Canada’s First-Ever Commercial Electric Flight

Campbell River’s Sealand Flight is gearing up for a historic milestone in Canadian aviation; conducting Canada’s first-ever commercial flight in an electric aircraft.

Campbell River’s Sealand Flight is gearing up for a historic milestone in Canadian aviation; conducting Canada’s first-ever commercial flight in an electric aircraft.

Sealand will welcome its first customer on June 14th for an introductory flight lesson, marking the first time in Canada that a person can purchase a commercial flight in an electric aircraft.

Additionally, the student will be able to handle the controls under the guidance of a flight instructor. And, that student could be you.

Sealand is opening a contest for people who want to be on board first. Even those with no flight experience are invited to submit a written piece, under 300 words, explaining why they want

to learn to fly in an electric airplane. The winner will be chosen and contacted by June 12th. 

Submissions can be made to info@sealandflight.com - we’ll have a link at the Raven Dot FM a little later this morning. The cost of this flight lesson will be $20 for the selected candidate.

Sealand Flight’s Mike Andrews says while it will still be a challenging pathway to navigate moving forwards, the doorway to implementing commercial, sustainable aviation technologies has now firmly been opened.

After June 14th, the flight school will begin teaching several new students from the introductory stage to the solo stage of flight training. From here, the students will transition to classical internal combustion engine aircraft for the remainder of their training. That represents the first phase of Transport Canada’s electric aircraft evaluation. Subsequently, Transport

Canada and Sealand Flight will determine the feasibility of further student use, including flying to

Sealand’s other locations around Vancouver Island.