Alpine Air Express

Infobox Airline
airline=Alpine Air Express
logo=
logo_size=288
fleet_size=26
destinations=15
IATA=5A
ICAO=AIP
callsign=ALPINE AIR
parent=
founded=1974
headquarters=Provo, Utah USA
key_people=
hubs=Provo Municipal Airport
focus_cities=
alliance=
website= http://www.alpine-air.com

Alpine Air Express is an American airline based in Provo, Utah, USA. It operates scheduled air cargo services on over 15 routes throughout Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington and Hawaii. Its main base is Provo Municipal Airport.cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 74 | date= 2007-03-27]

History

The airline was established in 1972. In October 2004 Universal Express acquired the majority stake (80%) in Alpine Air Express, the other 20% being publicly held. It originally operated scheduled passenger and cargo services, aircraft maintenance and a flight school, but now concentrates on cargo services. It also owned Alpine Air Express Chile, an unsuccessful attempt of entering that South American country's freight market that ended in 2005, its three Beech 1900C were returned to the US, while a passenger Beech 99A was abandoned at Puerto Aysén after an accident The airframe was acquired by Aerocord of Chile and moved to Puerto Montt in May 2008 for spares use.

Destinations

Alpine Air Express operates freight services to the following domestic destinations (at December 2006): Fact|date=April 2007Billings, Bismarck, Butte, Grand Forks, Great Falls, Havre, Helena, Hilo, Honolulu, Hoolehua, Kahului, Kalaupapa, Kalispell, Kamuela, Lihue, Kennewick, Kona, Lanai City, Missoula, Pierre, Rapid City,Seattle, Sioux Falls, Walla Walla, and Wolf Point.

Fleet

The Alpine Air Express fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007):

*12 Raytheon Beech 1900C Airliner
*1 Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner
*3 Raytheon Beech 99
*4 Raytheon Beech 99A
*1 Raytheon Beech B99 Executive
*5 Raytheon Beech C99

Incidents

January 2008-- An alpine air Raytheon Beech 99 crashed into the Pacific Ocean on a cargo flight between Honolulu Intl Airport and Lihue Intl in Hawaii. This crash claimed only one life, the pilot of the aircraft.

External links

* [http://www.alpine-air.com Alpine Air Express]

References