Kenn Borek Air
Calgary / Edmonton, Alberta, Iqaluit / Resolute Bay, Nunavut
Kenn Borek Air Ltd. is a Canadian airline that operates a scheduled service in the Canadian Arctic. Because of their legendary reputation, the airline flies to the United Nations and various countries in the world in disaster and rescue operations. The airline leased its aircraft to Cuba, Panama, Nepal and the Maldives. Also flights are performed for research societies in the Arctic and Antarctic. The airline now has the largest Twin Otter fleet in the world.
History
The founder of the company Kenn Borek grew up in Canada in Stettler, Alberta. As oil pickup the Arctic began to explore, he learned to fly and procured in 1970 a Twin Otter. Today Kenn Borek Air has the largest fleet of Twin Otters world. Kenn Borek Air has its own workshops, where spare parts are manufactured for the aircraft. The aircraft technicians bring even under difficult weather conditions, the machinery in motion. Characteristic Borek's empire finally includes in addition to the airline also a construction company, some hotels and agricultural companies. Kenn Borek died 2005. 's New management continues its tradition to optimally adapt aircraft and crews to the task.
Bailouts
As spectacular was a rescue mission in the Antarctic winter up to -67 ° C in 2001. U.S. National Science Foundation commissioned Kenn Borek, the seriously ill, Dr. Shemenski from Antarctica to Chile fly out. There were relocated two Twin Otters from Calgary to Punta Arenas. From there flew both machines for Rothera base on the Antarctic coastline. A machine remained in Rothera base, the other flew 2,500 km to the Amundsen -Scott South Pole Station, spent the night there and flew back the next day. In order to obtain the required range, the machine was equipped with an addition tank. Two years later the action was repeated in a similar case. This was followed by rescue flights for scientists working in the Arctic.
Destinations
Kenn Borek Air has air bases in Inuvik in the Northwest Territories, Cambridge Bay, Resolute Bay, Rankin Inlet and Iqaluit in Nunavut, in sand split in British Columbia and Edmonton and Calgary in Alberta. A regional route network maintains the airline from Iqaluit to small towns on the mainland and on the coast of the Northwest Territories.
Fleet
As of July 2013, the fleet of Kenn Borek Air consists of 47 aircraft:
- 01 Beechcraft 1900D
- 04 Beechcraft King Air 100
- 04 Beechcraft King Air 200
- 01 Beechcraft King Air A100
- 01 Beechcraft King Air C90
- 02 de Havilland Canada DHC -6 Series 100
- 01 de Havilland Canada DHC -6 Series 200
- 19 de Havilland Canada DHC -6 Series 300
- 10 Douglas DC-3
- 04 Embraer EMB -110 Bandeirante
Incidents
On January 23, 2013, a de Havilland Canada DHC collided -6 Twin Otter ( aviation Features: C- GKBC ) with the terrain. The plane was on its way from the Amundsen -Scott South Pole Station to Terra Nova Bay. The three occupants were killed.