Viking Air
The company provides upgrades to the DHC-2 Beaver, spare parts for older de Havilland Canada aircraft, and components for Bell Helicopter Textron.[3] The company was established in 1970 by founder, Norwegian-born Canadian aviation pioneer Nils Christensen, doing overhaul, maintenance and conversions to all types of aircraft but specializing in flying boats.[9] On 2 April 2007, Viking announced that, nineteen years after being discontinued, with 27 orders and options in hand, it was restarting production of the Twin Otter with more powerful Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34/35 engines.[13] In December 2008, Viking Air indicated their intention to put the DHC-5 Buffalo series back into production in Canada at their home factory in North Saanich or in Calgary, Alberta.[30] As of February 2023, Viking Air has the following aircraft listed with Transport Canada and operate as ICAO airline designator VKN, and call sign TRUE NORTH.
Viking AircraftSubsidiaryAerospaceNils ChristensenDe Havilland CanadaNorth Saanich, British ColumbiaDHC-2T Turbo BeaverParentVictoria International AirportDHC-2 BeaverBell Helicopter TextronDHC-3 OtterSherry BrydsonRoy ThomsonDavid ThomsonBombardier Aerospacetype certificatesDHC-1 ChipmunkDHC-4 CaribouDHC-5 BuffaloDHC-6 Twin OtterDHC-7 Dash 7Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34/35Honeywell'sPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34Calgary, AlbertaPratt & Whitney Canada PW150glass cockpitnight vision goggleRoyal Canadian Air ForceEADS CASA C-295CL-515CL-215CL-415CalgaryTrident TR-1 TrigullCL-215TBridger AerospaceBombardier Dash 8De Havilland Aircraft Company of CanadaTransport Canadade Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunkde Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaverde Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otterturbine-poweredamphibious aircraftViking DHC-6 Twin OtterCOM DEV InternationalCMC ElectronicsHéroux-DevtekList of STOL aircraftMacDonald, Dettwiler and AssociatesSpar AerospaceWayback MachineAviation WeekNav CanadaFederal Aviation AdministrationDHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400TR-1 TrigullBombardier AviationCanadairAirbus Canada2/180 GyroplaneAvro CanadaCF-100 CanuckC-102 JetlinerCF-105 ArrowVZ-9 AvrocarBell Textron429 GlobalRanger505 Jet Ranger X525 RelentlessBoeing Aircraft of CanadaC-204 ThunderbirdA-213 TotemPB2B CatalinaBombardierCRJ100/200/440700/900/1000Global ExpressGlobalCS100/300Challenger 300Dash 8Bristol/McDonald BrothersAnson Mk.VCL-4 North StarCL-28 ArgusCL-41 TutorCL-44 YukonCL-84 DynavertCL-215 WaterbomberCL-415 Super ScooperCL-600 ChallengerCosmopolitanFreedom FighterSilver StarStarfighterCanadian Aerodrome CompanyBaddeck No. 1Baddeck No. 2Hubbard MonoplaneCanadian Aeroplanes/Toronto Curtiss AeroplanesJN-4C CanuckC-1 CanadaAvro 504Canadian Associated AircraftHampdenCanadian Car and FoundryMaple Leaf Trainer IIAnson Mk.II & Mk.VT-34A MentorCBY-3 LoadmasterSBW HelldiverGoblin/DelfínHurricane Mk.X, XI & XIINorseman Mk.V & VIIHarvard Mk.IIB and Mk.4Canadian VickersVancouverVanessaVarunaVedetteAvro 504NAvro 552CH-300 Pacemaker