Era Aviation

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Era Aviation (IATA: 7H, ICAO: ERH, and Callsign: Era) ^[1] is an airline based in Anchorage, Alaska, USA. It operates a network of services from Anchorage as part of Alaska Airlines Commuter service. Its main base is Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.

Contents 1 History 2 Services 3 Fleet 4 External links 5 References

[edit] History

The airline was established and started operations in 1948 when Carl Brady flew what was the first commercial helicopter to Alaska to work on a mapping contract for the US government. Scheduled passenger services began in May 1983.

[edit] Services

Era Aviation operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (as of July 28 2006):

From Anchorage:

• Kenai
• Homer
• Kodiak
• Valdez
• Cordova

Era Aviation recently filed for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code. As part of its reorganization efforts it has ceased operations from its base in Bethel, Alaska where it provided passenger, mail, and cargo services to the surrounding villages.

[edit] Fleet

The Era Aviation fleet includes the following aircraft (at August 2006) ^[2] :

• 4 Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
• 1 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 100
• 2 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 200
• 6 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300

[edit] External links

• Era Aviation

[edit] References

1. ^ Airline Codes
2. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006