9T ABS Headquarters Prince Albert, Canada Founder Floyd Glass Parent organization West Wind Aviation | ABS ATHABASKA Fleet size 37/43 Founded 2000 | |
Hubs Prince Albert (Glass Field) Airport, Saskatoon/John G. Diefenbaker International Airport Secondary hubs (Stony Rapids Airport) (Fond-du-Lac Airport) (Wollaston Lake Airport) (charter base) Focus cities Saskatoon/John G. Diefenbaker International Airport Frequent-flyer program Transwest Air Loyalty Points Motto Your Airline ~ Flying Your Way! Profiles | ||
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Transwest Air is a scheduled and charter airline primarily serving the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Its headquarters and main base is at Prince Albert.
Contents
- Transwest air s 2016 santa claus flight
- Transwest air introduction
- History
- Passenger services
- Fleet
- References
Transwest was formed in 2000 by the merger of Air Sask (La Ronge Aviation) and Athabaska Airways.
Transwest's equipment includes a number of bush planes and helicopters, and three Saab 340 regional turboprop airliners. The company also operates La Ronge Water Aerodrome, Stony Rapids Water Aerodrome and Southend/Hans Ulricksen Field Aerodrome.
Transwest air introduction
History
The company was founded by Floyd Glass, who learned to fly in the late 1930s, then served as a military flying training instructor during the Second World War. Postwar, he was the first general manager of the provincial Crown corporation Saskatchewan Government Airways. He resigned from this post, flew briefly with British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Airways, then returned to Saskatchewan and in 1955 formed his own firm, Athabasca Airways, which still exists under the name "Transwest Air". Glass died in 1999. In June 2016, West Wind Aviation put forward a letter of intent to purchase Transwest Air. The company became a subsidiary of West Wind Aviation July 1, 2016.
Passenger services
Transwest Air offers scheduled flights to and from:
Fleet
As of October 2014 Transwest Air listed a fleet of 37 aircraft and had 43 aircraft registered with Transport Canada.
Transwest used to operate British Aerospace BAe Jetstream 31 twin turboprop aircraft.