Former West Coast Air Services Beaver with new Air BC titles. The Jim Pattison Group amalgamated ten local float operators in 1980 to form Air BC. C-FOSP is current with Harbour Air at the time of uploading, upgraded with an extended aft cabin and larger windows replacing the classic Beaver porthole.

Previously N74947, West Coast bought this 1973 Navajo Chieftain from Piper Southwest in 1978. The aircraft was sold when Air West and West Coast Air merged in 1981. Remaining on the Canadian registry, G-GPOW later flew with Alak Air 1984 - 88, Sunwest Charters 1988 - 90 and last with Keystone Air Service. On June 11, 2002, it was destroyed after running out of fuel on a missed approach and crashing in a Winnipeg traffic intersection.

Delivered to Okanagan Helicopters circa 1980, this S-76 was initally operated in Australia by the company registered VH-WXF. Returned to Canada in 1986, it was registered to forestry company Macmillan Bloedel Ltd. Sold when MacBlo was acquired by Weyerhaeuser in the USA in 1999, it was registered N347AA, This was the first S-76 registered C-GIMY. The second (cn 760055) was a former Canadian Helicopters' S-76 that crashed May 31, 2013 with Ornge, the Province of Ontario's ambulance service.

I wasn't planning on taking anymore photos until 2023, but Eurowings sent their A330-200 this afternoon instead of the usual -300. This one was previously operated by Qatar Airways until 2015. Departing for Frankfurt as "Ocean (OCN) 71 Heavy" Cheers to 2023!

Sitting on D70 after arriving from Mazatlán (MZT) on another Sunwing rescue flight as "Gemini (GXA) 210". Wishing everyone a very health and happy New Year!

Wearing Air Transat's special Pride tail, and see here on departure for Montreal this morning as TS771.

Parked on the East Pad after arriving earlier in the morning on a Sunwing rescue flight from Cancun is this Airbus A330 belonging to Madrid based Wamos Air.

Air Canada Jetz is now operating four A320s for their charter service instead of the three A319s. Interesting how none of them have the Jetz titles anymore, despite getting a total cabin refit with 66 business seats. Departing for Winnipeg as AC7037 yesterday afternoon.

It seems as if a 2nd A319 was brought back into service, presumably for some extra capacity. Seen here on departure to Montreal as AC2008.

"Sunwing (SWG) 508 Heavy" on arrival this afternoon from Edmonton. Nice to see an Omni 777-200ER in here helping out with rescue flights for Sunwing. So far I've seen Jetlines, GlobalX, Wamos and HiFly all flying for Sunwing in an effort to rescue as many stranded travelers as possible.

After the large snowstorm brought mass cancellations to YVR, Korean Air has been sending a 777-300ER over the last few days. Today had the nicest weather as well as happened to be the last visit for the 777. Departing for Seoul as KE072.

American's TWA Retro livery taxis out to 08R for departure to Dallas as AA1415. Yesterday's snowstorm brought YVR to a halt with 2+ hour delays for de-icing during rush hour.

This Pacific Western Airlines Boeing 737-200, CF-PWW, is parked outside the PWA maintenance base on the south side of Vancouver Airport in June 1976. In 1974, the Government of Alberta bought PWA for C$37 million and moved the HQ and maintenance base to Edmonton and the YVR base closed. CF-PWW was delivered to PWA in Dec 1972 and left the Canadian Airlines fleet in April 1992. It returned to Canada with short-lived Titan Charter Aviation in YUL as C-FVHG in April 1995, then joined Westjet in Nov 1995 as C-GWJG. Retired 11/2005. Also flying as N380PA, N862SY, HP-1218 between periods in Canada.

Taken on strength by the Royal Canadian Air Force as 12732, 104732 is pictured in it's last days of service. On April 30, 1982 the fighter was engaged in air combat training with a CF-5 when control was lost and it entered a flat spin. Unable to recover, the pilot ejected and the jet crashed on the training range at Cold Lake, AB.

Just imported by M F Air Services, this Sikorsky S-55D leaves for it's Langley base. The helicopter (or parts of it) is displayed at the Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation (Langley, BC) in RCAF colors at the time of uploading.

Delivered to the US Navy in June 1943 as JRF-5, Bu No. 34071. Retired to NAS Litchfield Park, AZ and registered N9547C in 1957. To Coastal Aero, Houston, TX as N27Q (1957-1964). To Gordon Gulbertson, CA in 1963. Imported to Canada by Northern Mountain Airlines in March 1964 and upgraded by McKinnon at Sandy, OR in May 1964. To Midwest Airlines, Winnipeg 1969-1972. To West Coast Air Services (WCA) in Nov. 1972. The G-21A was on a scheduled flight from Tofino to Vancouver on Sep 9, 1974 when it crashed in Nitinat Canyon, Mount Cooper, about 10 m north of Lake Cowichan in poor weather. 9 killed.

Former Gateway Aviation Twin Otter was recently added to West Coast Air Services fleet (May 1978) in this photo. Merged with Air West for form Air BC in 1980, it received new colors shortly after.

While Air Canada bought Canadian Airlines in 2000, the airline was operated separately until May 2002 when operations were merged. Some Canadian aircraft wore this interim color scheme (with a Star Alliance logo added on the 747 as Canadian transferred from One World). The 747 is pictured operating without winglets for a very short time. One winglet was damaged in a ground incident and to keep the aircraft flying, the other was removed while the damaged one was repaired / replaced.

This 1977 JetRanger was first with Helcopetre Ailes Du Nord , Les Helcoptere Laverendrye before coming to Nova Helicopters in June 1984. Leaving Nova in September 1985, it continued to fly in Canada with various operators and is current with Qwest Helicopters since 2008 at the time of uploading.