Rediske Air Explained

Airline:	Rediske Air
Fleet Size:	6
Founded:	1991
Commenced:	1991
Ceased:	2017
Headquarters:	Soldotna, Alaska
Key People:	Charlie Rediske (Founder) Walter Rediske (died 2013) Lyla Rediske
Hubs:	Soldotna Airport
Website:	rediskeair.com

Rediske Air was a small air taxi charter airline operating out of Alaska.

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

• 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

External links

• Official website from Archive.org

Notes and References

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