EVAS Air
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| Founded | 1992 | ||||||
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| AOC # | 6676[2] | ||||||
| Hubs | Gander International Airport Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport | ||||||
| Focus cities | St. John's International Airport Halifax Stanfield International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 28[3] | ||||||
| Headquarters | Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador | ||||||
| Website | evasair | ||||||
Exploits Valley Air Services, operating as EVAS Air, is a Canadian aviation services company, based in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador.[4]
It provides a variety of services, including a flight school (known as Gander Flight Training), sightseeing flights, and maintenance. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic it served destinations in Atlantic Canada as an Air Canada Express contractor.
EVAS operates courier route within Atlantic Canada. Using one of their Beechcraft 1900 aircraft, the run serves Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Former destinations
[edit]Previously EVAS served the following destinations as Air Canada Express.[5]
Accidents and Incidents
[edit]- On 20 April 2016, Air Canada Express flight 7804 (EV7804), which was operated by an EVAS Air Beechcraft 1900D (C-FEVA) crashed upon landing at Gander International Airport. At the time of arrival, the weather conditions were described as ¨Heavy Snow¨ and the visibility at the airport was 1/8 Statute mile visibility. The flight, arriving from Goose Bay, touched down right of the runway centerline of runway 03, and immediately veered right. The nose gear of the aircraft struck a snow windrow and subsequently collapsed, causing 7 out of the 8 blades to separate from the engines. The right side of the fuselage was punctured by a propeller blade. Of the 14 occupants onboard, everyone survived, and 3 people sustained minor injuries.[6]
Fleet
[edit]As of February 2025 EVAS has 27 aircraft registered with Transport Canada.[3] At the EVAS website they state they operate de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter and Embraer Phenom 100. However, they do not give a total number of aircraft and they are not registered with Transport Canada.[7]
| Aircraft | No. of aircraft | Variants | Notes | |
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| Beechcraft 1900 | 8 | 1900D | Up to 19 passengers[7] | |
| Cessna 150 | 1 | 150G | Not listed at EVAS[7] | |
| Cessna 152 | 10 | Not listed at EVAS[7] | ||
| Cessna 172 | 7 | 1 - 172F 1 - 172K 2 - 172M 1 - 172N 2 - 172S |
Not listed at EVAS[7] | |
| Consolidated Vultee (Canso) | 1 | PBY-5A | Formerly of Buffalo Airways, has two 800 imp gal (3,600 L; 960 US gal) | |
| Piper PA-34 | 1 | PA-34-200 Seneca | ||
| Total | 28 | |||
EVAS previously flown aircraft include;[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Domestic Designator and Telephony Assignments" (PDF). Nav Canada. 2023-02-10. p. 1. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
Exploits Valley Air Services: EV, EVAS
- ^ Transport Canada (14 March 2023), Civil Aviation Services (CAS) AOC. wwwapps.tc.gc.ca.
- ^ a b "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: Quick Search Result for Exploits Valley Air Services". Transport Canada. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ "Contact Us". Retrieved 14 March 2023.
70 C. L. Dobbin Drive Gander, NL A1V 1W7 Canada
- ^ "Air Canada Express". Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.
- ^ Government of Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada (2016-04-20). "Aviation Investigation Report A16A0041 - Transportation Safety Board of Canada". www.tsb.gc.ca. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
- ^ a b c d e "Our Fleet". Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: History Search Result". Transport Canada. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
