DeHaviland Twin Otter - are they still in service?
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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_havillan.
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.
.. Royal Nepal Airlines uses it from Kathmandu to other places in the hills .. including base camp for mt Everest .
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/
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
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.
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
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