Pat White, chief executive officer of Exploits Valley Air Service, says his company is ready to take on more refitting projects. (Garrett Barry/CBC)A Gander-based airline is moving in a new direction and turning passenger planes into air ambulances for a company in Hamilton, Ont. Exploits Valley Air Service (EVAS) operated Air Canada flights before the pandemic, but now the company is branching out with a product it's familiar with — the Beechcraft 1900D. It can climb to 25,000 feet and go over 300 miles an hour," EVAS CEO Pat White told CBC News. EVAS has struck a deal with Latitude Air Ambulance to retrofit six airplanes into air ambulances.

Source: CBC News August 11, 2021 09:45 UTC