PenAir.

• Author: Slaten, Russ
• Position: INSIDE ALASKA BUSINESS

In 2015, PenAir will take delivery of three Saab 2000 aircraft. PenAir has been operating the thirty-seat Saab 340 aircraft for fifteen years in its Alaska markets and since 2012 in its Northeast US markets.

The Saab 2000 is a fifty-four-seat aircraft that will be modified for flying in Alaska in a forty-five-seat configuration. The new aircraft will initially be utilized on the twenty-eight weekly flights between Anchorage and Dutch Harbor/Unalaska, which PenAir currently operates on behalf of Alaska Airlines. Under this arrangement, PenAir operates and maintains the aircraft, while Alaska Airlines schedules and...