Air LA
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| Commenced operations | May 1982 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | September 1985 | ||||||
| Parent company | Air L.A. Inc | ||||||
| Key people |
Wayne Schoenfeld Ken Dickey Bill Wolf |
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Air L.A. (IATA: UE, ICAO: UED), a wholly owned subsidiary of Air L.A. Inc (NASDAQ: AILA) was an U.S. commuter airline headquartered in the Westchester area of Los Angeles, California. It was founded by Wayne Schoenfeld, Ken Dickey and Bill Wolf. It ceased all operations in September 1995.
Air LA started life as a charter airline in the late 1970s. It first started scheduled operations using Piper Chieftain aircraft in May 1982. It served Blythe, Burbank, Grand Canyon and Las Vegas. It gradually expanded its network to take in Bermuda Dunes/Palm Desert, Bullhead City(AZ)/Laughlin (NV), Ontario (CA) and Las Vegas and by the late 1980s was operating British Aerospace BAe Jetstream 31 commuter propjets.
In November 1990, Air L.A. added Mexico service through the acquisition of Air Resorts, another southern California-based commuter airline.
In April 1993, it had the distinction of entering into one of the first international codeshare agreements with Aeromexico. The relationship began initially on the Los Angeles to Tijuana route and expanded to another of other Mexican cities primarily out of Tijuana and Hermosillo. The airline bought Conquest Airlines in 1995. In early 1995 Air L.A. also bought St. Paul, MN based Capitol Air (Not to be confused with the Capitol Air that operated jets, the Saint Paul-based Capitol Air was a small commuter that served primarily Chicago Midway and Milwaukee from the St. Paul Downtown airport between mid-December 1993 and December 31, 1994). In 1993, the airline operated a fleet of Fairchild Swearingen Metroliners, seating 19 passengers.
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