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Buffalo Airways has had its share of run-ins with Transport Canada, many of them featured on the popular TV series Ice Pilots NWT. After a 2013 Buffalo Airways Douglas DC-3C accident, for example, the subsequent Transportation Safety Board review identified deficiencies in the operator’s weight-and-balance calculation procedure—an unsafe practice that it said Transport Canada had also failed to discover during routine audits. Now, the regulator has suspended Buffalo’s operating certificate, citing the company’s “poor safety record.” Jason Pineau Photo
Transport Canada suspended Buffalo Airways’ Air Operator Certificate, effective Nov. 30, 2015, which prohibits the company from providing commercial air services.
Transport Canada took this serious action in the interest of public safety because of Buffalo Airways’ poor safety record.
The department will not allow Buffalo Airways to resume its commercial air service until it proves it can keep its operations consistently compliant with aviation safety regulations.
Transport Canada takes its aviation safety oversight role very seriously and expects every air operator to fully comply with aviation safety regulations.
When air operators, like Buffalo Airways, fail to comply with aviation regulations, the department takes appropriate action in the interest of public safety.
Quick Facts
- Transport Canada liaised with Buffalo Airways throughout the period leading up to the suspension and we will continue to work with the company in the interest of public safety.
- This suspension took effect on Nov. 30, 2015 at 11:59 p.m. MST.
- Transport Canada does not hesitate to take safety action, which is why the department has suspended Buffalo Airways.
