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Encyclopedia > Alaska Central Express

Alaska Central Express (IATA: KO, ICAO: AER, and Callsign: Ace Air) is an airline based in Anchorage, Alaska, USA. It is an Alaskan-owned cargo and small package express service. The International Air Transport Association is an international trade organization of airlines headquarted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), an agency of the United Nations, develops the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth. ... Most airlines employ a distinctive and internationally recognised call sign that is normally spoken during airband radio transmissions as a prefix to the flight number. ... A Boeing 747-400 of Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ... Note: an anchorage is a place where a ship lays anchor. ... State nickname: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Other U.S. States Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Governor Frank Murkowski Official languages English Area 1,717,854 km² (1st)  - Land 1,481,347 km²  - Water 236,507 km² (13. ...

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History

The airline was established in 1987 as Yutana Airlines and was renamed in September 1994. It is wholly owned by Western States Investment. 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...


Destinations

Alaska Central Express operates freight services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Anchorage, Aniak, Atmautluak, Bethel, Chefornak, Chevak, Cold Bay, Dillingham, Dutch Harbor, Eek, Hooper Bay, Juneau, Ketchikan, King Salmon, Kipnuk, Kodiak, Kongiganak, Kwigillingok, Marshall, Newtok, Nightmute, Petersburg, Port Heiden, Quinhagak, Sand Point, Scammon Bay, Sitka, St George Island, St Paul Island, Togiak, Toksook Bay, Tuntutuliak, Tununak, Wrangell and Yakutat. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Note: an anchorage is a place where a ship lays anchor. ... Bethel (Hebrew for House of El) Bible Bethel (Israel) is a city in ancient Israel, about 10 miles north of Jerusalem. ... Unalaska is a town on Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands. ... Hooper Bay or Naparyaarmiut is a city located in Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska. ... Juneau redirects here. ... Ketchikan is a city located in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska. ... Binomial name Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum, 1792) The Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) - derived from the Greek words onkos (hook), rynchos (nose), is a species of Anadromous fish in the salmon family. ... Kodiak is: An island and borough in Alaska A city located on that island A type of bear, Ursus arctos middendorffi, also known as the Alaskan Brown bear This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Marshall is the name of several places in the United States of America: Marshall, Alaska Marshall, Arkansas Marshall, Illinois Marshall, Indiana Marshall, Michigan Marshall, Minnesota Marshall, Missouri Marshall, Oklahoma Marshall, North Carolina Marshall, Texas Marshall, Virginia Marshall, Wisconsin Marshall, Dane County, Wisconsin Marshall, Richland County, Wisconsin Marshall, Rusk County, Wisconsin... Several places in the United States of America have the name Petersburg: Petersburg, Illinois Petersburg, Indiana Petersburg, Iowa Petersburg, Michigan Petersburg, Nebraska Petersburg, Ohio Petersburg, Virginia Petersburg, West Virginia Slight variations appear in the names of: Petersburgh, Alaska Petersburgh, New York Saint Petersburg, Russia Saint Petersburg, Florida Petersburg is also... Sitka City and Borough is a borough located on the west side of Baranof Island in the Alexander Archipelago of the Pacific Ocean, in the state of Alaska. ... ...


Fleet

The Alaska Central Express fleet consists of 3 Raytheon Beech 1900C Airliner aircraft (at January 2005).


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  Results from FactBites:
 
Alaska Journal of Commerce: Alaska Central Express loses bypass mail, files Chapter 11 02/04/02 (676 words)
Alaska Central Express has been locked in a lengthy legal dispute with the Postal Service over the company's eligibility to carry bypass mail, said Bill Patch, vice president of San Diego-based Western States Investment Corp., majority owner of the airline.
Alaska Central Express has been in business since 1988 and has in the past flown aircraft that meet the requirement, Patch said.
Alaska Central Express filed a lawsuit with the Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C., which ruled that it did not have jurisdiction.
Alaska Journal of Commerce Online (818 words)
Alaska Central Express, or Little ACE as they are known in the industry, lost the approval to carry the mail following a decision by the USPS in November that favors the passenger carrier over ACE's all-freight operations.
But according to Alaska Central Express' station manager in Dutch Harbor, Greg Hawthorne, Pen Air is offering the mail at the expense of its passenger service.
Alaska Central Express started flying its Beechcraft 1900 aircraft to Dutch Harbor two years ago twice daily and has added service to the Unalaska Dutch Harbor community.
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