101 SALT SPRING Founded 2003 Parent organization Harbour Air Seaplanes | Destinations 10 Fleet size 4 | |
Parent company Harbour Air SeaplanesKey PeoplePhilip Reece (Partner), Lisa Cherneff (Partner), Harold Kirkpatrick (Chief Pilot) Website Salt Spring AirHarbour Air Profiles | ||
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Salt Spring Air (also known as Saltspring Air) part of Harbour Air Seaplanes, is a floatplane company based on Saltspring Island, British Columbia, Canada. It operates scheduled flights, charter air service and tours based in Ganges in Harbour Air Aircraft livery and specializes in routes between the Gulf Islands and Vancouver Island. Along with West Coast Air, Harbour Air and Seair Seaplanes, Salt Spring Air is one of the four airlines that operate in the Vancouver Harbour Water Airport and Vancouver International Water Airport. Scheduled flights by the company also operate between the Gulf Islands and the Vancouver International Airport.
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- Flying in a float plane salt spring air
- History
- Destinations
- Seaplanes
- References
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History
In June 2003, McColl started Salt Spring Air, with local seaplane services based on the Gulf Islands with a four-seat Cessna 185. The airline's services were targeted to the islands' residents, and personalized services were offered. Since then, with the introduction of de Havilland Beavers in 2004, the company's fleet has grown to four planes operating six scheduled flights from Salt Spring Island to Vancouver, and other scheduled flights fly to various other locations on the Gulf Islands. It remains the only airline based on Salt Spring Island.
During what began as a routine flight on March 19, 2007, St. Clair McColl rescued a father and son from the frigid waters of the Strait of Georgia after a passenger noticed their capsized boat and notified McColl. The pilot and his two passengers were later honoured by the Lifesaving Society of British Columbia for the rescue.
In November 2015, Salt Spring Air was purchased by the Harbour Air Group which operates in Harbour Air Aircraft livery. Salt Spring Air's fleet now joins Harbour Air Seaplanes, Westcoast Air, and Whistler Air as the largest all seaplane airline in the world.
Destinations
Saltspring Air offers scheduled seaplane flights to and from: