SEATTLE AIRLINE COLLECTIBLES SHOW

Here are some airlines that have called the Pacific Northwest home (G Mattocks collection, unless noted). Hope you enjoy them! To find your airline items of interest or just to stroll down memory lane, do make plans to attend this year's Seattle Airline Collectibles Show.

If you have other airline examples, or if you have corrections or additions, please send me an email at info@seattleairlineshow.com I would be happy to include them.


	We start out by showing the hometown favorite, Alaska Airlines. It has its roots with McGee Airways in 1933 and took on the name Alaska in 1944. It has continued to grow to where it carried nearly 17 million passengers in 2005. One of these years, I will get a copy of Satterfield's book at a decent price so I can tell you more....
	Horizon Air. 1981-present. First route was Seattle-Yakima. Acquired Air Oregon and Transwestern Airlines in 1982 and 1983.
	Alaska Air Group purchased Horizon in 1986 and operates it today as an independent carrier.
	Another of our hometown favorites is Kenmore Air. 1946-present. Bob Munro, Reg Collins, and Jack Mines combined forces on the north end of Lake Washington to create what is today the largest seaplane airline in the world.
	Otter Air. 1985-1986. Offered service between Seattle, Friday Harbor, Port Townsend, Vancouver, and Victoria. Purchased by Kenmore Air.
	Lake Union Air. 1946-1993. In addition to San Juan Islands, Victoria, and Vancouver, Lake Union also flew into the upper Vancouver Island destinations such as Greenway Sound. Purchased by Kenmore Air.
	Another pioneer in the San Juan Islands was Island Sky Ferries. 1948-1967. Roy Franklin and Bob Schoen joined forces for services between Orcas, Lopez, and San Juan. Originally Orcas Island Air Service in 1947.
	San Juan Airlines. 1970-1989. Note similarity of logo with ISF. On back of this '73 timetable, it indicates 26 years of continuous service. What was airline name between 1967 and 1970?
	San Juan expanded in the 1980s to partner with United. Among its flights were daily service between Portland and Everett's Paine Field. SJA also operated between 1990-1992. In 2004 it was restarted once again. Keep on flying SJA!
	Empire Air Lines became a Local Service carrier in 1946 serving Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. It merged into West Coast Airlines in 1952.
	West Coast Airlines. 1946-1968. Headquarters at Boeing Field. Merged into Air West.
	Pacific Northern Airlines. 1947-1967. Formed from Woodley Airways. Acquired by Western Air Lines.
	Bellingham-Seattle Airways. 1950's - 1960s? (C. Morris collection)
	Skyline Air Service. 1967-1969. Boeing Field, Anacortes, and San Juan Islands.
	Angeles Flying Service. circa 1968. Based in Port Angeles using 3 passenger Piper Apache and 8 passenger Beechcraft. SEA to Port Angeles - $9, Port Angeles to Minneapolis - $1475. That's a 18.5 hr round trip charter! Wide doors for emergency stretcher service too.
	Seattle Airways. circa 1969. Operated from SEA, BFI, Olympic Hotel, Edgewater Inn, and Bellevue using Bell Jet Rangers. Bellevue to SeaTac fare was $7.
	Cascade Airways. 1969-1986. Based in Spokane with service to WA, OR, and ID. Claimed in 1978 to be "Northwest's Largest Commuter".
	Puget Sound Airlines. 1969-1970. Offered 38 flights per day between Seattle, Bremerton, Port Angeles, Friday Harbor, Bellingham, Anacortes, and Oak Harbor. Also service within the San Juan Islands.
	Eagle Airlines. early 1970s. Seattle, Bellingham, and Port Angeles.
	Harbor Airlines. 1974-2001. Seattle, Bellingham, Oak Harbor, Mt Vernon, and San Juan Islands.
	Harbor Airlines . Later timetable from 1996 as part of Alaska Airlines Commuter Service. I like the slogan "Driving is beneath us".
	West Isle Air. 1980?-2000.
	One of the many charter services in the Pacific Northwest: Aeronautical Services.