History
The company was established in 1970 as an aircraft modification, sales, and repair facility in Victoria.
Viking acquired the exclusive rights to spare parts manufacturing and distribution for the DHC-2 Beaver and the DHC-3 Otter aircraft in 1983. The company subsequently purchased the parts and service business for all the older de Havilland Canada aircraft from Bombardier. Since 2008, Viking has been producing its own version of the DHC-6 Twin Otter, and repairs the DHC-2 Beaver.
On February 24, 2006, Viking purchased the type certificates from Bombardier for all the discontinued de Havilland Canada designs including
- DHC-1 Chipmunk
- DHC-2 Beaver
- DHC-3 Otter
- DHC-4 Caribou
- DHC-5 Buffalo
- DHC-6 Twin Otter
- DHC-7 Dash 7
but excluding the DHC-8 Dash 8, which is still produced by Bombardier Aerospace as their Q400 series.
Viking Air has also held the type certificate for the Trident TR-1 Trigull since 2006. Ownership of the certificates for the former de Havilland and Trident series gives Viking the exclusive right to manufacture and sell new aircraft of those types.
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