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Founded | 2005 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 2018 | ||||||
AOC # | 19AA699L [1] | ||||||
Operating bases | Hawthorne Municipal Airport | ||||||
Focus cities | Albuquerque International Sunport Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | ||||||
Subsidiaries | Jet Center Los Angeles | ||||||
Fleet size | 15 | ||||||
Destinations | 13 | ||||||
Headquarters | Hawthorne, California [1] | ||||||
Key people | Levi Stockton (President) | ||||||
Website | advancedairlines jetcenterla |
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 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 (EAS) contract for Merced, California. In 2022, subsidized contracts through the state of New Mexico were received to serve Gallup, New Mexico from Phoenix and Las Cruces, New Mexico from Albuquerque. The Gallup service began on August 1, 2022 and Las Cruces on January 16, 2023. An additional EAS contract was received in 2023 to serve Carlsbad, New Mexico from both Albuquerque and Phoenix. This service began on November 5, 2023. A fourth EAS contract was received to serve Crescent City, California and flights began on March 17, 2024 to both Oakland and Hawthorne, California.
In the early 2020's Advanced Air offered select California shuttle routes in partnership with Surf Air. Surf Air managed the membership program while Advanced owned and operated the aircraft in the Surf Air livery. All partner flights were operated on the Pilatus PC-12. [4] This service is now partnered between Surf Air and Southern Airways Express.
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 2019–20 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 2020–21 ski season but resumed for the summer months of 2021 and 2022 as well as the 2021–22 winter ski season. Service to Taos was then replaced by JSX Air beginning with the 2022-2023 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 2021–22 ski season. [8]
City | Airport | IATA code | Destinations | Notes |
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Arizona | ||||
Phoenix | Sky Harbor International Airport | PHX | Carlsbad, NM [9] Gallup Silver City | Base Operating out of Terminal 3 |
California | ||||
Carlsbad | McClellan–Palomar Airport | CLD | Mammoth Lakes | Seasonal |
Crescent City | Del Norte County Airport | CEC | Hawthorne, CA Oakland, CA | EAS Community Contract awarded from Contour Airlines |
Hawthorne | Hawthorne Municipal Airport | HHR | Crescent City Mammoth Lakes Merced | Base |
Mammoth Lakes | Mammoth Yosemite Airport | MMH | Carlsbad, CA Hawthorne, CA | Seasonal |
Merced | Merced Regional Airport | MCE | Las Vegas Hawthorne | EAS Community Contract awarded from Boutique Air |
Oakland | San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport | OAK | Crescent City | |
Nevada | ||||
Las Vegas | Harry Reid International Airport | LAS | Merced | |
New Mexico | ||||
Albuquerque | Albuquerque International Sunport | ABQ | Carlsbad, NM [9] Las Cruces Silver City | |
Carlsbad (NM) | Carlsbad (NM) | CNM | Albuquerque [9] Phoenix [9] | EAS Community Contract awarded from Boutique Air |
Gallup | Gallup Municipal Airport | GUP | Phoenix | |
Las Cruces | Las Cruces International Airport | LRU | Albuquerque | |
Silver City | Grant County Airport | SVC | Albuquerque Phoenix | EAS community |
City | Airport | IATA Code | Destinations | Notes |
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California | ||||
Burbank | Hollywood Burbank Airport | BUR | Mammoth Lakes | Seasonal |
Los Angeles | Los Angeles International Airport | LAX | Merced | |
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 |
Aircraft | In Fleet | Notes |
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Beechcraft King Air 350 | 9 | |
Bombardier Challenger 300 | 2 | |
Dornier 328JET | 2 | |
Pilatus PC-12 | 2 | |
Total | 15 |
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