- Alkan Air
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airline = Alkan Air
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fleet_size = 8
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ICAO = AKN
callsign = ALKAN AIR
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founded = 1977
headquarters =Whitehorse, Yukon ,Canada
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website = http://www.alkanair.comAlkan Air Ltd. is an
airline based inWhitehorse, Yukon ,Canada . It operates seven day a week charter andair ambulance ('medevac') services that cover northern and western Canada andAlaska .History
Alkan Air was formed in
1977 by Barry Watson and two Whitehorse businessmen, Win and Joe Muff. It was named in honour of the famousAlaska Highway or Al-Can Highway which skirts the City of Whitehorse. Hugh Kitchen became a partner in1987 when Messers Muff decided to sell their stake in the company in order to start a telecommunications business in Whitehorse.The company began by operating a Cessna 206 on floats/skis and a Cessna 337 on wheels. Expansion soon followed. By 1987, when float and ski operations were discontinued, Alkan Air was one of the main providers of scheduled service in the Yukon. In the early 1990s, the company gradually phased out scheduled flights in order to focus on charter operations. High performance, pressurized Beech King Airs were introduced in
1994 .Fleet
*1 Beech King Air 300
*2 Beech King Air 200
*1 Piper Navajo Chieftain
*1Cessna 206
*2 DHC-3 Otter
*1 Cessna Caravan
*1Short SC.7 Skyvan External links
* [http://www.alkanair.com Alkan Air]
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