Advanced Air
Advanced Air is an American scheduled commuter and private charter airline based in Hawthorne, California at the Hawthorne Municipal Airport where it also owns a fixed base operator, Jet Center Los Angeles.
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Founded | 2005 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 2018 | ||||||
AOC # | 19AA699L[1] | ||||||
Operating bases | Hawthorne Municipal Airport | ||||||
Focus cities | Hawthorne Municipal Airport Taos Regional Airport | ||||||
Subsidiaries | Jet Center Los Angeles | ||||||
Fleet size | 21[1] | ||||||
Destinations | 12 | ||||||
Headquarters | 12101 Crenshaw Blvd, Hawthorne, California 90250[1] | ||||||
Key people | Levi Stockton (President) Donny Sandusky (Vice President) | ||||||
Website | https://www.advancedairlines.com |
History
Advanced Air was founded in 2005. It began scheduled shuttle service in 2015. It won its first Essential Air Service contract for Silver City, New Mexico in October 2018 and began service in January 2019.[2][3]
Advanced Air offers select California shuttle routes in partnership with Surf Air.
In December 2019, Advanced Air began operating two Dornier 328JETs owned by Taos Air.[4][5]
Destinations
Scheduled commercial
City | Airport | IATA code | Destinations | Notes |
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Phoenix | Sky Harbor International Airport | PHX | Hawthorne
Silver City |
Operating out of Swift Aviation (FBO)[6] |
Carlsbad | McClellan-Palomar Airport | CRQ | Taos | Seasonal | Branded as Taos Air |
Los Angeles | Hawthorne Municipal Airport | HHR | Taos (Seasonal)
Phoenix |
Base | Focus city | Taos service branded as Taos Air |
Albuquerque | Albuquerque International Sunport | ABQ | Silver City | |
Silver City | Grant County Airport | SVC | Albuquerque
Phoenix-Sky Harbor |
EAS community |
Taos | Taos Regional Airport | SKX | Austin (Seasonal)
Carlsbad (Seasonal) Dallas-Love Field (Seasonal) Hawthorne (Seasonal) |
Seasonal | Focus city | Branded as Taos Air |
Austin | Austin-Bergstrom International Airport | AUS | Taos (Seasonal) | Seasonal | Branded as Taos Air |
Dallas | Dallas Love Field | DAL | Taos (Seasonal) | Seasonal | Branded as Taos Air |
Listed shuttle destinations
City | Airport | IATA code | Destinations | Notes |
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Los Angeles | Hawthorne Municipal Airport | HHR | Oakland
Truckee |
Base | Focus city |
Oakland | Oakland International Airport | OAK | Hawthorne
Santa Barbara Truckee |
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Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara Municipal Airport | SBA | Oakland
Truckee |
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Truckee | Truckee Tahoe Airport | TRK | Hawthorne
Oakland Santa Barbara |
Former destinations
City | Airport | IATA Code | Destinations | Notes |
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Burbank | Hollywood Burbank Airport | BUR | Albuquerque | Ended due to low demand |
Fleet
Commuter
- Beechcraft Super King Air 350 - 6 - 2 standby (1 in Hawthorne, 1 in Silver City)[1]
Shuttle and private charter
- Pilatus PC-12 - 9 (owned by Surf Air)
- Learjet 45 - 2
- Dornier 328JET - 2 (owned by Taos Air)[1]
References
- "Federal Aviation Administration - Airline Certificate Information - Detail View". av-info.faa.gov. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
- Steele, Christine Advanced Air to take over at Grant County Airport, Silver City Daily Press, October 26, 2018, Retrieved 2019-01-21
- Steele, Christine Smooth flying for Advanced Air on inaugural flights, Silver City Daily Press, January 7, 2019, Retrieved 2019-01-21
- Vitu, Teya (11 October 2019). "Taos Air to resume flights between Austin, Dallas on Dec. 19". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Santa Fe, New Mexico. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- McMurtry, Ian (13 December 2019). "Dornier Disappearing: Tracking The Remaining Dornier 328 Commercial Operators". AirlineGeeks.com. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- "Advanced Air". Swift Aviation | Phoenix, AZ. Retrieved 2020-04-23.