"Vaughn" wrote in
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"Sami" wrote in message
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Are seaplanes still used for commercial purposes , I am talking about
planes with capablity of carrying at least 40 passengers.

How about 17 passengers? Here is a link to an airline that uses
seaplanes:
http://www.flychalks.com/mallard/seat.htm In fact, it claims o be the
world's oldest scheduled airline:
http://www.flychalks.com/history/airline.htm

If there are
such planes what are their speed compare to Jet Planes (for example
compare to Boeing 767),

Very slow compared to a 767


Vaughn

There's also a company flying people in and out of TJIG into STT in a Twin
Otter fitted with some very cool and very big floats.

They operate out of a private seaplane base in the channel between TJIG's
runway and the ports area/Old San Juan.

There was also an attempt to resurrect the Grummans that used to operate as
Antilles Airlines some years ago, but the project didn't go anywhere. After
the aircraft were restored and prepared for service, the STT local
government gave exclusive rights to the seaplane base to some local
operator, who didn't last very long.

The other day I saw a bunch of pictures of the old Pan American seaplanes
that used to ply the routes in the Caribbean a very long time ago, Very
cool stuff too, worthy of its own exhibit at a national museum.

Juan