Express Seaplane to Nanaimo, anyone?

Some quick research on Seair Seaplanes: They operate up to 12 scheduled flights daily from Downtown Vancouver Harbour to Nanaimo as well as Charter Flights. Terminals are located in Downtown Vancouver Harbour (NW corner of the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre), Richmond (Vancouver Airport south side at Seair Seaplane Terminal) and in Nanaimo at Departure Bay (Seair Seaplane Terminal beside BC Ferries). Round trips are about $200  They also offer free parking at Nanaimo & Richmond for up to 5 days, a free shuttle in Richmond to YVR Airport, free coffee/newspapers/wi-fi at their terminals and free baggage on all bookings (up to 35 lbs). They offer quite a large fleet of seaplanes includes Cessna 185’s, DeHavilland Beavers, DeHavilland Turbine Beavers, and Cessna Caravans. With a fleet this large they have the ability to accommodate group sizes of between 1-76 passengers.

Daily Scheduled Services

Nanaimo  Vancouver Harbour

Nanaimo  Richmond (YVR)

Salt Spring Island  Richmond (YVR)

Pender Island  Richmond (YVR)

Thetis Island  Richmond (YVR)

Saturna Island  Richmond (YVR)

Mayne Island  Richmond (YVR)

Galiano Island  Richmond (YVR)

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