Big Sky Airlines was an American commuter air carrier that operated from 1978 to 2008. Headquartered in Billings, Montana, United States.[1] Big Sky was wholly owned by Big Sky Transportation Company, which in turn was a wholly owned subsidiary of MAIR Holdings.
Big Sky operated scheduled commuter passenger services to ten cities and maintained a hub at Billings Logan International Airport in Billings, Montana, from which the airline flew more of its nonstop routes than it did from any other airport. The airline was a crucial air link within the state of Montana, serving as the primary (and in some cases, only) commercial air carrier to several small airports in the state. The airline also began and ended service to a number of other locations over the years, often operating as a contract carrier under the federal government's Essential Air Service (EAS) program.
^"Welcome to Big Sky Airlines." Big Sky Airlines. January 8, 2005. Retrieved on May 25, 2009.
2002 but continued to operate an indirect code-share with United Airlines. BigSkyAirlines returned to Sheridan late 2005 to January 2008: Beechcraft 1900D...
passenger airline. Regional and commuter airline flights for Northwest were operated under the name Northwest Airlink by BigSkyAirlines, Eugene Aviation...
the major airlines of the United States and a legacy carrier headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The United States' oldest operating airline and the seventh-oldest...
temporarily ceased on March 8, 2008, when BigSkyAirlines ended operations in bankruptcy. Great Lakes Airlines was given USDOT approval to take over Essential...
United Airlines had begun flying Boeing 737-200 nonstop service to Denver. Also in 1985, the airport had commuter airline service operated by BigSky Airlines...
landing site for the NASA Space Shuttle. Scheduled passenger flights on BigSkyAirlines to Boise and Portland were discontinued on September 1, 2006. The service...
been served by several airlines in the past including Trans Texas/Texas International, Lone Star Airlines, and BigSkyAirlines. Service was subsidized...
the airport. BigSkyAirlines, a partner of Delta Air Lines, began service at the airport when Commutair ended its service. BigSkyAirlines ended its service...
West hubs) BigSkyAirlines EVA Air Royal Jordanian Airlines US Airways (Merger Partner) Virgin Atlantic British Airways Chautauqua Airlines operating...
Airlines. Established on 1 July 1988 following the restructuring of CAAC Airlines that acquired and merged a number of domestic airlines, the airline...
service from Continental Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Horizon Air, BigSkyAirlines, and Southwest Airlines in the past as well as many other commuter...
the airline was flying between Idaho Falls and Boise. United Express operated by SkyWest Airlines via a code sharing agreement with United Airlines added...
name to Aspen Mountain Air but ended their Roswell service in 1998. BigSkyAirlines briefly came to Roswell in 2000/2001 operating one daily roundtrip...
include the following airlines and aircraft types: BigSkyAirlines - British Aerospace BAe Jetstream 31, Swearingen Metro Compass Airlines - Canadair CRJ200/CRJ440...
temporarily ceased on March 8, 2008, when BigSkyAirlines ended operations in bankruptcy. Great Lakes Airlines was given USDOT approval to take over Essential...
Airways SkyWest Airlines Atlas Air FedEx Express Kalitta Air Polar Air Cargo (subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings) UPS Airlines USA Jet Airlines Largest...
temporarily ceased on March 8, 2008, when BigSkyAirlines ended operations in bankruptcy. Great Lakes Airlines was given USDOT approval to take over Essential...
September 7, 2005, when it was purchased by SkyWest, Inc., the parent company of SkyWest Airlines. Ransome Airlines operated Delta Connection flights in the...
service were Chautauqua Airlines followed by Mesa Airlines and Air Midwest. This service ended in 2007, replaced by BigSkyAirlines operating as Delta Connection...
temporarily ceased on March 8, 2008, when BigSkyAirlines ended operations in bankruptcy. Great Lakes Airlines was given USDOT approval to take over Essential...
2013. The airline expanded into upstate New York in early 2008, following the sudden demise of Delta Connection carrier, BigSkyAirlines. Cape Air began...
Lakes Airlines flights to Denver were subsidized by the Essential Air Service (EAS) program. The U.S. Department of Transportation selected BigSky Airlines...
which operated Mesaba Airlines. In 2002, MAIR also acquired BigSky Transportation, Co., operator of BigSkyAirlines. Mesaba Airlines, which operated as...
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