Alpine Air Express

IATA 5A ICAO AIP Callsign ALPINE AIR
Founded	1974
Hubs	Provo Municipal Airport
Fleet size	26
Destinations	15
Headquarters	Provo, Utah USA
Key people
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 the Provo Municipal Airport.^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 3 Fleet 4 Incidents 5 External links 6 References

[edit] 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.^[1]

[edit] Destinations

Alpine Air Express operates freight services to the following domestic destinations (at December 2006):^{[citation needed]}Billings, 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.

[edit] Fleet

The Alpine Air Express fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007):^[1]

• 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

[edit] Incidents

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October 1992-- An Alpine Air PA-42 deviated off course and crashed into a mesa in Grand Junction, CO while operating as an airtaxi flight. There were three fatalities: the pilot and two passengers.

August 2004-- While operating a Billings to Kalispell, MT flight for the US Postal Service, the Beech 99 crashed into Big Baldy mountain, located near Great Falls, MT. Two crewmembers died.

January 2008-- An Alpine Air Raytheon Beech 1900 crashed into the Pacific Ocean on a cargo flight between Honolulu Intl Airport and Lihue Intl in Hawaii. This crash claimed one life: the pilot of the aircraft.

May 2008-- Upon departure from Billings, MT, ATC instructed the Beech 1900C to turn left. The Part 135 cargo plane slowly turned right and crashed into a warehouse nearby. Witnesses say the plane was inverted prior to the crash which claimed the life of the single pilot onboard.

[edit] External links

• Alpine Air Express

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 74. 2007-03-27. 

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