Great Lakes Airlines
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| AOC # | GLBA031A | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 28 | ||||||
| Destinations | 11 | ||||||
| Parent company | Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. | ||||||
| Headquarters | Cheyenne, Wyo., USA | ||||||
| Key people | Doug Voss and Ivan Simpson (Co-Founders) Chuck Howell |
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| Website | http://www.flygreatlakes.com | ||||||
Great Lakes Airlines (OTCQB: , OTCQB: ), is an American regional airline operating domestic scheduled and charter services. Corporate headquarters are in Cheyenne, Wyoming, with a hub at Denver International Airport.
As of November 2013 Great Lakes Airlines received $58,299,575 in annual federal subsidies for Essential Air Services that they provided to rural airports in the U.S.
Great Lakes Airlines was a large United Express feeder carrier from 1992 through 2002 operating to over 100 cities. As of December 17, 2016 the carrier will only operate to 11 cities, all under its own brand.
The airline was established by Doug Voss and Ivan Simpson and started operations on April 5, 1977. It began scheduled services on October 12, 1981, with flights between Spencer and Des Moines, Iowa. In February 1988, Great Lakes acquired Alliance Airlines, adding six cities around Lake Michigan to the route network. In the following years it continued to expand with routes mainly concentrated around a hub at O'Hare International Airport.
In February 1992 Great Lakes signed a codeshare agreement with United Airlines becoming a United Express feeder carrier. From 1992 through 2002 Great Lakes operated extensive United Express operations with hubs at Chicago O'Hare and Denver and also at Minneapolis where United Airlines did not have a hub operation. Other United Express operations were also flown between Phoenix and Page, Arizona; Detroit to Alpena and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan; and a shuttle operation between Springfield, Illinois and Chicago's Meigs Field. All flights were operated with 19-seat Beechcraft 1900D and 30-seat Embraer 120 Brasilia aircraft. On June 1, 1998 the airline greatly expanded its Denver hub by adding the United Express routes formerly operated by Mesa Airlines.
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