Era Aviation
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| Founded | 1948 (as Economy Helicopters) |
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| Commenced operations | 1948 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | February 27, 2009 (bought by Frontier Alaska Group, name change to Era Alaska and now Ravn Alaska) | ||||||
| Hubs | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan - Era Aviation FlyAway Rewards | ||||||
| Fleet size | 12 | ||||||
| Destinations | up to 32 | ||||||
| Company slogan | FlySmart. FlyEra. | ||||||
| Parent company | Era Aviation, Inc | ||||||
| Headquarters | Anchorage, Alaska, USA | ||||||
| Website | http://www.flyera.com/ | ||||||
Era Aviation was an airline based in Anchorage, Alaska, USA. It operated a network of services from Anchorage as part of Alaska Airlines Partnerships. Its main base was Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. Era Aviation has since been renamed Corvus Airlines who currently do business as Ravn Alaska.
Era Aviation was established and initiated operations in 1948 when Carl Brady flew the first commercial helicopter to Alaska for contract work supporting a mapping project for the U.S. government. Fixed wing aircraft were then acquired by the company in addition to helicopters with rotorcraft being operated in Alaska, California and Louisiana by the Era Helicopters division. Scheduled fixed wing passenger services began in May 1983. During the summer of 1984, Era was operating scheduled services between Anchorage and Bethel, Kenai and Valdez. Era was a wholly owned division of the Rowan Companies at this time, which is a large oil and gas drilling rig operator. The airline formerly operated Convair 580 turboprops as well as de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter and DHC-7 Dash 7 aircraft and then added DHC-8 Dash 8 turboprops. Most of the airline's scheduled passenger flights were code share feeder services for Alaska Airlines. Era used the two letter "AS" airline code for its flight numbers on these services for Alaska Airlines. Beechcraft 1900C and Beechcraft 1900D turboprops were subsequently added to the fleet.
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