Alaska airlines who owns it. Hoth was formed with the merger of frontier flying service founded in 1950 hageland aviation services which was founded by jim tweto and mike hageland in 1981 which formed frontier alaska a year later era aviation founded in 1948 was acquired and the name changed to era alaska yet the holding company is still hoth inc. Era alaska is the operating name of several airlines which at their part are all owned by hoth inc. The group owns two certificated airlines alaska airlines a mainline carrier and horizon air a regional carrier.
In 1943 star air lines operating as alaska star airlines purchased mirow air service pollack airlines lavery airways and alaska airmotive before changing its name to alaska airlines in 1944. Alaska air group is an airline holding company based in seatac washington united states. Long considered an industry leader in sustainability alaska is the leading us.
At alaska airlines our world now stretched from fairbanks south to ketchikan and down to seattle. Alaska airlines in turn wholly owns an aircraft ground handling company mcgee air services. The addition of era helped form the largest air group in the state by serving more cities and passengers with the largest airplane fleet in alaska.
In the late 1960s we strengthened our operating base by merging with alaska coastal ellis and cordova airlines legendary southeast alaska carriers owned by aviation pioneers shell simmons bob ellis and mudhole smith. Alaska airlines was the first airline to compost and remove single use plastic straws and citrus picks from planes and our lounges and have been champions of sustainable aviation biofuels since 2011. Main cabin meals can be pre ordered from 12 hours to two weeks prior to your flight using the alaska airlines app or purchased directly from our flight attendants during your flight.
Alaska together with its regional partners horizon air and skywest airlines operate a large domestic route network primarily. After a series of owners era aviation was acquired by the parent company of hageland aviation and frontier flying service in 2009 under the era alaska family umbrella.