I flew on one of these at least 20 years ago, between Glasgow and Campbelltown. They were great fun. Does anyone know if any are still in service, and on what routes?
2006-11-19 03:19:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
They are indeed still in service, all over the world.
As of August 2006, a total of 349 Twin Otter aircraft (all variants) remain in air carrier service worldwide. Major operators include: Libyan Arab Airlines (16), Maldivian Air Taxi (17), Trans Maldivian Airways (12), Kenn Borek Air (17) and Scenic Airlines (11). Some 115 airlines operate smaller numbers of the aircraft. [3]
That would be many, many domestic routes worldwide. Read more about it at Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-6_Twin_Otter
2006-11-19 03:25:13 · answer #1 · answered by Bad Kitty! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good news #1:
Yes they are still in service everywhere in the world, from artics to the caribbeans.
Good news #2:
The rights for the Twin Otter have been bought by a company called Viking Air, and they are currentlly in the development of a newer, more powerfull and slightly larger version, the Twin Otter-400
http://www.vikingair.com/
2006-11-19 18:00:06 · answer #2 · answered by Timothy B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very much still in service. The Twotter is the only aircraft for certain sorts of operations, in all sorts of climates. One business using it very successfully are Air Sea Lines, a small Greek operator based in Corfu, who have a rapidly expanding scheduled network of Twin Otter flights linking many Greek islands.
2006-11-20 05:58:00 · answer #3 · answered by AndyG45 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they are. A very durable airplane built until 1988 here in Canada. Kenn Borek is the largest operator with services at both poles and just about everywhere in between.
2006-11-19 11:55:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you really want to fly in one, go check out Scenic Airlines in North Las Vegas (KVGT) they do Grand Canyon tours in them...or at least they did a year and a half ago when I was based there
2006-11-19 19:04:47 · answer #5 · answered by Jason 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I flew one in Alaska and to the best of my knowledge the are used there for the ability they possess for short take offs and durability
2006-11-20 08:19:42 · answer #6 · answered by doubleg_81423 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
................ Royal Nepal Airlines uses it from Kathmandu to other places in the hills ............ including base camp for mt Everest .......
2006-11-19 12:01:36 · answer #7 · answered by spaceman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋