From Harbour Air Seaplanes 15 April 2020
COVID-19 UPDATE:
Through weeks of uncertainty due to COVID-19, and with safety as our top value at Harbour Air, we have been monitoring the situation closely, making difficult and necessary decisions to support the health and safety of our teams, passengers and communities.
As a trusted, essential service, we understand and have seen the impact this decision has on the communities we service. To ensure we do not leave anyone stranded, we continue to offer private flights, freight and government support services as required. We have introduced vigilant cleaning and social distancing protocols, suspended scheduled flights and reduced our operations across the Province.
Recently, when alternate transportation options temporarily shutdown access to our communities, we resumed flights between Nanaimo, Sechelt and Vancouver to support essential travel for those who now had limited options. Our freight services continue to support the supply chain process, supporting deliveries of food, materials and products to neighbours, businesses and facilities in need (click here for information on our Parcel Express services).
Over the past 38 years, Harbour Air has become a vital transportation link to coastal British Columbia. We know that “returning to operations” is not a “return to normal.” As we begin to look towards the future, we are working hard to ensure that we are providing the safe, essential travel services you’ve come to expect from Harbour Air.
As of Monday, April 27, daily flights between downtown Vancouver and downtown Victoria will resume.
The following flights are currently available to book online or through our reservations team. Please note, we are available by email (reservation@harbourair.com) anytime or by phone (Mon-Fri, 10am-2pm PST):
| DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER & VICTORIA: FLIGHT DEPARTURES | ||
| Vancouver | Victoria | Days |
| 8:00am | 9:00am | Mon-Fri |
| 4:00pm | 5:00pm | Mon-Fri |
| 10:00am | 11:00am | Sat |
| 2:30pm | 3:30pm | Sun |
Please note, these flights continue to support essential travel and front-line workers. While the situation remains dynamic, with new information received each day, if you do not need to travel, please stay home.
Prioritizing Passenger Safety
For the safety of our flight crew and private flight passengers, we will continue to enforce the following conditions:
- Flights will be completed utilizing our larger DeHavilland Otter aircraft and available seating will be reduced to 40%, which will allow for on board distancing.
- All ground and flight crew will have their temperature checked upon arriving and departing at the workplace.
- Passengers will be required to complete a health declaration form before travel and have their temperature checked using a no-touch thermometer.
- Passengers will be provided with gloves and masks, required to be worn for the entire flight.
- Our front line team will also deny boarding to any passenger whom they believe may be unfit to travel.
- We will continue to follow the stringent cleaning and sanitation protocols in place and provide ample access to hand sanitizer in all terminals as well as pre and post flight.
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