Greater Pacific Airways

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Greater Pacific Airways was founded in Dec1979 and began air-taxi operations in Feb1981 and in Dec1981 received CAB approval to provide commuter services. Once scheduled services began, in 1982, it changed its name to Air LA. It eventually added service to Los Angeles, Ontario, Palm Desert, Blythe, Bullhead City, and Phoenix
< operated flights between Burbank, Grand Canyon and Las Vegas >

[ – AIR LA was founded as a charter airline, Greater Pacific Airways in Dec1979. Began scheduled regional and cargo services operating Los Angeles-Mexico using Embraer Bandeirante aircraft in 1982 and was renamed. Merged with Air Resort Airlines (1982*-1990) but continued under it’s own name. In early 1995 Air L.A. also bought St. Paul, MN based Capitol Air. The airline had planned to move its headquarters to St. Paul, but instead purchased Texas-based Conquest Airlines in Jul1995. In Sep1995 the west coast route system was shut down as operations were combined into Conquest. The new owners terminated Conquest’s operations on 28Jul1997 ]

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