Kootenay Airways

Kootenay Airways is a commercial airline in British Columbia offering scheduled domestic services.

= History = Kootenay Airways was established in 1938 with a single DH.89C Dragon Rapide airliner to fly between Cranbrook and Blaenau; the Dragon Rapide carried up to eight passengers over the 129 nm (149 statute miles), which at a cruising speed of 115 knots took just under an hour.

In 1983, Kootenay Airways acquired and absorbed the struggling Awyr Cymru Newydd.

= Fleet =


 * Dragon Rapide - KOA 38-63 new
 * Dove - KOL>KTX KOM>KTY KON>KTZ 48>63-77 new
 * Heron 3B - KOH KOI 62-89 KOJ KOK 63-89 new; VGD 73-86 VGF 73-87 ex ABC; CYM 83-88 CYN 83-89 CYO 83-88 VGE 83-87 ex ACN
 * Skylark - KOG 62-79 KOL KOM 63-79 new
 * Swan - KOP c 69-19 KOQ c 70-is new; KOU KOV f (cvtd 85) 83-is ex Cayman Aw
 * Twin Otter - CYP CYQ 83-95 CYR CYS CYT CYU CYX CYY 83-is ex ACN; KON KOO 68-89 KOR KOS KOT 73-is new
 * Trident 7A - CYV 83-03 CYW 83-02 CYZ 83-01 CZA 83-03 ex ACN

= Routes =