Great Lakes Airlines
Great Lakes Airlines , formerly
Great Lakes Aviation, is an
airline based in
Cheyenne, Wyoming,
USA. It is a regional airline operating domestic scheduled and charter services. Its main base is
Cheyenne Regional Airport, with hubs at
Denver International Airport,
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, and
Albuquerque International Sunport.
The airline was established and started operations on
5 April 1977. It began scheduled services on
12 October 1981 with flights between
Spencer, Iowa and
Des Moines, Iowa. In February
1988, Great Lakes acquired Alliance Airlines, adding six cities around
Lake Michigan to the route network. In the following years it continued to expand and in February
1992 signed a codesharing agreement with
United Airlines. On
19 January 1994, the airline went public trading on the
NASDAQ stock exchange. In October
1995 Great Lakes began operating under the Midway Connection banner at
Raleigh/
Durham through a marketing agreement with
Midway Airlines, but this ceased in
1997. Its status with
United Express was downgraded to a codeshare agreement in 2001 and on
1 May 2001 it became an independent carrier. Great Lakes has
code sharing agreements with
United Airlines and
Frontier Airlines. Great Lakes Airlines has had many financial troubles since September 11, 2001. The state of Wyoming heavily subsidizes Great Lakes, because it is the only airline serving six of the ten commercial airports in Wyoming. The airline is now headquarted in
Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Great Lakes airlines flies to the following domestic scheduled destinations (as of
August 2005):
*
Arizona**
Kingman**
Page**
Phoenix**
Prescott**
Show Low**
Sierra Vista*
Colorado**
Alamosa**
Cortez**
Denver (
Denver International Airport)
**
Telluride**
Grand Junction**
Pueblo*
Kansas**
Dodge City**
Garden City**
Hays**
Liberal*
Nebraska**
Alliance**
Chadron**
Grand Island**
Kearney**
McCook**
North Platte**
Scottsbluff*
New Mexico**
Albuquerque**
Clovis**
Farmington**
Santa Fe**
Silver City*
North Dakota**
Williston**
Dickinson*
Oklahoma**
Enid**
Ponca City*
South Dakota**
Pierre*
Texas**
Amarillo*
Wyoming**
Cheyenne**
Gillette**
Laramie**
Riverton**
Rock Springs**
WorlandThe Great Lakes Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005):
*6
Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia*29
Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner*
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Great Lakes Airlines Forum*
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