Bering Air

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Bering Air (IATA: 8E, ICAO: BRG, and Callsign: Bering Air) ^[1] is an airline headquartered in Nome, Alaska, USA. It operates domestic scheduled passenger and charter services, as well as air ambulance and helicopter services. Its main base is Nome Airport, with hubs at Ralph Wien Memorial Airport, Kotzebue and Unalakleet Airport^[2]

Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 2.1 Domestic 2.2 International 3 Fleet 4 External links 5 References

[edit] History

The airline was established in September 1979 and started operations on 3 October 1979. It was founded, and is wholly owned, by James Rowe (president and General Manager) and Christine Rowe. It has 95 employees^[2].

[edit] Destinations

Domestic scheduled services link 32 destinations in western Alaska with hubs in Nome, Kotzebue and Unalakleet. Passenger and cargo charter services are flown from Kotzebue and Nome to USA destinations, Canada and Russia^[2].

[edit] Domestic

Bering Air operates services to the following 31 domestic destinations as of 2006^{[citation needed]}: Ambler, Brevig Mission, Buckland, Council, Deering, Elim, Gambell, Golovin, Kiana, Kivalina, Kobuk, Kotzebue, Koyuk, Little Diomede, Noatak, Nome, Noorvik, Point Hope, Port Clarence, Savoonga, Selawik, Shaktoolik, Shishmaref, Shungnak, St. Michael, Stebbins, Teller, Tin City, Unalakleet, Wales, and White Mountain.

[edit] International

Bering Air offers charter service from Nome and Anchorage to Anadyr and Provideniya in the Russian Far East.

[edit] Fleet

The Bering Air fleet includes the following aircraft (as of March 2007)^[2] :

• 1 CASA C-212-200 Aviocar
• 2 Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner
• 1 Raytheon Beech King Air 200
• 1 Raytheon Beech King Air B200
• 3 Cessna Caravan 675

As of 2005^{[citation needed]}:

• 7 Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
• 6 Piper Navajo
• 2 Cessna 207
• 1 R-44 Robinson Helicopter

[edit] External links

• Bering Air

[edit] References

1. ^ Airline Codes
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Flight International 27 March 2007