Vancouver Island Air

Vancouver Island Air is a commercial airline in British Columbia offering scheduled domestic services with both land-based aircraft and seaplanes.

= History = Vancouver Island Air was established in 1966. In 1988, it absorbed Sunshine Coast Air.

Following two crashes in three months of the type, the remaining Grumman Goose seaplanes were retired in November 2008.

Incidents

 * 3 August 2008 Grumman Goose VB-GSA with seven passengers and crew crashed during a scheduled flight from Port Hardy to Campbell River. The aircraft was completely destroyed by a fire. There were only two survivors.


 * 16 November 2008 Grumman Goose VB-GSD with eight passengers and crew crashed on South Thormanby Island near Sechelt off British Columbia's Sunshine Coast in bad weather during a scheduled flight from New Westminster to Ucluelet, BC. Only one passenger survived.

= Fleet =


 * Twin Otter - VIA 66-15 VIB 67-15 VIF VIG 71-is VIH VII 76-is new; SUN SUO SUP 88-i.s. ex Sunshine Coast (all float); ATA ATB ATC 1972-i.s. ex Atlin Airways (all float)

= Routes =