Frontier Alaska
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Frontier Alaska is the name under which HoTH, Inc., markets the services of its multiple airline holdings: Frontier Flying Service
Frontier Flying Service
Frontier Flying Service is an American airline headquartered in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. It operates an extensive network of year-round scheduled commuter services and postal services to Alaska bush communities, primarily north of Fairbanks, as well as charter services to the lower 48 and...

, Hageland Aviation Services
Hageland Aviation Services
Hageland Aviation Services was a regional airline based in Anchorage, Alaska, USA. It serves nine destinations in Alaska and operates state wide charter services...

, and Era Aviation
Era Aviation
Era Alaska is an airline headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. It operates a network of services from Anchorage as part of an Alaska Airlines Partnership. Its primary hub is Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.- History :...

.

History

The name Frontier Alaska began to be used following the June 2008 merger of Frontier Flying Service with Hageland Aviation Services, with the name applied to the operations of both airlines.

On July 8, 2008 Seattle based Alaska Airlines
Alaska Airlines
Alaska Airlines is an airline based in the Seattle suburb of SeaTac, Washington in the United States. The airline originated in 1932 as McGee Airways. After many mergers with and acquisitions of other airlines, including Star Air Service, it became known as Alaska Airlines in 1944...

 announced Frontier Alaska as a new code share partner beginning in the fall of 2008.

On February 27, 2009 Frontier Alaska, acquired rival Era Aviation
Era Aviation
Era Alaska is an airline headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. It operates a network of services from Anchorage as part of an Alaska Airlines Partnership. Its primary hub is Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.- History :...

 of Anchorage, Alaska.

Frontier Alaska will be d/b/a ERA Alaska once it operations are completely merged into Era Aviation
Era Aviation
Era Alaska is an airline headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. It operates a network of services from Anchorage as part of an Alaska Airlines Partnership. Its primary hub is Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.- History :...

s FAA and DOT operating certificate.

HoTH Inc. Fleet

At present the Frontier Alaska fleet includes the following aircraft at the various pre-merger airlines.

Era Aviation

  • 4 Bombardier Dash 8 Q106
  • 3 Beechcraft 1900D
    Beechcraft 1900
    The Beechcraft 1900 is a 19-passenger, pressurized twin-engine turboprop airplane manufactured by the Beechcraft Division of the Raytheon Company . It was designed, and is primarily used, as a regional airliner...


Frontier Flying Service

  • 12 Raytheon Beech BE-1900-C
    Beechcraft 1900
    The Beechcraft 1900 is a 19-passenger, pressurized twin-engine turboprop airplane manufactured by the Beechcraft Division of the Raytheon Company . It was designed, and is primarily used, as a regional airliner...

  • 11 Piper PA-31-350
    Piper PA-31 Navajo
    The Piper PA-31 Navajo is a family of cabin-class, twin-engine aircraft designed and built by Piper Aircraft for the general aviation market, most using Lycoming engines. It was also licence-built in a number of Latin American countries. Targeted at small-scale cargo and feeder liner operations and...


Hageland Aviation Services

  • 19 Cessna Caravan 208B
    Cessna 208
    The Cessna 208 Caravan is a single turboprop engine, fixed-gear short-haul regional airliner and utility aircraft built in the United States by Cessna. The airplane typically seats nine passengers, with a single person crew, although with a FAR Part 23 waiver, it can seat up to fourteen passengers...

  • 3 Raytheon Beech 1900C Airliner
    Beechcraft 1900
    The Beechcraft 1900 is a 19-passenger, pressurized twin-engine turboprop airplane manufactured by the Beechcraft Division of the Raytheon Company . It was designed, and is primarily used, as a regional airliner...

  • 16 [Cessna 207]
  • 4 [Reims/Cessna 406]
  • 6 [Piper PA-31 Chieftain]

Arctic Circle Air

  • 2 Shorts 330-200
    Shorts 330
    |-See also:-Bibliography:* Barnes C.H. and James Derek N. Shorts Aircraft since 1900. London: Putnam, 1989. ISBN 0-85177-819-4.* Donald, David, ed. The Encyclopedia of Civil Aircraft. London: Aurum, 1999. ISBN 1-85410-642-2....

    s
  • 3 Shorts Skyvans


http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=11775555 Arctic Circle Air bought by Frontier Alaska and to be operated under Era Aviations certificate.
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