Rediske Air

Rediske Air was a small air taxi charter airline operating out of Alaska.^{[citation needed]}

Rediske Air

Founded	1991; 34 years ago (1991)
Commenced operations	1991; 34 years ago (1991)
Ceased operations	2017; 8 years ago (2017)
Hubs	Soldotna Airport
Fleet size	6
Headquarters	Soldotna, Alaska
Key people	Charlie Rediske (Founder) Walter Rediske (died 2013) Lyla Rediske
Website	rediskeair.com

History

Rediske Air was formed in 1991. It was started by Charlie Rediske, a local pilot. In 2001, Charlie Rediske died, and his son Walter and his daughter Lyla became chief operators of the airline.^[1] As of 2017, the airline's website was no longer working.

Fleet

The DHC-3 Otter involved in the 2013 crash

• 6 de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
• Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander
• Cessna 207^[2]

Accidents and incidents

• On July 7, 2013, a Rediske Air DHC-3 Otter plane crashed in Soldotna Airport, Soldotna, Alaska, killing all ten people on board, including Walter Rediske and two families who were on vacation from Greenville, South Carolina.^[3]

See also

• List of defunct airlines of the United States

References

1. "Fellow Kenai Peninsula pilots laud Rediske Air as a 'top-notch outfit'". Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
2. "Rediske Air". airlines.net. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
3. "Rediske Air, N93PC". Kathryn report. Retrieved August 30, 2019.

External links

• Official website from Archive.org