achieve the necessary range, the machine was equipped with an additional tank . Two years later the action was repeated in a similar case. The rescue operation was repeated in 2016. Rescue flights for scientists in the Arctic followed.
Destinations
Kenn Borek Air has bases in Inuvik in the Northwest Territories , Cambridge Bay, Resolute Bay, Rankin Inlet and Iqaluit in Nunavut , Sandsplit in British Columbia, and Edmonton and Calgary in Alberta . The Iqaluit airline maintains a regional route network to small towns on the mainland and on the coast of the Northwest Territories.
fleet
As of February 2020, 38 aircraft are registered for the company in the Canadian aviation register:
| Aircraft type | number | variant | comment |
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| Beechcraft 1900D | 3 | ||
| Beechcraft King Air | 4th | 200 and B200GT | |
| Douglas DC-3 | 7th | DC-3C | |
| Basler BT-67 | 2 | Use by the Alfred Wegener Institute | |
| de Havilland Canada DHC-6 | 22nd | 2 × 100 series; 19 × 300 series; 1 × 400 series |
Incidents
- On January 23, 2013, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (aircraft registration number: C-GKBC) collided with the site. The machine was on its way from the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station to Terra Nova Bay . The three inmates were killed.
See also
Web links
- Website of the Kenn Borek Air (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ AWI research aircraft lands for the first time at Bremen Airport - AWI. In: www.awi.de. Retrieved September 3, 2016 .
- ↑ AWI press release from November 2010 ( Memento of the original from December 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ AWI press release from October 2011 ( Memento of the original from December 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Canadian Civil Aircraft Register. Transport Canada , accessed on February 25, 2020 (in English, enter the name of the company in the search mask under "Owners Name").
- ↑ huffingtonpost.ca: Kenn Borek Antarctica Plane Crash: Transportation Safety Board Look For Cause , from January 26, 2013
