Era Aviation

Era Aviation was a fixed wing airline as well as a commercial helicopter operation based in Anchorage, Alaska, United States.

It operated a network of scheduled fixed wing passenger services from Anchorage as well as from Bethel, AK on behalf of Alaska Airlines via a code sharing agreement.

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.

In late 2004, Rowan Companies sold Era Aviation (including the Era Helicopters division which subsequently merged with the Bristow Group, a large, U.S.-based international and domestic commercial helicopter operator, in 2020[6]) to SEACOR Marine (now SEACOR Holdings).

The new owners of the Era Aviation fixed wing operation then filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

[9][10] Most flights were operated from its hub located at the Ted Stevens International Airport (ANC) in Anchorage: In addition, Ravn Alaska offers scheduled service to more than 100 communities statewide.

A flight seeing air tour service with Douglas DC-3 aircraft was also operated from Anchorage as Era Classic Airlines.