Alaska Central Express is an airline based at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska, United States.[2] It is a cargo and small package express service.[3]
History
The airline was established as Yutana Airlines in 1987 and renamed to Alaska Central Express in 1994[4] when the certificate was bought from the Part 135 in Fairbanks, Alaska.[citation needed]
Much of the original pilots, staff, mechanics, and equipment including three Raytheon Beechcraft 1900Cs, came from MarkAir Express, a subsidiary of the bankrupt MarkAir. In 2007, with the purchase of a Beech 1900C (N115AX) combi passenger/cargo, ACE Air Cargo began charter passenger flights. Alaska Central Express, as of 2020, owns twenty airplanes with plans for future expansion.[5]
Destinations
Alaska Central Express operates freight services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at January 2005):[citation needed]
- Anchorage
- Aniak
- Atmautluak
- Bethel
- Chefornak
- Chevak
- Cold Bay
- Dillingham
- Dutch Harbor
- Eek
- Hooper Bay
- Juneau
- Ketchikan
- King Salmon
- Kipnuk
- Kodiak
- Kongiganak
- Kwigillingok
- Marshall
- Newtok
- Nightmute
- Petersburg
- Port Heiden
- Quinhagak
- Sand Point
- Scammon Bay
- Sitka
- St George Island
- St Paul Island
- Togiak
- Toksook Bay
- Tuntutuliak
- Tununak
- Wrangell
- Yakutat
Fleet
The Alaska Central Express fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2014):[3]
| Aircraft | In fleet | Passengers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raytheon Beech 1900C Airliner | 12 | 9 | |
| Raytheon Beech 1900C Airliner | 1 | 6 | or cargo |
| Raytheon Beech 1900C Airliner | 2 | − | cargo |
| Total | 15 | ||
On 7 July 2020, ACE acquired eight Beechcraft planes at Ravn Alaska's bankruptcy auction.[6]
Accidents and incidents
- On 22 January 2010, Alaska Central Express Flight 22 crashed in the sea off the end of the runway seconds after taking off at Sand Point airport; both crew members died.[7][8]
- On 8 March 2013, ACE Beech 1900C (N116AX) operating as Flight 51 from King Salmon (PAKN) to Dillingham (PADL) crashed near the Muklung Hills-Aleknagik. The only two persons on board, the captain and copilot, died.
See also
References
- ^ "Federal Aviation Administration - Airline Certificate Information - Detail View". av-info.faa.gov. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ "Contact Us Archived 2010-06-14 at the Wayback Machine." Alaska Central Express. Retrieved on January 24, 2010.
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. p. 72.
- ^ "Yutana Airlines". Airline History. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "ALASKA CENTRAL EXPRESS". Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "Ravn sells off dozens of small planes to Alaska companies". www.alaskapublic.org. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
- ^ National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report of accident involving Beechcraft 1900C registration N112AX retrieved 2010-03-28
- ^ "Crash: ACE Air Cargo B190 at Sand Point on Jan 22nd 2010, lost height after takeoff". Aviation Herald. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
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