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YR
  
CVU

Destinations
  
4

Founded
  
1927

Fleet size
  
19

CVU
  
CANYON VIEW

Parent company
  
Grand Canyon Airlines

Alliance
  
Scenic Airlines

Grand Canyon Airlines wwwgrandcanyonhelicopternlimagesgrandcanyonair

Company slogan
  
With Grand Canyon Airlines, Your Memories are Cleared for Takeoff!

Key people
  
Charles Bassett, Mike McComb, Craig Sanderson

Headquarters
  
Tusayan, Arizona, United States

Hubs
  
Grand Canyon, Boulder City

Scenic flight over grand canyon onboard grand canyon airlines dhc 6 300 twin otter full hd


Grand Canyon Airlines is an 14 CFR Part 135 air carrier headquartered on the grounds of Boulder City Airport, Boulder City, NV. Grand Canyon Airlines also has bases at Grand Canyon National Park Airport, AZ, and Page Airport, AZ. It operates sightseeing tours and scheduled passenger service over and around the Grand Canyon. Its headquarters and main operation center is Grand Canyon National Park Airport and Boulder City Airport, Nevada.

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It is owned by Elling Halvorson and has 70 employees (at March 2007). Grand Canyon Airlines introduced commercial airline service to Boulder City Airport on June 15, 1936.

Grand canyon airlines dhc 6 300 flight take off and landing


History

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.

Two Grand Canyon Airlines pilots were the first to spot the wreckage left by the 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision, between United and TWA Airlines aircraft. Pilots Henry and Palin Hudgen had been flying a scheduled service around the area at the time.

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.

Scheduled flight destinations

  • Arizona
  • Grand Canyon (Grand Canyon National Park Airport)
  • Page (Page Municipal Airport)
  • Nevada
  • Boulder City (Boulder City Municipal Airport)

    • Scheduled sightseeing / charter destinations

  • Grand Canyon National Park, AZ
  • Grand Canyon West, AZ
  • Monument Valley
  • Bar Ten, AZ
  • Kenab, UT
  • Marble Canyon, AZ
  • Peach Springs, AZ

    • Fleet

    As of October 2015 the Grand Canyon Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:

  • 16 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
  • 8 Cessna 208B Caravan

    • Accidents and incidents

  • On June 18, 1986, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 (N76GC) of the airline collided with a Bell 206 JetRanger helicopter operated by Helitech Helicopters. Both aircraft were operating scenic air tour flights over the Grand Canyon when the collision occurred near Crystal Rapids. The collision killed all 25 people on both aircraft.
  • On September 27, 1989, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 (N75GC) of the airline crashed while performing a go-around. Both crew members and eight of 19 passengers died.

    • References

    Grand Canyon Airlines Wikipedia
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