Big Sky Airlines

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Big Sky Airlines

IATA GQ	ICAO BSY	Callsign Big Sky
Founded		1978
Hubs		Billings Logan International Airport
Focus cities / secondary hubs		Boise Airport
Frequent flyer program		MVP Club
Fleet size		10
Destinations		20
Parent company		Big Sky Transportation-Mair Holdings
Headquarters		Billings, Montana
Key people
Website: http://www.bigskyair.com

Big Sky Airlines (IATA: GQ, ICAO: BSY, and Callsign: Big Sky) ^[1] is a commercial airline headquartered in Billings, Montana, USA. Big Sky Airlines is wholly owned by Big Sky Transportation Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of MAIR Holdings.

It operates scheduled commuter passenger services to 18 cities and has a hub (of sorts) at Billings Logan International Airport, from which it flies more of its non-stop routes than it does from any other airport. The airline is a crucial air link within the state of Montana, serving as the primary (and in some cases, only) commercial air carrier to several small airports in the state.

1 History
2 Destinations
3 United States
4 Fleet
5 References
6 External links

[edit] History

The airline was established in 1978 and started operations on 15 September 1978. It started to take over Aspen Mountain Air's Essential Air Service routes in October 1998, following Aspen's bankruptcy. Transfer of services was completed in December 1998.

In early 2005, Big Sky announced a few changes to its service, planning the termination of service to North Dakota, and replacing its Metro fleet with Beechcraft 1900Ds which will be leased from Mesa Air Group subsidiary Air Midwest.

Previous Big Sky logo

In July 2006, Big Sky announced that the airline would discontinue service to Great Falls, Montana; Kalispell, Montana; and Spokane, Washington. The airline also announced that one of their Beech 1900D's would be leased to an airline in Florida.

As of September 1, 2006 Big Sky discontinued service to Moses Lake, WA.