List of airlines of Alaska

The following is a list of airlines that are based within the U.S. State of Alaska:

Passenger Carriers

• Alaska Air Group
  • Alaska Airlines is based in Seattle and owned by the Alaska Air Group out of Washington State, and is the primary operator serving Alaskan communities and connecting Alaska with the continental US. It operates scheduled commuter, domestic and international services from its airline hub in Anchorage.
• Bering Air is headquartered in Nome, Alaska. It operates domestic scheduled passenger and charter services, as well as air ambulance and helicopter services. Its main base is Nome Airport, with hubs at Ralph Wien Memorial Airport in Kotzebue and Unalakleet Airport north of Unalakleet, Alaska.
• Evergreen Helicopters, a part of Evergreen International Airlines, a cargo airline based in McMinnville, Oregon, USA., operates out of Anchorage^[1] where it offers a diversified fleet of heavy lift, medium lift, light helicopters and fixed wing aircraft to provide extensive helicopter services throughout Alaska.
• Grant Aviation
• Peninsula Airways, usually called PenAir, is based in Anchorage. It is Alaska's largest commuter airline operating an extensive scheduled passenger and cargo services to over 85 communities, as well as charter and medevac services. Its main base is Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, with hubs at Dillingham Airport, Unalaska Airport, King Salmon Airport and Cold Bay Airport.
• Ravn Alaska, formerly Era Alaska, formed by the merger of Era Aviation, Frontier Flying Service, Arctic Circle Air Service, and Hageland Aviation Services
• Rediske Air
• Servant Air
• Shared Services Aviation, usually called Shared Services, is based in Anchorage. It is jointly owned by BP and ConocoPhillips for transportation of employees to and from Alaska's North Slope oilfields. Shared Services operates several scheduled flights daily from Anchorage and Fairbanks to Deadhorse, to serve the Greater Prudhoe Bay area, and the Ugnu-Kuparuk Airport, for the nearby Kuparuk River oil field.
• Taquan Air
• Warbelow's Air Ventures operates domestic scheduled passenger, charter, and air ambulance services as well as flight tours. Its base is Fairbanks International Airport.
• Wings of Alaska is a scheduled and charter airline company based in Juneau.
• Wright Air Service is based in Fairbanks, serving small communities in northern Alaska.

Cargo Service

• Alaska Central Express (IATA: KO, ICAO: AER, Call sign: Ace Air) is an airline based in Anchorage. It is an Alaskan-owned cargo and small package express service. Its main base is Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.
• Empire Airlines Scheduled FedEx Cargo Feeder
• Everts Air Cargo scheduled and charter freight with hubs at Anchorage and Fairbanks.
• Lynden Air Cargo
• Northern Air Cargo is based in Anchorage. It operates services within Alaska and to Canada and the continental United States. Its main base is Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, with a hub at Fairbanks International Airport.
• Ryan Air Services; from about 1996 to 2010 it was known as Arctic Transportation Services
• Trans/Northern, mostly a charter operation with some scheduled freight for UPS and FedEx.

Defunct airlines

• Alaska Coastal Airlines was formed in 1939 as a result of a merger between Alaska Air Transport and Marine Airways. Having absorbed Ellis Air Lines in 1962, Alaska Coastal Airlines was itself taken over by Alaska Airlines in 1968.
• Barnhill & McGee Airways was founded in Anchorage in 1931, one of the earliest air services in Anchorage. While it lasted only a few years, it was the forerunner of McGee Airways which was a forerunner of Alaska Airlines.
• Cape Smythe Air
• Flight Alaska was an American cargo airline based in Anchorage. Ceased operations in 2017 and assets bought by Ravn Alaska.
• L.A.B. Flying Service was based in Haines, . It operated scheduled, charter and sightseeing flights in Southeast Alaska. Its main base was Haines Airport, with a hub at Juneau International Airport. As of July 2008, L.A.B.'s carrier permit has been subject to an emergency revocation by the FAA.
• MarkAir was a regional airline. It had its headquarters in Anchorage. It ceased operations and liquidated in 1995.
• McGee Airways was founded in Anchorage in 1932. It operated as a bush air service and grew to a fleet of seven black and silver Stinson airplanes. The company was acquired by Star Air Service in late 1934.
• Pacific Alaska Airways was a subsidiary of Pan American World Airways that flew routes around Alaska. The airline was eventually completely absorbed into Pan Am in 1941. The airline restarted service under its own name in the 1970s but ceased operations in 1986.
• Reeve Aleutian Airways was founded in 1946 and flew in parts of Canada and Russia as well as Alaska. They ceased operations in December, 2000.

Skagway Air Service closed operations in 2007 after being in business since 1964 (^[2])

• Star Air Service was founded in Anchorage in 1932. Through a long series of acquisitions and mergers became Star Air Lines in 1937, then Alaska Star Airlines in 1942, and finally Alaska Airlines in 1944.
• Wien Air Alaska was formed from Northern Consolidated Airlines and Wien Alaska Airways. The company was famous for being the first airline in Alaska, and one of the first in the United States.

See also

• History of aviation in Alaska

References