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Everts Air Cargo is an AmericanPart 121 airline based inFairbanks,Alaska, United States. It operates D.O.D, scheduled andcharter airlinecargo within Alaska, Canada, Mexico and the continental United States. Its maintenance base isFairbanks International Airport with its major cargo hub atTed Stevens Anchorage International Airport. The company slogan isLegendary Aircraft. Extraordinary Service.
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Founded | 1993; 32 years ago (1993) | ||||||
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Hubs | Fairbanks | ||||||
Secondary hubs | Anchorage | ||||||
Subsidiaries | Zero Gravity Corporation | ||||||
Fleet size | 18 (active), 30 (total) | ||||||
Parent company | Tatonduk Outfitters Limited | ||||||
Headquarters | Fairbanks, Alaska, U.S. | ||||||
Website | evertsair |
History
editEverts Air Cargo, established asAir Cargo Express,[1] is the sister company ofEverts Air Fuel, that specializes in fuel transport throughout the state of Alaska and into Canada.
Destinations
editSeeEverts Air destinations.Anchorage, Aniak, Bethel, Dillingham, Fairbanks, Galena, King Salmon, Kotzebue, McGrath, Nome, Unalakleet
Fleet
editAs of October 2022, the active Everts Air Cargo fleet includes eighteen aircraft:[2]
Aircraft | Total | Orders | Passenger | Notes |
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Boeing 727-200 | 1 | — | Cargo | |
Cessna 208 Caravan | 3 | — | 9 | |
Cessna 408 SkyCourier | — | 3 | Cargo | [3] |
Curtiss C-46 Commando | 1 | — | Cargo | |
Douglas DC-6A | 3 | — | Cargo | |
Douglas DC-9-30F | 3 | — | Cargo | |
McDonnell Douglas MD-80F | 6 | — | Cargo | |
McDonnell Douglas MD-88F | 1 | — | Cargo | |
Pilatus PC-12 | 3 | — | 9 | |
Total | 21 | 3 |
A further fourteen aircraft (three DC-9, two MD-80, threeBAe 146-300QT, six DC-6 and one C-46) are inactive or in storage.[4]
- DC-6
- C-46
- DC-9
Operating the Douglas DC-6
editSinceNorthern Air Cargo abandoned their regular service with theDouglas DC-6, Everts Air Cargo is the last airline in the United States to operate scheduled flights with a rather large fleet of 60-year-old piston-powered aircraft. In a 2007 video interview, the Anchorage Station Manager stated that the DC-6 was still considered to be a valuable aircraft for operations in the harsh conditions of Alaska, with excellent landing and takeoff performance on gravel runways. The downside is the difficulty to findavgas and the maintenance labor cost. Everts Air Cargo estimates a ratio of 12 hours of maintenance for every single flying hour. Spare parts could also be a problem but Everts Air Cargo anticipates they will have enough in stock to keep the last DC-6 flying beyond 2020.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^"Air Cargo Express". Airline History. Retrieved24 June 2020.
- ^"Fleet".Everts Air Cargo.
- ^"US's Everts Air Alaska orders three Cessna 408 SkyCouriers".ch-aviation. 11 May 2023.
- ^"ATDB.aero aerotransport.org AeroTransport Data Bank".aerotransport.org. Retrieved2022-10-28.
1-"FAA Flight Standards Service Civil Aviation Registry". Archived fromthe original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved2008-11-29.