# Salt Spring Air

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Saltspring Air IATA ICAO Call sign - 101 SALT SPRING Founded 2003 Parent company Harbour Air Seaplanes Headquarters Saltspring Island, British Columbia Key people St. Clair McColl (founder) Philip Reece (partner) Lisa Cherneff (partner) Harold Kirkpatrick (chief pilot) Website Salt Spring Air

**Salt Spring Air** (also known as **Saltspring Air**[1]), now part of [Harbour Air Seaplanes](/source/Harbour_Air_Seaplanes), is a [floatplane](/source/Floatplane) company based on [Salt Spring Island](/source/Salt_Spring_Island), [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), Canada.[2] It operates scheduled flights, charter air service and tours, with its base in [Ganges](/source/Ganges%2C_British_Columbia)[3] in Harbour Air Seaplanes [livery](/source/Aircraft_livery) with the Salt Spring Air name on the side of the aircraft and specializes in routes between the [Gulf Islands](/source/Gulf_Islands) and [Vancouver Island](/source/Vancouver_Island).[4] Along with [West Coast Air](/source/West_Coast_Air), Harbour Air and [Seair Seaplanes](/source/Seair_Seaplanes), Salt Spring Air is one of the four airlines that operate in the [Vancouver Harbour Water Airport](/source/Vancouver_Harbour_Water_Airport) and [Vancouver Harbour Flight Centre](/source/Vancouver_Harbour_Flight_Centre).[5] Scheduled flights by the company also operate between the Gulf Islands and the [Vancouver International Airport](/source/Vancouver_International_Airport).[6]

## History

In June 2003, St. Clair McColl started Salt Spring Air, with local [seaplane](/source/Seaplane) services based on the Gulf Islands with a four-seat [Cessna 185](/source/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](/source/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-2_Beaver) 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.[7]

During what began as a routine flight on March 19, 2007, McColl rescued a father and son from the frigid waters of the [Strait of Georgia](/source/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.[8][9]

In November 2015, Salt Spring Air was purchased by the [Harbour Air Seaplanes](/source/Harbour_Air_Seaplanes) Group which operates in Harbour Air Seaplanes [livery](/source/Aircraft_livery) with Salt Spring Air name. Salt Spring Air's fleet now joins Harbour Air Seaplanes, Westcoast Air, and Whistler Air as the largest all seaplane airline in the world.

## See also

- [List of seaplane operators](/source/List_of_seaplane_operators)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-mainpage_1-0)** [Salt Spring Air](https://www.harbourair.com) - Retrieved on June 6, 2016

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Getting to Salt Spring](http://www.saltspringmarket.com/top_Location.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140110214807/http://www.saltspringmarket.com/top_Location.htm) 2014-01-10 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) - Salt Spring Market. Retrieved on March 30, 2008

1. **[^](#cite_ref-tc_3-0)** [Local service airlines providing scheduled air services](http://www.tc.gc.ca/pol/en/Report/anre2005/add/taba96.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20071128130357/http://www.tc.gc.ca/pol/en/Report/anre2005/add/taba96.htm) 2007-11-28 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) - Transport Canada. Retrieved on March 30, 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ssa.com_4-0)** [The Islanders Airline](https://www.saltspringair.com/) - saltspringair.com. Retrieved on March 30, 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Vancouver Harbour ATC](https://web.archive.org/web/20110526170511/http://www.hellobc.com/en-CA/SearchResultsListings/BritishColumbia.htm?CATID=-1&LOCID=646&KWDS=&NBY=True&FLID=646&FL1ID=5032&PN=2)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Transport listings](https://web.archive.org/web/20110526170511/http://www.hellobc.com/en-CA/SearchResultsListings/BritishColumbia.htm?CATID=-1&LOCID=646&KWDS=&NBY=True&FLID=646&FL1ID=5032&PN=2) - Tourism BC. Retrieved on 30 March 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Our story](http://saltspringair.com/about-us/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160702045824/http://saltspringair.com/about-us/) 2016-07-02 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) - Saltspring Air. Retrieved on April 1, 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [Awards to Salt Spring Air, pilot and passengers](http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_south/saltspringislanddriftwood/news/17017886.html)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [Times colonist, 20 march 2007](http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=5a74a81c-561f-466d-b451-162c01a19088&k=88767) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20121104055029/http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=5a74a81c-561f-466d-b451-162c01a19088&k=88767) 4 November 2012 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) A father and son from Vancouver whose boat capsized in the Strait of Georgia yesterday may owe their lives to a veteran seaplane pilot from Saltspring Air.

## Further reading

- [Sep 21, 2006 11:00 ET VancouverTV.tv Launches Daily "What's Going On" as the Next Phase of Its Online Television](http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=613269) "For example, Salt Spring Air flew us to Ganges, worked with the community and helped produce a fantastic experience of a great destination."

- [Salt Spring Air’s dock shelter is a wheelhouse](https://web.archive.org/web/20070331135041/http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/worldwidepanorama/wwp906/html/UriCogan.html) The little shelter on the dock is a replica of the wheelhouse of the MV “Cy Peck” - built in 1922 and served as a ferry to the Gulf Islands from 1930 to 1966.

- [Santa's airline](https://web.archive.org/web/20080516093002/http://www.gulfislands.net/aqua/04.pdf) Salt Spring Air take Santa around the Gulf Islands.

- [The most famous bush plane](https://web.archive.org/web/20080123140002/http://yvr.ca/authority/airmail/archive_details.asp?id=878) some say in the world, Salt Spring Air operate three from the Ganges base.

## External links

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- Official site: [Salt Spring Air](https://www.harbourair.com/)

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