Shorter flight times between Vancouver, Tofino
If you live in Vancouver, Long Beach Lodge Resort is now only an hour away.Orca Airways, which flies between Vancouver International Airport ?#YVR? and Tofino-Long Beach Airport ?#YAZ? has unveiled its new Beech 99 Airliner, a twin-engine, unpressurized, turboprop aircraft with a cruising speed of up to 205 knots (380 kilometers per hour) at 10,000 feet (3,050 meters), and a range of 910 nautical miles (1,686 kilometers.) In addition to doubling passenger seating capacity, the Beech 99 halves the current flying time for scheduled routes between Vancouver and and Tofino currently serviced by Orca Airways’ seven-seat Piper Navajo Chieftain aircraft.
“The Beech 99 in an ideal aircraft to help us address the remarkable increase in demand for regional commuter and leisure passenger service,” said Andrew Naysmith, president and CEO of Orca Airways. "Our daily service between Vancouver, Qualicum Beach, Tofino and other Vancouver Island airports has become the preferred travel option for many residents and visitors, and we have seen a significant spike in demand in the past two years. We are very excited to be able to offer our growing number of passengers a faster, larger capacity aircraft option, operated by two crew members at all times.” ?
Recently purchased and extensively retrofitted, the Orca Airways Beech 99 will fly between Vancouver International Airport (YVR) and Vancouver Island destinations including Tofino-Long Beach Airport (YAZ) which, according to Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District (ACRD) records, has experienced a 33% increase in air traffic between January and June, 2015, compared to the same period in 2014.
Orca Airways provides scheduled passenger service to Tofino from Vancouver and Victoria. For more information about the airline, visit www.flyorcaair.com.
