Servant Air, Inc. is an American regional airline with operations throughout

The United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

and

Alaska Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the north ...

, USA. It operates domestic scheduled passenger and international charter services. Its main hub is Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (PANC) and its main scheduled airline service base is Kodiak Airport (PADQ) with regional operations bases in Boston, MA, White Plains, NY, Fort Lauderdale, FL and San Juan, PR. Servant Air Also provides critical care Air Ambulance services throughout its operating area.

History

The airline was established as Paklook Air in the spring of 1992 in Fairbanks, Alaska and began service with single engine commuter aircraft. Originally, the airline fleet consisted of a Cessna 185

Floatplane A floatplane is a type of seaplane with one or more slender floats mounted under the fuselage to provide buoyancy. By contrast, a flying boat uses its fuselage for buoyancy. Either type of seaplane may also have landing gear suitable for land, ...

s, Cessna 206 and Cessna 207, Piper Lance, and Britten Norman Islander wheel aircraft. The current fleet consists of King Air 200's and King Air 100's operating scheduled and charter service to multiple villages on Kodiak Island and the Southcentral and Southeast regions of Alaska. Servant Air also provides scheduled air service between Westchester County Airport (KHPN) and Boston Logan International Airport (KBOS) under th
Beacon Air
brand using King Air 200 aircraft.

Hubs

The Servant Air main hub is located at Kodiak State Airport in

Kodiak, Alaska Kodiak (Alutiiq language, Alutiiq: ) is the main city and one of seven communities on Kodiak Island in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska. All commercial transportation between the island's communities and the outside ...

. Facilities at the Kodiak hub include a terminal, a heavy maintenance facility, and a hangar. Servant air also has hubs at Anchorage International Airport and Washington Executive Airport. Seasonally, Servant air operates at

Westchester County Airport Westchester County Airport is a county-owned airport in Westchester County, New York, Westchester County, New York (state), New York, United States, northeast of downtown White Plains, New York, White Plains, with territory in the Town (New Y ...

Boston Logan International Airport General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport — also known as Boston Logan International Airport — is an international airport located mostly in East Boston and partially in Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States. Covering , it has ...

and Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport.

Fleet

The Servant Air fleet includes Cessna 208 Caravan, Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Cessna Grand Caravan EX Amphibian, King Air B200, and King Air 100 aircraft, as well as Gulfstream GIV and Gulfstream GV aircraft.

Destinations

Servant Air offers scheduled passenger service to the following destinations in

: # Akhiok (AKK) - Akhiok Airport # Kodiak (ADQ) - Kodiak Airport (hub) # Old Harbor (OLH) - Old Harbor Airport # Ouzinkie (KOZ) - Ouzinkie Airport # Port Lions (ORI) - Port Lions Airport Servant Air King Air 200

Servant Air also offers unscheduled on-demand passenger service in Alaska to: # Anchorage (ANC) - Anchorage international Airport ot scheduled#Fairbanks (FAI) - Fairbanks International Airport #Juneau (JNU) - Juneau International Airport #Kenai (ENI) - Kenai Airport # Karluk (KYK) - Karluk Airport ot scheduled#Homer (HOM) - Homer Airport ot scheduled#King Salmon (AKN) - King Salmon Airport #Unalaska (DUT) - Dutch Harbor Airport # Larsen Bay (KLN) - Larsen Bay Airport ot scheduled Servant Air seasonal scheduled passenger service: # White Plains (HPN) -

Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

(BOS) - Logan International Airport # Weyers Cave (SHD) - Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport # Dulles (IAD) - Washington Dulles International Airport

Incidents

*On January 6, 2008, Servant Air Flight 109 crashed just short of Kodiak Airport shortly after takeoff, en route to

Homer, Alaska Homer (Denaʼina language, Dena'ina: ''Tuggeght'') is a City (Alaska), city in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is southwest of Anchorage, Alaska, Anchorage. According to the 2020 United ...

. Of the 9 passengers and the pilot aboard the Piper Navajo Chieftain, there were 4 survivors. According to the NTSB, the failure of the nose baggage door latching mechanism resulted in an inadvertent opening of the nose baggage door in flight. Contributing to the accident was the lack of information and guidance available to the operator and pilot regarding procedures to follow should a baggage door open in flight and cause an inadvertent aerodynamic stall.

References

External links

* {{Airlines of the United States, state=collapsed 1992 establishments in Alaska Airlines established in 1992 Airlines based in Alaska Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Regional airlines of the United States American companies established in 1992