Transwest Air

Transwest Air is a Canadian regional airline based in Saskatchewan operating scheduled services in western Canada and BC, as well as ad hoc charters around the world.

History
Transwest Air was formed in 2000 through the merger of Air Sask and Athabaska Airways.

Transwest Air in British Columbia
Transwest Air inaugurated its Saskatoon–Blaenau service in 2009, followed by the Saskatoon–Valemount route in 2017.

Transwest Air was from its creation an operator of De Havilland BC aircraft, having inherited one DHBC-2 Heron 3B from Air Sask and four DHBC-5 Swans from Athabaska Airways. The Heron had only a brief life with Transwest, being retired in 2003, but the Swans lasted much longer. C-FTHA was retired in 2007 and C-FTHB in 2011, but the other two soldiered on - mostly as freighters - until 2017 (C-FTHD) and 2020 (C-FTHC) respectively.

Fleet
Listed here are only those types used on scheduled services.

Current

 * ATR 42-300 - 3, acquired 2020
 * Beech 1900D - 6, 2 inherited from Athabaska Airways, 2 acquired second-hand (2007, 2008
 * Bombardier Q300 - 5, delivered new in 2012, replaced DHBC-5
 * Dornier Do-328eco - 0, +6 on order to be delivered from 2025, to replace Saab 340
 * Saab 340A - 1, acquired 2003
 * Saab 340B - 3, 2 acquired 2007, 1 acquired 2012

Historic

 * BAe Jetstream 31 - 3 (2000-2005), inherited from Air Sask
 * Beech 99A - 1 (2000-2003), inherited from Air Sask
 * DHBC-2 Heron 3B - 1 (2000-2003), inherited from Air Sask
 * DHBC-5C Swan - 4 (2000-2020), inherited from Athabaska
 * DHC-6-100 - 3 (2000-2017), 2 inherited from Air Sask, 1 from Athabaska Airways
 * DHC-6-200 - 1 (2000-2016), inherited from Athabaska Airways

BC-made aircraft
''Note: a green background indicates an aircraft in service, a yellow background indicates a retired aircraft, and a pink background indicates an aircraft lost in an accident.

Routes
Entries with a green background indicates a destination in British Columbia. "Domestic" refers to services within Canada.