4K KBA Parent company Kenn Borek Air Ltd. Headquarters Calgary, Canada Fleet size 43 | KBA BOREK AIR Website www.borekair.com Founded 1970 Parent organization Borek Construction, Ltd. | |
Hubs Calgary International Airport Key people Brian Crocker, Operations Manager
Wallace Dobchuk, Chief Pilot Hub Calgary International Airport | ||
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Kenn Borek Air is an airline based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It operates regional passenger and cargo services, contract operations in the Arctic and Antarctic and aircraft leasing. Its main base is at the Calgary International Airport. It charters aircraft for scientific expeditions, oil exploration, etc., and operates air ambulance services.
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History
The airline began operations in 1970 with a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter providing air support for oil exploration activities in the Canadian Arctic. The company has been operating in Antarctica since 1985.
On 26 April 2001, Kenn Borek Air used a DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft to rescue Dr. Ron Shemenski from the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station. This was the first ever rescue from the South Pole during polar winter. To achieve the range necessary for this flight, the Twin Otter was equipped with a special ferry tank.
In 2009, the company was commissioned to recover a crashed aircraft in the Antarctic, and employees spent 25 days in a makeshift camp to complete the project.
The airline was used by the BBC during the filming of the documentary Frozen Planet (2011), which was narrated by David Attenborough, and one of its planes is seen in portions of the footage.
In June 2016 the company was used to aide in removing two sick workers from Antarctica during the polar winter, two Twin Otter aircraft were used and successfully completed the mission. The crew, Capt. Wally Dobchuk, first officer Sebastian Trudel and maintenance engineer Michael McCrae were honoured for their heroism by Aviation Week.
Operations
Kenn Borek Air offers a full service overhaul maintenance hangar in Calgary with routine maintenance being completed wherever the aircraft is located.
Destinations
As of January 2009, Kenn Borek Air operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations in Nunavut as Unaalik Aviation:
Kenn Borek also operates services to several communities in the Northwest Territories as Aklak Air:
Fleet
As of August 2016, the Kenn Borek Air has 36 aircraft registered that are equipped with wheels, floats, and skiis.