Kenn Borek Air

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Kenn Borek Air
Kenn Borek Air logo.jpg
IATA ICAO Callsign
4K KBA BOREK AIR[1]
Founded 1970
Hubs Calgary International Airport
Fleet size 43
Parent company Kenn Borek Air Ltd.
Headquarters Calgary, Alberta
Key people Brian Crocker, Operations Manager
Wallace Dobchuk, Chief Pilot
Website www.borekair.com

Kenn Borek Air is an airline based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It operates regional passenger and cargo services, contract operations in the Arctic and Antarctic and aircraft leasing. Its main base is at the Calgary International Airport.[2] It charters aircraft for scientific expeditions, oil exploration, etc., and operates air ambulance services.

History

The airline began operations in 1970 with a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter providing air support for oil exploration activities in the Canadian Arctic. The company has been operating in Antarctica since 1985.[3]

On 26 April 2001, Kenn Borek Air used a DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft to rescue Dr. Ron Shemenski from the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station.[3][4][5][6] This was the first ever rescue from the South Pole during polar winter.[7] To achieve the range necessary for this flight, the Twin Otter was equipped with a special ferry tank.

In 2009, the company was commissioned to recover a crashed aircraft in the Antarctic, and employees spent 25 days in a makeshift camp to complete the project.[3]

The airline was used by the BBC during the filming of the documentary Frozen Planet (2011), which was narrated by David Attenborough, and one of its planes is seen in portions of the footage.

Operations

Kenn Borek Air offers a full service overhaul maintenance hangar in Calgary with routine maintenance being completed wherever the aircraft is located.

Destinations

As of January 2009, Kenn Borek Air operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations in Nunavut as Unaalik Aviation:[8]

Kenn Borek also operates services to several communities in the Northwest Territories as Aklak Air:

Fleet

File:GVKB Kenn Borek DC3 loading 02.JPG
Loading at Cambridge Bay

As of August 2015, the Kenn Borek Air has 43 aircraft registered that are equipped with wheels, floats, and skiis.

Kenn Borek Fleet
Aircraft No. of Aircraft
(TC list)[9]
Variants
Basler BT-67 7 DC-3T
Beechcraft 90 1 C90
Raytheon Beech B99 2 99, B99
Beechcraft 100 3 100, A100
Beechcraft 200 3 200
Raytheon Beech 1900 1 1900D
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 26 300

Accidents and incidents

References

  1. TP143 - Air Traffic Designators
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  8. KBA flight schedule
  9. Aircraft registered to Kenn Borek Air according to Transport Canada, search "Kenn Borek" on last search field, Owner Name
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  12. Flight International, 31 July 1982, p267 Retrieved on 23 July 2010.
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