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| headquarters = [[Cheyenne, Wyoming|Cheyenne]], [[Wyoming]]
| headquarters = [[Cheyenne, Wyoming|Cheyenne]], [[Wyoming]]
| hubs = [[Denver International Airport]]<br>[[Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport]]
| hubs = [[Denver International Airport]]<br>[[Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport]]
| key_people = Doug Voss and Ivan Simpson<br>(Co-Founders)
| key_people = Doug Voss and<br>Ivan Simpson<br>(Co-Founders)
| website = http://www.flygreatlakes.com|
| website = http://www.flygreatlakes.com|
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Revision as of 23:53, 17 September 2007

Great Lakes Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
ZK GLA LAKES AIR
Founded1977
HubsDenver International Airport
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
Fleet size35
Destinations40
Parent companyGreat Lakes Aviation, Ltd.
HeadquartersCheyenne, Wyoming
Key peopleDoug Voss and
Ivan Simpson
(Co-Founders)
Websitehttp://www.flygreatlakes.com

Great Lakes Airlines, formerly Great Lakes Aviation, is an American airline based in Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA. It is a regional airline operating domestic scheduled and charter services. Its main base is Cheyenne Regional Airport, with a hub at Denver International Airport.[1]

History

The airline was established by Doug Voss and Ivan Simpson and started operations on April 5, 1977. It began scheduled services on October 12, 1981 with flights between Spencer, Iowa and Des Moines, Iowa. In February 1988, Great Lakes acquired Alliance Airlines, adding six cities around Lake Michigan to the route network. In the following years it continued to expand and in February 1992 signed a codesharing agreement with United Airlines. On January 19, 1994, the airline went public trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange. In October 1995, Great Lakes began operating under the Midway Connection banner at Raleigh/Durham through a marketing agreement with Midway Airlines, but this ceased in 1997. Its status with United Express was downgraded to a codeshare agreement in 2001 and on May 1, 2001 it became an independent carrier. Great Lakes has code sharing agreements with United Airlines and Frontier Airlines. The state of Wyoming heavily subsidizes Great Lakes, because it is the only airline serving six of the ten commercial airports in Wyoming. The airline is now headquartered in Cheyenne, Wyoming.[2]

Destinations

Great Lakes airlines flies to the following domestic scheduled destinations (as of January 2007): [citation needed]

  • IOWA

Burlington COMING SOON

  • MISSOURI

Ft Leonard Wood COMING SOON

Fleet

The Great Lakes Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (as of March 2007) [1] :

Beechcraft 99A - Destroyed August 17, 2004 when it struck a mountain near Great Falls, Montana on a mail flight at night. Other regns carried include N196HA, N17MV, C-GJEZ and N199GL.

References

  1. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. pp. 87–88.
  2. ^ Airline Pilot Central

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1010974/M/

External links


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