Kootenay Airways

Kootenay Airways is a commercial airline in British Columbia offering scheduled domestic and continental 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 Awyr Cymru Newydd, which had begun to struggle after expanding too quickly. Almost immediately a third of the inherited routes, such those between Blaenau and Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Dallas were discontinued; the Las Vegas and Portland services were later reinstated.

= 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 =