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L.A.B. Flying Service was an American airline based in
The airline was established and started operations in 1956. It had 55 employees as of March 2007. L.A.B. Flying Service, named for its founder (and President), Layton A. Bennett, was Alaska's oldest continuously-operating small passenger airline. Layton A. Bennett received the Federal Aviation Administration's Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award for his work in operating the airline for over 50 years.
"FAA report details why LAB Flying Service was grounded" APRN's Rosemarie Alexander, KTOO - Juneau, Mon, July 28, 2008
/ref> LAB's website and email system turned off August 26, 2008.
Haines Haines may refer to:
*Haines (surname), ''includes partial list of people with the surname''
* Haines (character), a character in James Joyce's ''Ulysses''
Places Antarctica
* Haines Glacier, Antarctica
* Haines Mountains, mountain range in Anta ...
, Alaska. It operated scheduled, charter and sightseeing flights in Southeast Alaska
Southeast Alaska, colloquially referred to as the Alaska(n) Panhandle, is the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Alaska, bordered to the east and north by the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia (and a small part ...
. Its main base was Haines Airport
Haines Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Haines, a city in the Haines Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the primary airport serving the H ...
, with a hub at Juneau International Airport.
History
The airline was established and started operations in 1956. It had 55 employees as of March 2007. L.A.B. Flying Service, named for its founder (and President), Layton A. Bennett, was Alaska's oldest continuously-operating small passenger airline. Layton A. Bennett received the Federal Aviation Administration's Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award for his work in operating the airline for over 50 years.
2008 grounding
In July 2008,Alaska Public Media
Alaska Public Media is a non-profit organization with member television and radio stations that are part of PBS, NPR and other public broadcasting networks. Formerly known as Alaska Public Telecommunications, Inc., Alaska Public Media relies upon ...
reported that the FAA had grounded LAB's entire fleet, because, in their words, "LAB Flying Service lacks the care, judgment and responsibility required to hold an air carrier certificate." One of the seven counts listed in the grounding order stated that LAB mechanics took an engine off of an airplane that had been destroyed in a fire with temperatures in excess of 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit and re-mounted it on another airplane, intending to put it back into service./ref> LAB's website and email system turned off August 26, 2008.
See also
* List of airlines in Alaska * List of defunct airlines of the United StatesReferences
Defunct airlines of the United States Defunct companies based in Alaska Transportation in Haines Borough, Alaska Airlines established in 1956 Airlines disestablished in 2008 Transportation in Juneau, Alaska Airlines based in Alaska {{US-airline-stub