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1973
1973 - 0527.PDF
RIGHT International, I March 1973 THIRD-LEVEL AIRLINES UNITED STATES Alaska Air North Inc operates a network in Alaska from Fairbanks. Head Office: Fairbanks, Alaska. Fleet: Three Twin Otter 200, one Twin Otter 100. Alaskan Aeronautical Industries Inc is certificated to operate in Alaska. Head Office: PO Box 6067, Airport Annexe, Anchorage, Alaska 9902. Fleet: One Twin Otter, one Cessna 402, one Twin Bonanza, one Cessna 207. Alaska Island Air Inc, formerly Lon's Flying Service, operates to points in south-eastern Alaska from Petersburg. Head Office: Box 508, Petersburg, Alaska. Fleet: One Goose, one Beaver, three Cessna 180. Christiansen Air Service Inc is author ised to operate within Alaska. Head Office: Bethel, Alaska. Cook Inlet Aviation Inc has authority to operate third-level services in all Alaska. Head Office: Homer, Alaska. Eagle Air Inc operates in south-east Head Office: Box 617, Sitka, Alaska 99835. Fairbanks Air Service Inc was certifi cated in 1965 to operate services between Fairbanks and Anchorage. Charter work is also undertaken. Head Office: PO Box 3018, Fairbanks, Alaska USA Fleet: One DC-3, two Cessna 206, one 182, one 180. Felders Air Taxi is authorised to operate from Barrow. Head Office: Barrow, Alaska. Hub Air operates between McGrath and Nikolai in Alaska. Head Office: McGrath, Alaska. Fleet: Two Cherokee Six, one Chero kee 180, one Mooney 21, one PA-14, one PA-18. International Air Taxi is authorised to operate services radiating from Anchor age. Head Office: Anchorage, Alaska. Fleet: One Cessna 180. Munz Northern Airlines Inc, successor to Munz Airways (H. J. Mays), founded in 1938, operates scheduled services on the Seward Peninsula, with mail authority through sub-contract to Wien Consolidated Airlines. Fleet: One Aero Commander 680E and one 680FL Grand Commander, one Islander, one Pilatus Porter PC6-350, one Cessna U206, one Cessna 180, one Aermacchi AL-60B. North-Air Inc flies services within Alaska from Anchorage to Kenai and Soldotna. Head Office: Boom 132, Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska 99502 Fleet: Three Twin Otter, one Volpar/ Beech 18, one Beech D-18S, one D50 Twin Bonanza. Polar Airways Inc operates third-level services in Alaska. Head Office: 2600 East 5th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska 99501. Fleet: One Aero Commander 680FL, one Fairchild-Hiller PC-6 Turbo-Porter, one Piper PA-23, one Cessna 185, one Cessna 180. Southeast Skyways Inc has authority to operate from Juneau in south-east Alaska. Head Office: 14 Marine Way, Juneau, Alaska 99801. Fleet: Two Goose, two Beaver, two Cessna 206, one Cessna 180. Spernak Airways Inc is authorised to operate from Anchorage. Head Office: Anchorage, Alaska. Tanana Air Taxi operates a network centred on Fairbanks. Head Office: Fairbanks, Alaska. Webber Air Inc operates in south-east Alaska. Head Office: Ketchikan, Alaska. Winship Air Service operates third-level services from Anchorage to other points in Alaska. Head Office: Anchorage, Alaska. Fleet: One Twin Otter 200 leased from Golden West, one Cessna 402. Central states Air Associates Inc operates third-level services from Wichita to Parsons, Win- field and Liberal in Kansas, Joplin and Springfield, Missouri, and Ponca City, Oklahoma. Head Office: Suite 144-45, Wichita Municipal Airport, Wichita, Kansas. Air Commuter Airlines was certificated on October 4, 1968, and flies services between Kearney, Grand Island and . Omaha, Nebraska. Head Office: PO Box 1094, Grand Island, Nebraska 68801, USA. Fleet: One Piper PA-23. Air Iowa Inc operates in its home state. Head Office: PO Box 41, Muscatine, Iowa 52761. Air Midwest Inc, previously Aviation Services Inc, began operating in 1965, and now serves a number of points including Kansas City, Wichita and Denver. Head Office: Terminal Buildings, Municipal Airport, Wichita, Kansas 67209, USA. Fleet: Two Beech 99A, two Cessna 402, one Cessna 206. Air Wisconsin Inc has operated sched uled commuter routes since August 1965 and now serves Chicago and points in Indiana, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Head Office: Outagamie County Air port, Appleton, Wisconsin 54911, USA. Fleet: Three Beech 99, four Twin Otter. Allen Aviation Inc is authorised to operate third-level services from Topeka to Lawrence, Kansas City and Manhat tan (Kansas). Head Office: Allen Air Park, Topeka, Kansas 66614. Fleet: One Aztec, three Cherokee Six. Brower Flight Service operates, as Brower Airways, scheduled air taxi ser vices to four points in Iowa and Illinois. Head Office: Fort Madison Municipal Airport, Fort Madison, Iowa 52627. Fleet: One Cessna 402. Capitol Air Service Inc is certificated to operate third-level services from Manhattan (Kansas) to Kansas City and Topeka. Head Office: Municipal Airport, Man hattan, Kansas, USA. Fleet: One Cessna 402, two Cessna 310, two Cessna 206, two Cessna 207, one 182, three 172. Catlin Aviation Co operates air taxi and charter services from Oklahoma City. Head Office: Will Rogers World Air port, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Fleet: Navajos and other Piper types. Duncan Aviation Inc operates scheduled third-level services from Lincoln to other points in Nebraska. Head Office: PO Box 788, New Munici pal Airport, Lincoln, Nebraska 68501. Fleet: One Beech G-18S, one Beech E-18S. 305 Executive Air Travel Inc operates within South Dakota. Head Office: Joe Foss Field, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57104. Fleet: Two Beech D-18S. Grand Forks Airmotive is authorised to operate from Grand Forks to other points in Minnesota and North Dakota. Head Office: Grand Forks, North Dakota. Fleet: One Beech C-45H. Great Western Airlines operates third-level services to points in the state of Oklahoma. Head Office: Tulsa, Oklahoma. Fleet: Three Beech D-18S, one Dove, one Aztec. Green Bay Aviation Inc operates to points in Wisconsin. Head Office: Austin Straubel, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. Fleet: One Mitsubishi MU-2B, one Cessna 402A, one B95 Travel Air, two Cessna 310, one Mooney Mk 20F. Lake Geneva Airways Inc operates third-level services from Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, to Chicago. Head Office: Playboy Airport, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin 53147. Fleet: One Beech E-18S, one Cherokee Six. Land O'Lakes Flying Services Inc operates within Wisconsin. Head Office: Land O'Lakes Aiiport, Land O'Lakes, Wisconsin 54540, USA. Lexington Air Taxi Inc operates in Ken tucky. Head Office: Lexington, Kentucky. Fleet: Five Beech 18, two B55 Baron, one 95-55 Baron, one Cherokee Six. Midstate Air Commuter is the name under which Marshfield Airways Inc operates services radiating from Marsh-field and Ashland, to Wisconsin Rapids, Stevenspoints, Hayward, Milwaukee, Chicago, Detroit and Rockford. Head Office: Airport PO Box 277, Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA. Fleet: Three Beech 99, one Beech D-18S, one Aztec. Midwest Airways Inc operates from Milwaukee to other points in Wisconsin. Head Office: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Fleet: Two Beech E-18S. Ohio Valley Aviation operates in wes tern Kentucky. Head Office: PO Box 1207, Barkley Field, Paducah, Kentucky 42001. Fleet: One Aero Commander 500A-300, one Aero Commander 520, one Aztec, one Apache, one Cessna 177RG, one Cessna 182, one Cherokee 235. Orion Airways Inc is authorised to operate regular third-level services from St Louis to other points in the state of Missouri. Head Office: St Louis, Missouri, USA. Fleet: 22 Beech 18. Owensboro Aviation Inc operates to points in Kentucky and also two airmail * routes. Head Office: Owensboro, Kentucky. Fleet: One Beech 99. ' Sedalia-Marshall-BoonviHe Stage Lines Ine(SMB Stage Lines) was incorporated in 1930. It is now the largest third-level operator in the US and flies an exten sive network of nearly 70 separate air mail routes serving the midwest. Scheduled passenger services began in December 1968 linking Tulsa with Mus kogee, McAlester, Paris and Dallas, replacing Frontier Airlines on the route.
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