Alaska Central Express

Alaska Central Express

IATA KO ICAO AER Callsign Ace Air
Founded
Operating bases	Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
Destinations
Headquarters	Anchorage, Alaska
Website	www.aceaircargo.com

ACE turboprop landing at Anchorage

Alaska Central Express (IATA: KO, ICAO: AER, Call sign: Ace Air) is an airline based at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska, USA.^[1] It is an Alaskan-owned cargo and small package express service. Its main base is Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.^[2]

History

The airline was created in 1996 when the certificate was bought from the failed Part 135 operator Alaska Central Express formerly located in Fairbanks Alaska

Much of the original pilots, staff, mechanics, and equipment including three Raytheon Beechcraft 1900Cs came from MarkAir Express, a subsidiarity of the bankrupt "MarkAir" . In 2007 with the purchase of N115AX a 'combi' Passenger/Cargo Beech 1900C, ACE Air Cargo began charter passenger flights. As of present, Alaska Central Express owns four airplanes with plans for future expansion.

Destinations

Alaska Central Express operates freight services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at January 2005)^{[citation needed]}: 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.

Old Logo

Fleet

The Alaska Central Express fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2007):^[2]

• 4 Raytheon Beech 1900C Airliner

Accidents and incidents

On 22 January 2010, an Alaska Central Express Beechcraft 1900C operating as Flight 22 crashed in the sea off the end of the runway seconds after taking off at Sand Point airport, killing both crew.^[3][4]

See also

• List of airlines in Alaska

External links

• Alaska Central Express

References

1. ^ "Contact Us." Alaska Central Express. Retrieved on January 24, 2010.
2. ^ ^{a b} "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 72. 2007-03-27. 
3. ^ National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report of accident involving Beechcraft 1900C registration N112AX retrieved 2010-03-28
4. ^ "Crash: ACE Air Cargo B190 at Sand Point on Jan 22nd 2010, lost height after takeoff". Aviation Herald. http://avherald.com/h?article=4262f5ce. Retrieved 2010-06-12.