Exploits Valley Air Services
Exploits Valley Air Services, also known as EVAS or EVAS Air, is a Canadian aviation services company, based in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador.
It provides a variety of services, including a flight school, sightseeing flights, and maintenance, and operates commercial passenger flights in Atlantic Canada on behalf of Air Canada, as part of the Air Canada Express brand.
EVAS has started a courier route within Atlantic Canada. Using one of the 1900D aircraft, the run serves Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Destinations
EVAS serves the following destinations as Air Canada Express.- Newfoundland and Labrador
- *Deer Lake - Deer Lake Regional Airport
- *Gander - Gander International Airport
- *Happy Valley-Goose Bay - Goose Bay Airport
- *St. John's - St. John's International Airport
- *Wabush - Wabush Airport
- Nova Scotia
- *Halifax - Halifax Stanfield International Airport
- New Brunswick
- *Moncton - Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport
- *Fredericton - Fredericton International Airport
- *Saint John - Saint John Airport
- Prince Edward Island
- *Charlottetown - Charlottetown Airport
Fleet
Aircraft | No. of Aircraft | No. of Aircraft | Variants | Notes |
Beechcraft 1900 | 7 | 10 | 1900D | 6 aircraft operate for Air Canada Express |
Cessna 150 | 0 | 1 | 150G | |
Cessna 152 | 0 | 10 | ||
Cessna 172 | 4 | 6 | 172F, 172K, 172M, 172N, 172S | |
Consolidated Vultee | 0 | 1 | PBY-5A | Formerly of Buffalo Airways, has two |
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter | 1 | 0 | DHC-6 Series 300 | |
Piper PA-34 | 0 | 1 | PA-34-200 Seneca I |
The Transport Canada list also includes a Beech 1900D and a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter both with cancelled certificates.
EVAS previously flown aircraft include;
- Beech A100
- Cessna 337
- de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver
- Pezetel M18
- Schweizer 269
Accidents
- EVAS Flight 7804 was a scheduled flight from Goose Bay Airport to Gander International Airport, Newfoundland. On April 20, 2016, the Beechcraft 1900 landed during blizzard conditions. During roll out the aircraft contacted a snow bank on the runway which caused the nose gear to collapse. Out of the 14 occupants, 3 were taken to the hospital for minor injuries. The investigation is complete and a report has been published by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.