Frontier Flying Service
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Frontier Flying Service is an airline based in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. 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 Fairbanks International Airport, with hubs at Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport (BRW) in Barrow, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Kotzebue (PAOT) , and Bethel Airport (BET).
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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. In 2005 the airline merged with Cape Smythe Air Services, taking on their routes and retaining the Frontier Flying Service name.
[edit] Services
Frontier Flying Service operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (as of 2006):
- Anchorage
- Aniak
- Anvik
- Atqasuk
- Barrow
- Barter Island
- Bethel
- Dillingham
- Fairbanks
- Fort Yukon
- Galena
- Gambell
- Grayling
- Holy Cross
- Huslia
- Kalskag
- Kaltag
- Kiana
- Kotzebue
- Koyukuk
- Noatak
- Nome
- Nuiqsut
- Nulato
- Point Hope
- Point Lay
- Prudhoe Bay/Deadhorse
- Ruby
- Russian Mission
- St Mary's
- Savoonga
- Shageluk
- Tanana
- Togiak
- Wainwright
[edit] Fleet
The Frontier Flying Service fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2006): [1]
| Type | Number |
|---|---|
| Raytheon Beech 99-C99 | 2 |
| Raytheon Beech 1900C Airliner | 9 |
| Piper PA-31-350 | 9 |
[edit] Confusion with Frontier Airlines
Frontier Flying Service is occasionally confused with Denver-based Frontier Airlines, because of the similarity in name. Passengers at Anchorage International Airport are especially prone to this confusion, because both Frontiers fly out of this airport.
