Engineering:List of seaplane operators

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A lineup of 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. 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

Tofino Air Cessna 180 at Tofino Harbour Water Aerodrome

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	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	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	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	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	Norway	C
Sea To Sky Air	Canada	C
Seabird Airlines	Turkey	D
Seaborne Airlines	United States	C
Seair Pacific	Australia	C
Seair Seaplanes	Canada	C
Seawings	United Arab Emirates	C
Seawings Venice	Italy	C
Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul	Brazil	D
Shoreline Aviation	United States	D
Simplifly	Sri Lanka	C
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	Canada	C
World Airways	United States	D

See also

• List of flying boats and floatplanes
• Seaplane tender