Didn’t Hawk Air offer this same trip not that long ago?
I don’t recall their reason for cancelling it, but I can imagine….
maybe to Nanaimo would be more beneficial to the average folk, or is this for the benefit of the politicians?

I think this will be great and at that price probably a popular route once word gets out. Victoria is a fantastic place to visit during the winter months and far cheaper than Vancouver for a weekend getaway. I bet Victoria has good short haul hops across the boarder as well for connections abroad.

Already booked two tickets. It will be nice not having to stop in Vancouver for a 15 minute connector flight.

6 nights a week? Can’t see the demand for this… are they being paid like the other failed PG-Victoria scam?

An hour and fourty minute flight?
What aircraft is being flown?

Oops my bad, it’s a Saab.
Apparently a slow Saab.

They haven’t built these planes in almost thirty years and according to Wikipedia,
“Between 1983 and 2013, there were 13 hull loss accidents involving the Saab 340 series aircraft, resulting in the deaths of 48 people”
Safer to drive.

Them drive!

PG101, I cant remember being a Pg-Victoria being a guarantee, I remember a deal cut for the PG – Seattle. Too bad the Seattle deal did not take off. A lot of good flights out of SeaTac.

The most dangerous part of flying in a Saab is driving to the airport.

lildigger 13 hull losses with a total of 48 deaths over 30 years in a widely used aircraft is not much, certainly no indictment of its safety. And if you look at those incidents, how many are attributable to design or production defects? It is no fault of the aircraft that the pilots are unaware of construction on the runway that they try to land on, or that the pilots accidentally retracted the landing gear, or that the plane ran out of fuel. The most serious accident, causing 22 deaths, is attributed to severe icing due to pilot error.

Thanks for all the comments guys! The more info the better!

PG101 mentioned the PG/Seattle service that never too off. Not true… Horizon operated this service for at least 6 months. We traveled Horizon to Seattle several connecting to San Diego.

The flights were nearly empty.

If you don’t use it…. You lose it!

lildigger: “They haven’t built these planes in almost thirty years and according to Wikipedia,
“Between 1983 and 2013, there were 13 hull loss accidents involving the Saab 340 series aircraft, resulting in the deaths of 48 people”

Safer to drive.”

This is a prime example of looking at a statistic and making an incorrect assessment of risk. All too common these days. Glad others pointed it out as well.

“Safer to drive.”
How many lives lost on Highway 97 South between here and Vancouver in the same time period?
Safer to fly.

Lildigger you really should do a comparison between flying and driving in google before commenting.

Horizon flew May 1 to Oct 5 or 6th in 2008. Flying south even with great connections is a lot more popular in the winter. Too bad someone couldn’t have told Alaska Air or the City that before they decided to launch a new route in summer.

I will choose not to fly on a plane that is at least 30 years old and takes half an hour too long to reach its destination. You can all freely fly as much as you like. Your choice.

The last Saabs were built in 1998, which makes them at least 17 years old, not 30. The oldest of them are 32 years old.