Advanced Air

Advanced Air is an American scheduled commuter and private charter airline based in Hawthorne, California, at the Hawthorne Municipal Airport where it also owns a fixed base operator, Jet Center Los Angeles.

Advanced Air
IATA ICAO Callsign
AN WSN WINGSPAN
Founded2005
Commenced operations2018
AOC #19AA699L[1]
Operating basesHawthorne Municipal Airport
Focus citiesTaos Regional Airport
Mammoth Yosemite Airport
SubsidiariesJet Center Los Angeles
Fleet size20[1]
Destinations13
Headquarters12101 Crenshaw Blvd, Hawthorne, California 90250[1]
Key peopleLevi Stockton (President)

Donny Sandusky (Vice President)
Chris Kramer (Chief Financial Officer) Michael Wootton (Director of Operations)
Douglas Galbrath (Chief Pilot)

Tony Pint (Director of Maintenance)
Websitewww.advancedairlines.com

History

Advanced Air was founded in 2005 and began scheduled shuttle service in 2015. It won its first Essential Air Service contract for Silver City, New Mexico, in October 2018 and began service in January 2019.[2][3] In 2021, the company received a second Essential Air Service contract for Merced, California. In 2022, a subsidized contract through the state of New Mexico was received to serve Gallup, New Mexico from Phoenix. The service began on August 1, 2022.

Advanced Air offers select California shuttle routes in partnership with Surf Air. Surf Air manages the membership program while Advanced owns and operates the aircraft in the Surf Air livery. All partner flights are operated on the Pilatus PC-12.[4]

In December 2019, Advanced Air began operating two Dornier 328JETs owned by the Taos Ski Valley and flown under the name Taos Air.[5][6] Advanced Air operated flights during the 2019-2020 winter season from Taos, New Mexico to Austin and Dallas, Texas as well as Hawthorne and Carlsbad, California. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, service was suspended for the 2020–2021 ski season but resumed for the summer months of 2021 as well as the 2021-2022 winter ski season.[7] Advanced Air then acquired its own Dornier 328JET and began flights to Mammoth Mountain, California from Burbank, Hawthorne, and Carlsbad for the 2021-2022 ski season.[8]

Destinations

Scheduled commercial
City Airport IATA code Destinations Notes
Arizona
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport PHX Gallup
Hawthorne
Silver City		 Base Operating out of Terminal 3[9]
California
Burbank Hollywood Burbank Airport BUR Mammoth Lakes Seasonal
Carlsbad McClellan-Palomar Airport CLD Mammoth Lakes Seasonal
Los Angeles Hawthorne Municipal Airport HHR Mammoth Lakes
Phoenix		 Base
Los Angeles Los Angeles International Airport LAX Merced
Mammoth Lakes Mammoth Yosemite Airport MMH Burbank
Carlsbad, CA
Hawthorne, CA		 Seasonal
Merced Merced Regional Airport MCE Las Vegas
Los Angeles		 EAS Community
Contract awarded from Boutique Air
Nevada
Las Vegas Harry Reid International Airport LAS Merced
New Mexico
Albuquerque Albuquerque International Sunport ABQ Las Cruces
Silver City
Gallup Gallup Municipal Airport GUP Phoenix [10]
Las Cruces Las Cruces International Airport LRU Albuquerque[11]
Silver City Grant County Airport SVC Albuquerque
Phoenix		 EAS community

Former destinations
City Airport IATA Code Destinations Notes
California
Thermal Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport TRM Hawthorne, CA
Nevada
Pahrump Calvada Meadows Airport 74P Hawthorne
New Mexico
Taos Taos Regional Airport TSM Austin-Executive Airport
Dallas-Love Field
Carlsbad, CA
Hawthorne, CA		 Seasonal | Branded as Taos Air
Texas
Austin Austin Executive Airport EDC Taos Seasonal | Branded as Taos Air
Dallas Dallas Love Field DAL Taos Seasonal | Branded as Taos Air

Fleet

Commuter[12]

Shuttle and private charter

References
  1. "Federal Aviation Administration - Airline Certificate Information - Detail View". av-info.faa.gov. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  2. Steele, Christine Advanced Air to take over at Grant County Airport, Silver City Daily Press, October 26, 2018, Retrieved 2019-01-21
  3. Steele, Christine Smooth flying for Advanced Air on inaugural flights, Silver City Daily Press, January 7, 2019, Retrieved 2019-01-21
  4. "Private Flying | The Aircraft". Surf Air. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  5. Vitu, Teya (11 October 2019). "Taos Air to resume flights between Austin, Dallas on Dec. 19". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Santa Fe, New Mexico. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  6. McMurtry, Ian (13 December 2019). "Dornier Disappearing: Tracking The Remaining Dornier 328 Commercial Operators". AirlineGeeks.com. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  7. "Taos Air (suspended) | Taos Ski Valley". www.skitaos.com. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  8. Flightaware.com
  9. "Advanced Air". Advanced Air | Phoenix, AZ. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
  10. "Gallup airport to begin daily flights to Phoenix - Albuquerque Journal". www.abqjournal.com. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
  11. "Commercial flights resuming at las Cruces international airport". 10 January 2023.
  12. "Federal Aviation Administration - Airline Certificate Information - Detail View". av-info.faa.gov. Retrieved 2022-04-02.


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