Scenic Airlines was started by John and Elizabeth Seibold and their single engine Cessna airplane in North Las Vegas Airport in 1967.

[4] Between 1967 and 1993 Scenic Airlines grew to be one of the world's largest fixed-wing air tour operations.

[6][7] In 1983, the airline co-developed modifications to the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter to make it more suitable for use as an air tour airplane.

During the mid-1970s, Scenic operated from a hub in Las Vegas providing service to Grand Canyon, Page, and Yuma in Arizona, to Long Beach, Palm Springs, Carlsbad, El Centro, and Death Valley in California, and to Ely, and Elko, Nevada.

The carrier flew de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter and Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner aircraft.