Alaska Central Express is an airline based at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska, United States."Contact Us ." Alaska Central Express. Retrieved on January 24, 2010. It is a cargo and small package express service.
History The airline was established as Yutana Airlines in 1987 and renamed to Alaska Central Express in 1994 when the certificate was bought from the Part 135 in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Much of the original pilots, staff, mechanics, and equipment including three Raytheon Beechcraft 1900Cs, came from MarkAir Express, a subsidiary of the bankrupt MarkAir. In 2007, with the purchase of a Beech 1900C (N115AX) combi passenger/cargo, ACE Air Cargo began charter passenger flights. Alaska Central Express, as of 2020, owns twenty airplanes with plans for future expansion.
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 Yakutat
Fleet
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On 7 July 2020, ACE acquired eight Beechcraft planes at Ravn Alaska's bankruptcy auction.
Accidents and incidents On 22 January 2010, Alaska Central Express Flight 22 crashed in the sea off the end of the runway seconds after taking off at Sand Point airport; both crew members died.National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report of accident involving Beechcraft 1900C registration N112AX retrieved 2010-03-28 On 8 March 2013, Alaska Central Express Flight 51 crashed near the Muklung Hills-Aleknagik. The only two persons on board, the captain and copilot, died.
See also List of airlines in Alaska
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