Dash 8-400AT
Airtanker conversion
Land-based airtanker conversion with a 10,000-litre retardant and water tank. Commercially available; 27 conversions delivered.
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Conair Group
AviationAbbotsford, BC
Designs, builds and certifies fixed-wing airtanker conversions with its own retardant delivery systems, develops aerial-firefighting flight training devices, and operates an airtanker fleet.
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About
Company site: conair.caDesigns, builds and certifies fixed-wing airtanker conversions with its own retardant delivery systems, develops aerial-firefighting flight training devices, and operates an airtanker fleet.
States the first of the Conair companies was formed in 1969 in Langley, British Columbia, as a spin-off of Skyway Air Services. conair.ca
Operates as a Transport Canada Design Approval Organization, "designing, building, and certifying aeronautical products in-house". conair.ca
Delivered its 27th Dash 8-400 airtanker conversion, 22 of them in the previous five years. conair.ca
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency is spending roughly $187M on four Conair-converted aircraft, with about $16M federal. That is the buyer's programme cost, not Conair revenue. conair.ca
Signed a memorandum of understanding with DLR, the German Aerospace Center, on 10 June 2026 at ILA Berlin to develop aerial firefighting capability. An MoU, not a contract. conair.ca
Contracted to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre for the 2026 season, 1 May to 27 September, supplying four Dash 8-400AT airtankers and a TBM 960 with crews. No value is published. conair.ca
Its head office is Abbotsford, per its own contact page. Its BC registry registered office is a Vancouver service address, and the 1969 founding belongs to a predecessor - this entity dates from 1992. conair.ca
Products & Services
Company site: conair.caProducts Conair Group publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.
Dash 8-400MRE
Airtanker conversion
Multi-role emergency variant combining airtanker capability with evacuation, patient transport and cargo roles. Commercially available.
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Air attack conversion
Tactical air-attack and fire-supervision conversion of the Daher TBM 960. Holds Transport Canada supplemental type and airworthiness certification and entered service with the BC Wildfire Service for the 2025 season.
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Flight training device
Six flight training devices letting multiple pilots train on one simulated fire, with fire behaviour generated from humidity, terrain, wind, fuel type and temperature. Five Level 4 devices certified.
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Company site: conair.caHow Conair Group says its technology can be deployed and delivered.
Aerial firefighting operations
Contracted aerial firefighting for government agencies in Canada, the United States, Australia and France, flown on its own converted aircraft.
Aerospace engineering and certification
In-house design, build and certification of aeronautical products as a Transport Canada Design Approval Organization, plus aftermarket support for converted airtankers.
Simulator lease
Wet lease of its Mission Training System devices; dry lease, instruction not included, of an Avro RJ85 full-motion Level D simulator and an Air Tractor AT802 and AT802 Fire Boss Level 5 flight training device.
Partnerships
Publicly announced partnerships.
DLR (German Aerospace Center)
Memorandum of understanding (June 2026) to research and develop wildfire-response technologies spanning satellites, aircraft, drones, ground vehicles and AI coordination.
Government & Grants
Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.
Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada (innovative loading system for firefighting aircraft) - contribution
Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada (Mission Training System for aerial firefighting) - contribution
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