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LAB's website and email system turned off August 26, 2008. |
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==Destinations== |
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L.A.B. serves the following destinations: |
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{{Fact|date=June 2007}} |
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*[[Excursion Inlet Seaplane Base|Excursion Inlet]]: Juneau |
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*[[Gustavus Airport|Gustavus]]: Juneau |
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*[[Haines Airport|Haines]]*: Juneau, Skagway |
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*[[Juneau International Airport|Juneau]]*: Excursion Inlet, Gustavus, Haines, Hoonah, Kake, Petersburg (via Kake), Skagway (via Haines) |
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*[[Kake Airport|Kake]]: Juneau, Petersburg |
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*[[Ketchikan International Airport|Ketchikan]]: Klawock/Craig |
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*[[Klawock Airport|Klawock/Craig]]: Ketchikan |
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*[[Petersburg James A. Johnson Airport|Petersburg]]: Kake, Juneau (via Kake) |
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*[[Skagway Airport|Skagway]]: Haines, Juneau |
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<nowiki>*</nowiki>Denotes a hub location |
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==Fleet== |
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The LAB Flying Service fleet includes the following aircraft<ref name="FI"/> : |
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*1 [[Piper PA-18 super cub|Piper_PA-18]] |
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*? [[PA-28 Cherokee|Piper_PA-28]] |
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*? [[PA-31Chieftain,|Piper_PA-31]] |
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<gallery> |
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Image:Piper PA-31.jpg|PA-31Chieftain |
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</gallery> |
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*many [[PA-32 Cherokee Six, Saratoga|Piper_PA-32_Cherokee_Six]] |
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<gallery> |
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Image:Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six .jpg|PA-32 Cherokee Six |
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Image:Haines line up for gas, summer tours.jpg|Haines line up for gas, summer tours 1994 |
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Image:Big 6.jpg|The work Horse of the fleet |
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</gallery> |
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*? [[PA-34 Seneca|Piper_Seneca]] |
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<gallery> |
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Image:Senica.jpg|PA-34 Seneca |
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</gallery> |
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*2 [[Helio Courier|Helio_Courier]] |
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<gallery> |
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Image:Helio Courier.jpg|Helio Courier |
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</gallery> |
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*2 [[Britten-Norman Islander|Britten-Norman BN2A-26 Islander]] |
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<gallery> |
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Image:Islander BN2.jpg|Britten-Norman BN2A-26 |
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</gallery> |
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*1 [[LA/250 Renegade]] |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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Revision as of 18:06, 27 August 2008
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| Founded | 1956 | ||||||
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| Headquarters | Haines, Alaska, U.S. | ||||||
| Website | http://www.labflying.com/ | ||||||
L.A.B. Flying Service is an American airline based in Haines, Alaska, U.S. It operates scheduled, charter and sightseeing flights in Southeast Alaska. Its main base is Haines Airport, with a hub at Juneau International Airport.[1]
History
The airline was established and started operations in 1956. It had 55 employees as of March 2007.[1] L.A.B. Flying Service, named for its founder (and President), Layton A. Bennett, is Alaska's oldest continuously-operating small passenger airline. Layton A. Bennett received the FAA's Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award for his work in operating the airline for over 50 years.[2]
2008 Grounding
In July of 2008, APRN reported that the FAA had grounded LAB's entire fleet, because, in their words, "LAB Flying Service lacks the care, judgment and responsibility required to hold an air carrier certificate." One of the seven counts listed in the grounding order stated that LAB mechanics took an engine off of an airplane that had been destroyed in a fire with temperatures in excess of 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit and re-mounted it on another airplane, intending to put it back into service. LAB will not be able to apply for a new flight certificate until July 2009, unless they succesfully appeal the order before then.[3]
LAB's website and email system turned off August 26, 2008.
External links
LAB's website and email system turned off August 26, 2008.
References
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 103.
- ^ Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award list
- ^ | "FAA report details why LAB Flying Service was grounded" APRN's Rosemarie Alexander, KTOO - Juneau, Mon, July 28, 2008