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Irving Airways had been started by Wilbur Irving at Juneau in the spring of 1936. Alaska Air Transport bought out Irving Airways in Sep1936
[ – Alaska Air Transport was established in 1935 by Shell Simmons. Juneau based airline operating Lockheed Vega aircraft. Had Irving Air merge in in 1936. It then merged with Marine Airways of Alaska to form Alaska Coastal Airlines ]
[ – ALASKA AIRLINES traces its roots to McGEE AIRWAYS which was started by Linious “Mac” McGee on 30/Jun/1932. In 1934 McGEE AIRWAYS merged into STAR AIR SERVICES. In 1937 Star Air Service purchased Alaska Interior Airlines and was incorporated as Star Air Lines. The name was changed to ALASKA STAR AIRLINES in 1942 along with 3 smaller airlines (Lavery Air Service, Mirow Air Service, and Pollack Flying Service). Alaska Airlines name was adopted on 02/May/1944 from Alaska Star Airlines & it commenced operations on 06/Jun/1944. Acquired ALASKA COASTAL-ELLIS AIRLINES in 1968, CORDOBA AIRLINES in 1968, JET AMERICA in 1987 and SAN JUAN in 1989. Code shared with ERA Av. known as Jet Alaska. Virgin America was integrated into Alaska Airlines by a merger with its operations ending on 24/Apr/2018. First commercial operator of Lockheed L.100 in 1965 and launch customer for B737-900 (2001). Only airline to operate both CV880 and CV990
< regional carrier based at SeaTac, Washington State > ]
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