Transwest Air
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TransWest Air | ||
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IATA 9T |
ICAO ABS |
Callsign Athabaska |
Founded | 2000 | |
Hubs | Prince Albert (Glass Field) Airport | |
Focus cities | Saskatoon/John G. Diefenbaker International Airport | |
Fleet size | 39 | |
Destinations | 9 | |
Headquarters | Prince Albert, Saskatchewan | |
Key people | ||
Website: http://www.transwestair.com/ |
TransWest Air is a scheduled and charter airline primarily serving the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Its headquarters and main base is at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
TransWest was formed in 2000 by the merger of two existing airlines: La Ronge Aviation/AirSask and Athabaska Airways.
TransWest's current equipment includes a number of bushplanes and helicopters, plus two Saab 340 mini-airliners. The company also operates La Ronge Water Aerodrome.
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[edit] 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, Athabaska Airways, which still exists under the name "Transwest Air". Glass died in 2000.
[edit] Passenger services
Transwest Air offers scheduled flights to/from the following locations:
- Alberta
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- Fort McMurray
- Saskatchewan
- Fond Du Lac (daily)
- La Ronge (daily)
- Points North (daily)
- Prince Albert (daily)
- Regina (daily)
- Saskatoon (daily)
- Stony Rapids (daily)
- Uranium City (three times a week)
- Wollaston Lake (daily)
[edit] Fleet
Transwest Air has an extensive fleet of over 40 fixed wing aircraft and helicopters, adapted for use on dry land, water and snow. The fleet serves all of Northern Saskatchewan, as well as the cities of Prince Albert, Saskatoon and Regina, and is located at various charter bases and service points in the province.
As of November 2006 the Transwest Air fleet includes:
- 3 De Havilland Canada DHC-6-100 Twin Otter
- 1 De Havilland Canada DHC-6-200 Twin Otter
- 2 BAE Jetstream 31
- 2 Saab 340A [2]
- 2 Beech King Air 100
- 3 Bell 206 JetRanger Helicopter
- 1 Bell 206 LongRanger Helicopter
- 2 Cessna 310
- 2 Cessna C185
- 8 DHC-2 Beaver
- 1 DHC Turbo Beaver
- 2 DHC-3 Turbo Otter
- 13 Piper Navajo Chieftan
[edit] References
- ^ Airline Codes
- ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
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