Alkan Air
Alkan Air Ltd. is an airline headquartered in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. The company operates seven-day-a-week charter and air ambulance services. The Whitehorse and Mayo bases generally focus on wheel and floatplane charter and medevac services in northern and western Canada and Alaska. The Nanaimo, BC base provides charter and medevac services, focused primarily in western Canada, the western United States and Mexico. From 2016 to 2018, Alkan also operated scheduled flights between Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport and Watson Lake Airport.
History
Alkan Air was formed in 1977 by Barry Watson and two Whitehorse businessmen, Win and Joe Muff. It was named in honour of the famous Alaska Highway or Al-Can Highway which skirts the City of Whitehorse. Hugh Kitchen became a partner in 1987 when Win and Joe Muff decided to sell their stake in the company in order to start a telecommunications business in Whitehorse.The company began by operating a Cessna 206 on floats/skis and a Cessna 337 on wheels. Expansion soon followed and by 1987, when float and ski operations were discontinued, Alkan Air was one of the main providers of scheduled service in Yukon. In the early 1990s, the company gradually phased out scheduled flights in order to focus on charter operations. High performance, pressurized Beech King Airs were introduced in 1994.
Alkan Air primarily flies charter operations for hunting outfitters and government operations. Three Kings Airs are dedicated to flying medevacs for the Yukon Government.
In October 2015, Alkan Air opened a flight training school to accommodate a need in Yukon for people wanting to learn to fly. As of 2016, the flight school operates two Cessna 172's, a Piper PA-34 Seneca 3 and can train for Private and Commercial Licenses and multi-engine and instrument ratings. In addition, Alkan Air operates a Transport Canada certified simulator for instrument training.
Fleet
As of September 2019, Transport Canada lists the following aircraft:| Aircraft | No. of Aircraft | Variants | Notes |
| Beechcraft 1900 | 2 | 1900D | Based in British Columbia |
| Beechcraft Super King Air | 6 | 200, 300/350 | Based in British Columbia and Yukon |
| Cessna 172 | 4 | 172M, 172N, 172Q | Not listed at Alkan site |
| Cessna 208 Caravan | 4 | 208, 208B | Based in Yukon, float planes |
| De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver | 1 | DHC-2 MK.I | Operated on floats |
| De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter | 2 | DHC-3-T Turbo-Otter | Both operate on wheels/skis in winter and floats in summer. Based in Yukon |
| Dornier Do 228 | 2 | 228-202 | Based in Yukon |
| Piper PA-31 Navajo | 1 | PA-31-350 Chieftain | Based in Yukon |
| Piper PA-34 Seneca | 1 | PA-34-220T Seneca III | Used exclusively for flight training. Based in Yukon |
In addition Transport Canada lists a Cessna 206 and a DHC-3 Otter with cancelled certificates.