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Adding a little context: Harbour Air is a short-hop seaplane operator working out of downtown Vancouver. Most of their flights are ~ 100km across the Georgia St
by lemmox 7y ago
Adding a little context: Harbour Air is a short-hop seaplane operator working out of downtown Vancouver. Most of their flights are ~ 100km across the Georgia Straight to Victoria and Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. Trips are ~ 30 minutes IIRC. There is no bridge to this island and the alternative is a fairly large commute involving a ferry. It's quite convenient to have a direct connection between downtown Vancouver and downtown Victoria.
Fuel is quite pricey here, they might end up saving a couple hundred dollars per hour in fuel and engine upkeep costs.
- novok 7y agoThe island cluster around victoria, vancouver and seattle is pretty much a perfect use case for electric airplanes today too. Making a bridge would be incredibly expensive and be a lot of firsts in bridge making, so it's not worth it: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation/transportation-reports-and-reference/reports-studies/vancouver-island/fixed-link https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation/transporta...