List of seaplane operators

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Harbour Air Seaplanes: two DHC-2s and a DHC-3

This is a list of seaplane operators. A seaplane is a powered fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing (alighting) on water.[1] Seaplanes that can also take off and land on airfields are a subclass called amphibious aircraft.

Trans Maldivian Airways base at Velana International Airport
A Vancouver Island Air DHCT-3 Turbo Otter at Campbell River Water Aerodrome
Seawings Cessna 208 Caravan
Seaborne Airlines Twin Otter at Christiansted Harbor Seaplane Base
Seair Seaplanes DHC-2T Turbo-Beaver at Ganges Water Aerodrome
Pacific Island Air Turbo Otter taxiing at Nacula, Fiji
Three Air Tindi DHC-6 Twin Otters on floats at Yellowknife Water Aerodrome
Piper SuperCub of Kenmore Air on Lake Cushman
Air Saguenay de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver on Lake Mirepoix (or Casinau) near Saguenay, Quebec
A Conair Group Air Tractor at Abbotsford International Airport
Qantas Empire Airways flying boats at Rose Bay, New South Wales
A North-Wright Airways Pilatus Porter
An Air France Lioré et Olivier LeO H-242
Buffalo Airways Noorduyn Norseman at Yellowknife Airport

Seaplane operators

Status:

  • C - Currently operates seaplanes.
  • F - Operating but no longer uses seaplanes.
  • D - Defunct.
Airline Country Status
AB Aerotransport Sweden D
Ad Astra Aero Switzerland D
Aero Espresso Italiana Italy D
Aero Geral Brazil D
Aero O/Y
Finland F
Aeroflot Soviet Union F
Aerolíneas Argentinas Argentina F
Aeromarine Airways United States D
Aeromarine West Indies Airways United States D
Aéropostale France D
Air Fecteau Canada D
Air France France F
Air Juan Philippines D
Air Labrador Canada D
Air Mikisew Canada D
Air Orient France D
Air Saguenay Canada D
Air Tahiti France F
Air Tindi Canada C
Air Union France D
Air Whitsunday Australia C
AirSea Lines Greece D
Ala Littoria Italy D
Alaska Airlines United States F
Alaska Seaplanes[2] United States C
Alkan Air Canada C
Ansett Australia Australia D
Antilles Air Boats United States D
Aquila Airways United Kingdom D
Arctic Sunwest Charters Canada D
Austin Airways Canada D
Baxter Aviation Canada D
British Amphibious Airlines United Kingdom D
British Aviation Services United Kingdom D
British Marine Air Navigation Co United Kingdom D
British Overseas Airways Corporation United Kingdom D
Buffalo Airways Canada F
Canadian Airways Canada D
Catalina Air Lines United States D
Cathay Pacific Hong Kong F
Chalk's International Airlines United States D
China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) China D
Cinnamon Air Sri Lanka C
Comité d' Etude pour la Navigation Aérienne du Congo (CENAC) Belgium/Belgian Congo D
Conair Group Canada C
Condor Syndikat Germany D
Corilair Canada C
Curtiss Flying Service United States D
Deruluft Germany/Soviet Union D
Deutsche Luft Hansa Germany D
Dobrolyot Soviet Union D
Dutch Caribbean Islandhopper
Curacao
C
Eastern Provincial Airways Canada D
Elders Colonial Airways Nigeria D
Eldorado Radium Silver Express Canada D
European Coastal Airlines Croatia D
Fjellfly Norway D
Fly Lapland Oy[3] Finland C
Garuda Indonesia Indonesia F
Golden West Airlines United States D
Harbour Air Seaplanes
Canada C
Hellenic Seaplanes Greece C
Imperial Airways United Kingdom D
Imperial Japanese Airways Japan D
Inter-Island Airways
United States F
Jal Hans India C
Japan Air Transport Japan D
Jersey Airways Channel Islands D
Kenmore Air United States C
Kenn Borek Air Canada C
Kerala Seaplane India C
KLM Netherlands F
KLM Interinsulair Bedrijf Dutch East Indies D
KNILM Netherlands D
Lamb Air Canada D
LAN Airlines
Chile F
Laurentide Air Services
Canada D
Lignes Aériennes Latécoère
France D
Loch Lomond Seaplanes United Kingdom C
Macau Air Transport Company Hong Kong D
Maldivian Maldives C
Maldivian Air Taxi Maldives D
Mørefly Norway D
Mount Cook Airline New Zealand F
Nakina Air Service Canada C
New York, Rio, and Buenos Aires Line (NYRBA) United States D
Norcanair Canada D
Nordair Canada D
Nordic Seaplanes[4] Denmark C
North-Wright Airways Canada C
Northwest Airlines United States D
Northwestern Air Canada C
Norwegian Air Lines Norway D
Ontario Central Airlines Canada D
Ontario Provincial Air Service
Canada D
Pacific Island Air Fiji C
Pacific Seaplanes[5] Canada C
Pacific Western Airlines Canada D
Pan American World Airways
United States D
Panair do Brasil Brazil D
Paraense Transportes Aéreos Brazil D
Pat Bay Air Canada D
Pearl Aviation Australia F
PenAir United States F
Qantas Australia F
Quebecair Canada D
Queen Charlotte Airlines Canada D
Salt Air New Zealand C
Salt Spring Air Canada C
Samaritan Aviation Papua New Guinea C
SCADTA Colombia/Germany D
Scandinavian Skies AS[6] Norway C
Sea To Sky Air[7] Canada C
Seabird Airlines Turkey D
Seaborne Airlines United States C
Seair Pacific Australia C
Seair Seaplanes Canada C
Seawings United Arab Emirates D
Seawings Venice Italy C
Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul Brazil D
Shoreline Aviation United States D
Simplifly Sri Lanka D
Società Aerea Mediterranea Italy D
Società Anonima Navigazione Aerea Italy D
Spice Shuttle India C
Star Air Service United States D
Starratt Airways
Canada D
Subic Seaplane Philippines C
Summit Air Canada C
Superior Airways Canada C
Svensk Lufttrafik Sweden D
Tailwind Air Service
United States C
Taquan Air United States C
TEAL New Zealand D
Tofino Air Canada C
Trans Australia Airlines Australia D
Trans Maldivian Airways Maldives C
Trans-Provincial Airlines Canada D
Transair Canada D
Transportes Aéreos Bandeirantes Brazil D
Transwest Air
Canada C
Tropic Ocean Airways United States C
Vancouver Island Air Canada C
VARIG Brazil D
Viação Aérea Santos Dumont Brazil D
Wardair Canada D
Waterfront Air Hong Kong C
West Norway Airlines Norway D
Westcoast Air
Canada D
Western Canada Airways
Canada D
Widerøe Norway F
Wien Alaska Airways United States D
Wilderness Seaplanes[8] Canada C
World Airways United States D

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