Frontier Flying Service
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| Founded | 1950 | |||
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| Hubs | Fairbanks International Airport | |||
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| Frequent flyer program | YES | |||
| Fleet size | 23 | |||
| Destinations | 46 | |||
| Headquarters | Fairbanks, Alaska, USA | |||
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| Website | www.frontierflying.com | |||
Frontier Flying Service (d.b.a Frontier Alaska) is an American airline headquartered in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States.[1] 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 Canada.
Its main base is in Fairbanks (Fairbanks International Airport), with hubs in Barrow (Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport), Anchorage (Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport), Kotzebue (Ralph Wien Memorial Airport) and Bethel (Bethel Airport).[citation needed]
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[edit] History
Frontier Flying Service was established in 1950 by retired Air Force Colonel Richard McIntyre, catering to Alaska bush communities as a scheduled mail carrier for Wien Air Alaska, as well as providing charters throughout Alaska. In 1974, Frontier was purchased by John Hajdukovich.[citation needed]
In 2005 the airline merged with Cape Smythe Air Services, taking on their routes and retaining the Frontier Flying Service name.[2]
During the spring of 2008 Frontier Flying Service began the process of merging with Hageland Aviation Services, the companies continue to operate separate certificates with Frontier Flying Service providing service between major hubs and focus communities with the Beech 1900C aircraft while Hagleand Air Service provides point to point service out of the hubs and focus communities to smaller villages, both companies do business under the name "Frontier Alaska" and have begun merging resources and operations at all their shared airports. This merger makes Frontier Alaska the largest commuter passenger carrier in the state of Alaska (by fleet size and number of routes).
On July 8th, 2008 Seattle based Alaska Airlines announced Frontier Flying Service (d.b.a Frontier Alaska) as a new code share partner beginning in the fall of 2008.
On February 27, 2009 Frontier Flying Service's holding company, Frontier Alaska, acquired rival Era Aviation of Anchorage, Alaska.[3]
[edit] Fleet
The Frontier Flying Service fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 2007):[4]
| Type | Number |
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| Raytheon Beech BE-1900-C | 12 |
| Piper PA-31-350 | 11 |
[edit] Destinations
Frontier Flying Service operates scheduled service to the following destinations in Alaska (as of 2007):[5]
- Anchorage (ANC) - Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
- Aniak (ANI) - Aniak Airport
- Anvik (ANV) - Anvik Airport
- Atqasuk (ATK) - Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr. Memorial Airport
- Barrow (BRW) - Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport
- Barter Island / Kaktovik (BTI) - Barter Island LRRS Airport
- Bethel (BET) - Bethel Airport
- Brevig Mission (KTS) - Brevig Mission Airport
- Buckland (BKC) - Buckland Airport
- Deadhorse (SCC) - Deadhorse Airport
- Deering (DRG) - Deering Airport
- Elim (ELI) - Elim Airport
- Fairbanks (FAI) - Fairbanks International Airport
- Fort Yukon (FYU) - Fort Yukon Airport
- Galena (GAL) - Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport
- Gambell (GAM) - Gambell Airport
- Golovin (GLV) - Golovin Airport
- Grayling (KGX) - Grayling Airport
- Holy Cross (HCR) - Holy Cross Airport
- Huslia (HSL) - Huslia Airport
- Kalskag (KLG) - Kalskag Airport
- Kaltag (KAL) - Kaltag Airport
- Kiana (IAN) - Bob Baker Memorial Airport
- Kivalina (KVL) - Kivalina Airport
- Kotzebue (OTZ) - Ralph Wien Memorial Airport
- Koyuk (KKA) - Koyuk Alfred Adams Airport
- Koyukuk (KYU) - Koyukuk Airport
- Noatak (WTK) - Noatak Airport
- Nome (OME) - Nome Airport
- Noorvik (ORV) - Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport
- Nuiqsut (AQT/NUI) - Nuiqsut Airport
- Nulato (NUL) - Nulato Airport
- Point Hope (PHO) - Point Hope Airport
- Point Lay (PIZ) - Point Lay LRRS Airport
- Ruby (RBY) - Ruby Airport
- Russian Mission (RSH) - Russian Mission Airport
- Savoonga (SVA) - Savoonga Airport
- Selawik (WLK) - Selawik Airport
- Shageluk (SHX) - Shageluk Airport
- Shishmaref (SHH) - Shishmaref Airport
- St. Mary's (KSM) - St. Mary's Airport
- Tanana (TAL) - Ralph M. Calhoun Memorial Airport
- Teller (TLA) - Teller Airport
- Wainwright (AIN) - Wainwright Airport
- Wales (WAA) - Wales Airport
- White Mountain (WMO) - White Mountain Airport
[edit] References
- ^ "Contact Frontier Flying Service, Inc." Frontier Flying Service. Retrieved on July 16, 2009.
- ^ "[http://www.allbusiness.com/north-america/united-states-alaska/584318-1.html Frontier Flying merges with Cape Smythe As of Monday May 5th 2008, Frontier Flying Service merged with Hageland Aviation and is now known as Frontier Alaska.]". Alaska Business Monthly. 2005-10-01. http://www.allbusiness.com/north-america/united-states-alaska/584318-1.html. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
- ^ Rivals to acquire Era Aviation Anchorage Daily News February 17th, 2009
- ^ FAA Airline Certificate Information: FRONTIER FLYING SERVICE INC. Retrieved on 2007-08-29.
- ^ Frontier Flying Service: 2007 Timetable (PDF). Retrieved on 2007-08-29.
[edit] External links
- Frontier Flying Service (official site)
