Aleutian Airways to launch in fall

Aleutian Airways is a new start-up airline from Alaska and is planning to launch flights in the fall. Initially, the company will fly the Anchorage-Unalaska route and will start with a single Saab 2000. The aircraft, N687PA (021) was rolled-out of the IAC paint-shop at Spokane (WA) on 30 August, sporting the smart livery of the new airline. Previously, this particular Saab was in use with defunct Alaskan-airline PenAir.

Aleutian Airways is a joint-venture between Seaplanes, Wexford Capital and Mckinley Alaska Private Investments and will go head-to-head with RavnAir, which is also serving the same route since November 2020. RavnAir is flying a DHC-8-100 which sometimes need a fuel-stop to make it to Unalaska and can take up to three hours. According to the start-up, its Saab 2000 can make the trip non-stop in two hours.

Photo by IAC.