Taquan Air is the operating name for Venture Travel, LLC, an American regional airline headquartered in Ketchikan, a city in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Alaska.

They achieved certification and began flights in 1998, but the costs of the new venture and economic factors led to the sale of assets and layoffs in 1999.

Kootznoowoo Inc., acquired full ownership of the company on November 1, 1999,[24][25] and at the end of December 1999 laid off most or 80 of their workers[26][27] along with stopping flights to 20 communities.

Venture Travel, LLC acquired assets from Taquan in April 2000, including five planes, the name, and the lease in Ketchikan.

[35][36] In October 2007, Taquan moved into a new terminal and hangar building,[7] close to the east terminus of the ferry[37] to the Ketchikan International Airport.

[38][39] Taquan Air participated in a voluntary industry effort in Alaska to improve airline safety called the Medallion Foundation awards.

Senator Ted Stevens (R, Alaska) was a decorated World War II pilot who later became floatplane qualified, and who was instrumental in establishing and providing congressional support for the Medallion Foundation.

[41][42] On July 24, 2007, a Taquan Air tour flight, operating a float-equipped de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver and carrying the pilot and four passengers from a cruise ship, impacted mountainous terrain with no survivors.

[47][48] The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigated the accident and issued a report on July 31, 2008, finding that the primary cause of the crash was pilot misjudgment, but that inadequate supervision of the flight tour industry in southeast Alaska by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) also contributed to the event.

Recommendation A-08-60 was to establish monthly ground and en route inspections of air tour flights to observe and enforce safe flying practices.

Recommendation A-08-61 was to develop cue-based training for commercial air tour pilots in responding to changing local weather conditions.

[50] Adventure guide Inside Passage and Coastal Alaska states, "One of the amazing things about floatplanes is just how smooth are...unless you're looking out the window and see that there isn't a wake from the floats anymore, it's hard to know you're even in the air."

The tour goes from seashore up into the mountains and back, during which time the floatplane lands on water in a remote area, and tourists step out on the plane's pontoon.

[53][54] Amid increased oversight by the FAA, Taquan resumed limited cargo service on May 23,[55] scheduled passenger flights on May 31, and on-demand sightseeing tours on June 3, 2019.