Harbour Air takes inaugural flight out of Pitt Meadows

 

The airline celebrated its new route with an inaugural flight on Monday morning with Steve Sheehy untying the plane and pilot Darren Batstone flying the morning run. Harbour will be offering daily float plane flights between Pitt Meadows Regional Airport and the Victoria harbour. 

 Photograph By Eric Zimmer/TIMES 

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A brand new transport option for residents of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows became a reality Monday morning.

A Harbour Air seaplane full of passengers bound for Victoria took to the skies over the Pitt Meadows Regional Airport, signifying the launch of regularly scheduled, seven-day-a-week service between the two cities.

The service comes after a “noticeable increase” in the number of people commuting to downtown Vancouver to use Harbour Air’s existing service, said Greg McDougall, CEO of Harbour Air.

As a result, “providing service to people’s homes just made sense,” he said.

“The addition of a Harbour Air seaplane is a fantastic opportunity for our facility,” said Arne Odenbach, marketing coordinator for Pitt Meadows airport.

 Before the flight, passengers arrive and check in at the airport like normal.

Then, they were loaded onto a shuttle bus and taken down to the dock on the Fraser River where the plane was waiting.

Harbour Air’s Darren Batstone piloted the first morning flight, and though the sky was grey and rainy, the takeoff was smooth and seamless.
 
For those looking to make the trip, the company is offering special pricing until Oct. 31.

More information is available online at www.harbourair.com.

- Source: http://www.mrtimes.com

Passengers made their way down the float plane dock where they boarded a plane for the inaugural Harbour Air flight from Pitt Meadows to Victoria early Monday morning. 

Photograph By Eric Zimmer/TIMES