Vancouver Island Air

Vancouver Island Air is a commercial airline in British Columbia offering scheduled domestic services to 29 destinations with both land-based aircraft and seaplanes.

History
Vancouver Island Air was established in 1966. In 1988, it absorbed Sunshine Coast Air. VIA holds the distinction of being the last remaining operator of the Short Sealand seaplane.

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
Vancouver Island Air operates a total of 23 aircraft.


 * DHBC-6 Twin Otter - 4 (1971 to date), landplanes, delivered new, to be retired by 2027
 * DHBC-6 Twin Otter - 6 (1972 to date), floatplanes, three inherited from Sunshine Coast Air, three acquired second-hand from Atlin Airways and converted to floatplanes, to be converted to DHBC-6E eOtter by 2026.
 * Viking DHC-2T Turbo Beaver - 3 (2010 to date), delivered new
 * Dornier SeaStar - 3 (2018 to date), +3 on order to be delivered by 2024
 * Embraer EMB-120 - 3 (1989 to date), delivered new, to be retired by 2025
 * Short Sealand - 2 (1988 to date), inherited from Sunshine Coast Air, to be retired by 2024
 * Sukhoi Su-80 - 2 (2019 to date), + 6 on order to be delivered by 2026

Historic

 * Grumman Goose - 4 (1988–2008), inherited from Sunshine Coast Air
 * DHBC-6 Twin Otter - 2 (1966–2015), landplanes, delivered new
 * Short Sealand - 3 (1988–2013), inherited from Sunshine Coast Air

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.