EVAS Air

"EVAS" redirects here. Not to be confused with EVA Air. For the aircraft safety device trademarked as Emergency Vision Assurance System or EVAS, see Inflatable vision unit.

Exploits Valley Air Services, operating as EVAS Air, is a Canadian aviation services company, based in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador.^[4]

EVAS Air

Beechcraft 1900D at St. John's International Airport in 2012, in Air Canada Express livery
IATA CDD Call sign 8K EV[1] EVAS[1]
Founded	1992
AOC #	6676[2]
Hubs	Gander International Airport Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport
Focus cities	St. John's International Airport Halifax Stanfield International Airport
Fleet size	28[3]
Headquarters	Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
Website	evasair.ca

It provides a variety of services, including a flight school (known as Gander Flight Training), sightseeing flights, and maintenance. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic it served destinations in Atlantic Canada as an Air Canada Express contractor.

EVAS operates courier route within Atlantic Canada. Using one of their Beechcraft 1900 aircraft, the run serves Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Former destinations

Previously EVAS served the following destinations as Air Canada Express.^[5]

• Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Deer Lake - Deer Lake Regional Airport
  • Gander - Gander International Airport
  • Happy Valley-Goose Bay - Goose Bay Airport
  • St. John's - St. John's International Airport
  • Wabush (Labrador City) - Wabush Airport
• Nova Scotia
  • Halifax - Halifax Stanfield International Airport
• New Brunswick
  • Moncton - Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport
  • Fredericton - Fredericton International Airport
  • Saint John - Saint John Airport
• Prince Edward Island
  • Charlottetown - Charlottetown Airport

Fleet

As of February 2025 EVAS has 27 aircraft registered with Transport Canada.^[3] At the EVAS website they state they operate de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter and Embraer Phenom 100. However, they do not give a total number of aircraft and they are not registered with Transport Canada.^[6]

EVAS Air fleet

Aircraft	No. of aircraft	Variants	Notes
Beechcraft 1900	8	1900D	Up to 19 passengers[6]
Cessna 150	1	150G	Not listed at EVAS[6]
Cessna 152	10		Not listed at EVAS[6]
Cessna 172	7	1 - 172F 1 - 172K 2 - 172M 1 - 172N 2 - 172S	Not listed at EVAS[6]
Consolidated Vultee (Canso)	1	PBY-5A	Formerly of Buffalo Airways, has two 800 imp gal (3,600 L; 960 US gal)
Piper PA-34	1	PA-34-200 Seneca
Total	28

EVAS previously flown aircraft include;^[7]

• Beech A100
• Cessna 337
• de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver
• Pezetel M18 (Dromader)
• Schweizer 269