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| Founded | 1927 | |||
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| Hubs | Grand Canyon, Boulder City | |||
| Fleet size | 19 | |||
| Destinations | 4 | |||
| Company slogan | With Grand Canyon Airlines, Your Memories are Cleared for Takeoff! | |||
| Parent company | Grand Canyon Airlines | |||
| Headquarters | Tusayan, Arizona, USA | |||
| Key people | Charles Bassett, Mike McComb, Craig Sanderson | |||
| Website | http://www.grandcanyonairlines.com/ | |||
Grand Canyon Airlines is an FAR Part 135 airline headquartered on the grounds of Grand Canyon National Park Airport in the Tusayan census-designated place in unincorporated Coconino County, Arizona, United States.[1][2] It operates sightseeing tours over the Grand Canyon. Its headquarters and main operation center is Grand Canyon National Park Airport.[3]
It is owned by Elling Halvorson and has 70 employees (at March 2007).[3] Grand Canyon Airlines introduced commercial airline service to Boulder City Airport on June 15, 1936.[4]
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The airline was started in 1927 as Scenic Airways by J. Parker Van Zandt at Grand Canyon, Arizona with a Stinson SM-1 Detroiter and Ford Trimotor aircraft. Scenic Airways changed its name to Grand Canyon Airlines in 1930, and Grand Canyon Airlines is believed to be the world's oldest air tour company in continuous operations.
On March 19, 2009 Grand Canyon Airlines moved its operations at the Boulder City Municipal Airport into the company's new Boulder City Aerocenter, a 30,000 sq ft (2,800 m2) terminal.[5]
As of January 2009 the Grand Canyon Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:[6]