词条 | Grand Canyon Scenic Airlines |
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airline=Grand Canyon Scenic Airlines| logo=Air Grand Canyon.png| logo_size=250| fleet_size= 16 (DHC-6 Twin Otter) [1] | destinations=| IATA=YR| ICAO=SCE| callsign=SCENIC| parent =Grand Canyon Airlines[2]| founded=1967| headquarters= Paradise, Nevada| key_people= (President, CEO)| hubs=Boulder City Airport| frequent_flyer=| lounge=| alliance=| website= http://www.scenic.com| }} Grand Canyon Scenic Airlines is an American regional airline based in Paradise, Nevada, United States. It operates sightseeing flights from Boulder City Airport[3] in Boulder City, Nevada. Scenic has been owned by Grand Canyon Airlines since 2008. HistoryScenic Airlines was started by John & Elizabeth Seibold and their single engine Cessna airplane in North Las Vegas in 1967.[4] Between 1967 and 1993 Scenic Airlines grew to be one of the world's largest fixed-wing air tour operations.[5] In 2000, John Seibold was recognized by the Las Vegas Review Journal as being one of the most influential businessmen in Las Vegas in the previous 100 years.[5] In 1977, Scenic Airlines purchased the design and manufacturing rights to turboprop-powered conversions of the Cessna 402 and Cessna 414 from American Jet Industries.[6][7] In 1983, the airline co-developed modifications to the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter to make it more suitable for use as an air tour airplane.[4][5] The airline eventually moved to Las Vegas's McCarran International Airport (LAS).[4] In 1993 the Seibolds sold the airline to SkyWest Airlines{{citation needed|date=January 2009}} and it continued to see growth until it merged with Eagle Canyon Airlines in 1998.[4] In 1999, Scenic was operating scheduled passenger service between Las Vegas (LAS) and Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN) with Fokker F27 turboprops.[8] In the spring of 2006, citing rising fuel costs, the airline announced it would be ceasing scheduled passenger operations in order to focus on its sightseeing flights, thus abandoning its scheduled services using its fleet of three Beechcraft 1900 turboprop aircraft. Almost all of the scheduled service flights were Essential Air Service (EAS) routes and were then picked up by Air Midwest operating as US Airways Express. On March 29, 2007, Scenic Airlines was sold to Grand Canyon Airlines and was subsequently renamed Grand Canyon Scenic Airlines. The airline continued to operate from the Boulder City Airport providing services to Grand Canyon West, Grand Canyon, Page, Arizona, Monument Valley, Utah, and Rainbow Bridge, Utah. At that time, Grand Canyon Scenic Airlines continued to operate sightseeing flight services to the Grand Canyon every day of the year. On March 19, 2009 Grand Canyon Scenic Airlines moved its operations at the Boulder City Municipal Airport (BLD) into the company's new Boulder City Aerocenter, a {{convert|30000|sqft|abbr=on}} terminal.[9] Destinations[10]Scheduled flight destinations
Scheduled sightseeing destinations
Previous scheduled flight destinationsAccording to the Scenic Airlines December 1, 1977 system timetable route map, the airline was operating independently with the following destinations receiving scheduled passenger service:[11]
According to the above referenced timetable, at this time Scenic was operating Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner (Metro II model) and de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter turboprops as well as Cessna 402 prop aircraft on scheduled flights. The airline was also serving Elko, NV (EKO) and Ely, NV (ELY) in 1975.[12] Other aircraft operated by Scenic in the past included the Beechcraft 1900C, Beechcraft 1900D, Cessna 207 (T207A Turbo Skywagon model), Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Cessna 404 and the Fokker F27-500 with the latter being the largest turboprop ever operated by the airline.[13] AccidentsSince it was founded in 1966, Scenic Airlines has experienced at least five fatal accidents.
Notes1. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20110103092344/http://www.scenic.com/scenic/show_article.aspx?article_id=302&lang=en-US Sceninc Airlines Fleet Information] 2. ^Petition from Grand Canyon Airlines to the US Department of Transportation{{Dead link|date=January 2015}} 3. ^Flight International 12–18 April 2005 4. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |url=http://www.scenic.com/saws1history.htm |title=Scenic Airlines history | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080511144404/http://www.scenic.com/saws1history.htm | archivedate = 11 May 2008}} 5. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://www.1st100.com/part3/siebold.html |title=Part III: A City In Full |publisher=Las Vegas Review Journal |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120719184659/http://www.1st100.com/part3/siebold.html |archivedate = 19 July 2012}} 6. ^Taylor 1989, p.793 7. ^Gunston 1993, p.270 8. ^http://www.departedflights.com, April 2, 1999 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Las Vegas-Grand Canyon flight schedules 9. ^{{cite news |first=Benjamin |last= Spillman |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Happy landings in Boulder City |url=http://www.lvrj.com/business/41554427.html |work= |publisher= |date=2009-03-20 |accessdate=2009-04-28}} 10. ^Scenic Airlines schedule 11. ^http://www.departedflights.com, Dec. 1, 1997 Scenic Airlines route map 12. ^http://www.departedflights.com, April 15, 1975 Scenic Airlines route map 13. ^http://www.airliners.net, photos of Scenic Airlines aircraft (advanced search) 14. ^Summary of NTSB report into the crash of Cessna 402 N3250Q retrieved 22 January 2009. 15. ^Summary of NTSB report into the crash of Cessna 402 N52SA retrieved 22 January 2009. 16. ^Summary of NTSB report into the crash of Cessna 404 N2683S retrieved 22 January 2009. 17. ^Summary of NTSB report into the crash of Cessna T207A N6468H{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} retrieved 22 January 2009. 18. ^Summary of NTSB report into the crash of Cessna 208B Caravan N12202 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222074039/http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?ev_id=20001208X08986&ntsbno=DCA98MA002&akey=1 |date=2011-02-22 }} retrieved 22 January 2009. References
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