Peninsula Airways
| PenAir | |
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| IATA code : | KS |
| ICAO code : | NLA |
| Call sign : | PENINSULA |
| Founding: | 1955 |
| Seat: |
Anchorage , Alaska , United States
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| Turnstile : | |
| Home airport : | Anchorage |
| Company form: | Corporation |
| IATA prefix code : | 339 |
| Fleet size: | 11 |
| Aims: | national |
| Website: | www.penair.com |
PenAir (registered as Peninsula Airways, Inc d / b / a ) is Alaska's largest regional airline , headquartered in Anchorage and based at Anchorage Airport .
history
At the age of 19, Orin Seybert founded Peninsula Airways in King Salmon on the Alaskan peninsula with a four-seater Piper Tri-Pacer . In 1965 he bought Alaska Aeromarine on a bank loan . The package included the chevron agency for the landing pad and two other aircraft.
In 1967, Seybert teamed up with aviation pioneer Bob Reeve, the operator of Aleutian Airways . Peninsula Airways flew between King Salmon and Chignik , Perryville and Ivanoff Bay on behalf of Reeve .
In 1969 Seybert bought the Tibbetts-Herre Airmotive company and made George Tibbetts Vice President. With the purchase he secured the flight rights to the Pribilof Islands . The flights were subsidized by the US Fisheries Administration and the United States Postal Service , as about 150 Aleutians still lived on the Pribilofs .
Bob Reeve owned the exclusive rights to the Aleutian Islands and linked his route network with those of Peninsula Airways. In 1985, Seybert took over the Air Transport Service on Kodiak including hangar, six aircraft and the route rights to the island of Kodiak.
In 1998, Peninsula Airways moved to Anchorage , but kept most of the existing routes. In 1991, Peninsula Airways changed its name to PenAir and signed a code share agreement with Alaska Airlines .
On August 8, 2017, the company filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of American bankruptcy law; Not only did the 2016 financial year face losses of $ 6 million, but there were also liabilities of several million dollars to the state of Alaska, aircraft manufacturer Saab , Northern Air Cargo and at the time of filing the First National Bank Alaska . PenAir is to be restructured and to continue flight operations despite extensive reductions in the target portfolio.
Destinations
PenAir serves several locations on the mainland of Alaska directly from its headquarters in Anchorage via the bases in Dillingham and King Salmon , as well as the St. Paul - Pribilof Islands , St. George - Pribilof Islands and the Aleutians via the bases Dutch Habour and Cold Bay as well as Kodiak Island .
fleet
As of March 2020, the PenAir fleet consists of 11 aircraft with an average age of 25.4 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saab 340B | 5 | |||
| Saab 2000 | 6th | |||
| total | 11 | - |
Incidents
Penair recorded four total losses in its history up to February 2020, two of which resulted in a total of 11 fatalities:
- On October 10, 2001, a Cessna 208 ( aircraft registration number N9530F ) had an accident on the way from Dillingham ( Alaska ) to King Salmon , shortly after take-off due to icing . All ten people on board the aircraft died (see also PenAir flight 350 ) .
- On the afternoon of October 17, 2019, a Saab 2000 (N686PA) , which was serving PenAir flight AS3296 from Anchorage, shot over the runway at Unalaska Airport on the Aleutian island of the same name. The machine had already started once before. The aircraft slid about 150 meters over the runway and came to a standstill just in front of the bank of the Bering Sea . During the sliding phase, at least one propeller blade on the left engine broke off and penetrated the cabin. As a result, two of the 42 inmates were seriously injured, one of whom later died. A passenger was flown to Anchorage. In addition, about ten passengers were slightly injured, four of whom were taken to the island hospital. The machine landed in light rain on the wet runway with a tail wind of up to 27 knots.
See also
Web links
- PenAir website of the (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alaska's PenAir files for Chapter 11. In: ch-aviation. ch-aviation GmbH, August 8, 2017, accessed on August 8, 2017 (English).
- ^ PenAir Fleet Details and History. Retrieved March 17, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Accident statistics PenAir - Peninsula Airways , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 17, 2020.
- ^ Accident report Cessna 208 N9530F , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 17, 2020.
- ↑ accident report Saab 2000 N686PA , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 26 January 2020th
- ↑ Flight International, November 26, 2019 (English), p. 22.