At 18:35 the DC-4 departed Vancouver International Airport, Canada on a scheduled flight to Tokyo; it was due to stop over at Anchorage Airport in Alaska.
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The airline was in operation since 1986 and was sold to Orca Airways at Vancouver International Airport on February 27, 2009, it specialized in flying between Abbotsford International Airport and Victoria International Airport, with twin-engine Cessna corporate aircraft.
Shortly after, the Baxters received a class 3 scheduled license to provide services between downtown Vancouver and Vancouver International Airport to downtown Nanaimo on Vancouver Island.