HAS THE HAWKER SIDDELEY 748 TURBOPROP BEEN A SOLID PERFORMER FOR AIR NORTH?
The Hawker’s been a great airplane for us, and we didn’t break any new ground in replacing our DC-3s with Hawkers. Most of the northern airlines had DC-3 fleets, and replaced them with Hawkers, so they were the logical DC-3 replacement for northern carriers. They have a great gravel capability, a passenger/freight combi capability, a short-field capability – a very versatile airplane, a rugged airplane. They’re the mainstay of our turboprop scheduled service throughout the Yukon and between the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Alaska. We use them extensively in our turboprop charter operation as well.
