Valley Air Taxi
Headquarters | 8406 Lockheed Place Chilliwack CL1 8AG |
IATA code | V1 |
ICAO code | VAX |
Call sign | VALLEY TAXI |
Hubs | Chilliwack Airport, Chilliwack |
Services | Scheduled domestic, continental, charter |
Valley Air Taxi is a commercial airline in British Columbia offering scheduled and charter domestic and continental services.
Valley Air Taxi serves nine destinations (seven domestic, two continental) in two countries with scheduled flights.
History
Valley Air Taxi was established in 1989, and began scheduled operations in 1998. International service between Chilliwack and Omak, Washington began in 2001, initially on an as-needed basis, becoming a permanent twice-weekly schedule in 2003; flights between Chilliwack and Bellingham, Washington were added in 2011, and between Vancouver and Bellingham in 2015. In 2020 two 33-passenger Saab 340s were acquired for its new US services to Everett, Port Angeles, Seattle, and Spokane.
Fleet
Valley Air Taxi operates a total of nine aircraft.
- BAe Jetstream 31 - 4 (1998 to date), acquired second-hand
- Piper Seneca - 3 (1989 to date)
- Saab 340 - 2 (2020 to date), acquired second-hand from Hawkair
Aircraft
Type | Registration | C/n | Blt | Acquisition | Disposal |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BAe Jetstream 3201 | VB-VTD | 948 | 1991 | 1998, bought from Jet Acceptance Corp. (USA) | in service |
BAe Jetstream 3201 | VB-VTE | 949 | 1991 | 1998, bought from Jet Acceptance Corp. (USA) | in service |
BAe Jetstream 3112 | VB-VTF | 951 | 1991 | 1998, bought from Jet Acceptance Corp. (USA) | in service |
BAe Jetstream 31 | VB-VTG | 953 | 1991 | 1998, bought from Jet Acceptance Corp. (USA) | in service |
Piper PA-34-200T Seneca II | VB-VTA | 34-7970106 | 1979 | 1989, bought from private owner (Switzerland) | in service |
Piper PA-34-220T Seneca III | VB-VTB | 34-48018 | 1992 | 1992, delivered new | in service |
Piper PA-34-220T Seneca III | VB-VTC | 34-48007 | 1990 | 1994, bought from private owner (USA) | in service |
Saab 340B | VB-VTH | 340B-328 | 1993 | 2020, bought from Hawkair | in service |
Saab 340B | VB-VTI | 340B-335 | 1993 | 2020, bought from Hawkair | in service |
Routes
Entries with a green background indicates a destination in British Columbia.
Airport | Service area | Destination | Aircraft | Notes |
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Abbotsford (XAB) | Domestic | Chilliwack (XCW) | Seneca | |
Hope (XHE) | Seneca | |||
Bellingham, Washington, USA (BLI) | Continental | Chilliwack (XCW) | Jetstream 31 | |
Vancouver (XVR) | Jetstream 31 | |||
Chilliwack (XCW) | Domestic | Abbotsford (XAB) | Seneca | |
Grand Forks (XGF) | Jetstream | |||
Hope (XHE) | Seneca | |||
Merritt (XMB) | Jetstream | |||
Princeton (XPT) | Jetstream | |||
Vancouver (XVR) | Jetstream | |||
Continental | Bellingham (BLI) | Jetstream 31 | ||
Omak (OMK) | Jetstream 31, Seneca | |||
Seattle (SEA) | Saab 340 | |||
Spokane (GEG) | Saab 340 | |||
Everett, Washington, USA (PAE) | Continental | Vancouver (XVR) | Saab 340 | |
Grand Forks (XGF) | Domestic | Chilliwack (XCW) | Jetstream | |
Hope (XHE) | Domestic | Abbotsford (XAB) | Seneca | |
Chilliwack (XCW) | Seneca | |||
Vancouver (XVR) | Seneca | |||
Continental | Seattle (SEA) | Saab 340 | ||
Merritt (XMB) | Domestic | Chilliwack (XCW) | Jetstream | |
Omak, Washington, USA (OMK) | Continental | Chilliwack (XCW) | Jetstream 31, Seneca | |
Port Angeles, Washington, USA (CLM) | Continental | Vancouver (XVR) | Saab 340 | |
Princeton (XPT) | Domestic | Chilliwack (XCW) | Jetstream | |
Seattle, Washington, USA (SEA) | Continental | Chilliwack (XCW) | Saab 340 | |
Hope (XHE) | Saab 340 | |||
Spokane, Washington, USA (GEG) | Continental | Chilliwack (XCW) | Saab 340 | |
Vancouver (XVR) | Saab 340 | |||
Vancouver (XVR) | Domestic | Chilliwack (XCW) | Jetstream | |
Hope (XHE) | Seneca | |||
Continental | Bellingham (BLI) | Jetstream 31 | ||
Everett (PAE) | Saab 340 | |||
Port Angeles (CLM) | Jetstream 31 | |||
Spokane (GEG) | Saab 340 |