L.A.B. Flying Service

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L A B Flying Service
IATA
JF		 ICAO
LAB		 Callsign
LAB
Founded 1956
Fleet size
Destinations
Headquarters Haines, Alaska, U.S.
Key people
Website: http://www.labflying.com/

L.A.B. Flying Service is an American airline based in Haines, Alaska, U.S. It operates scheduled, charter and sightseeing flights in Southeast Alaska. Its main base is Haines Airport, with a hub at Juneau International Airport.[1]

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[edit] History

The airline was established and started operations in 1956. It has 55 employees (at March 2007).[1] L.A.B. Flying Service, named for its founder (and President), Layton A. Bennett, is Alaska's oldest continuously-operating small passenger airline. Layton A. Bennett received the FAA's Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award for his work in operating the airline for over 50 years.[2]

Layton A. Bennett

Layton and part of the 1994 summer pilot crew

[edit] Destinations

L.A.B. serves the following destinations:[citation needed]

*Denotes a hub location

Haines Ak

Haines down town LAB office

Skagway AK

Big Six Short Final Skagway AK

Juneau AK

Juneau Tower Winter 94

Kake AK

Sitka AK

[edit] Charters

[citation needed]

The airline also offers charters to, among other places, Glacier Bay National Park.

[edit] Fleet

The LAB Flying Service fleet includes the following aircraft[1] :

  • 1 Piper_PA-18
  • ? Piper_PA-28
  • ? Piper_PA-31

PA-31Chieftain
  • many Piper_PA-32_Cherokee_Six

PA-32 Cherokee Six

Haines line up for gas, summer tours 1994

The work Horse of the fleet
  • ? Piper_Seneca

PA-34 Seneca

Helio Courier

Britten-Norman BN2A-26
  • 1 LA/250 Renegade

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-03, p. 103. 
  2. ^ Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award list
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