Cascade Airways
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Cascade Airways (ICAO Code:CCD, Callsign:Cascade) was an airline which flew primarily regional air routes out of Seattle, Washington, USA. It was founded in 1969, but later shut down in 1986.
[edit] Operations
Cascade Airways served the American Northwest, primarily Seattle, Spokane, Salt Lake City, Pullman, Boise and Yakima.
The headquarters for the company were in Spokane, WA. Other points served by Cascade included Wenatchee, WA, Moses Lake, WA, Walla Walla, WA (the main maintenance base),Lewiston, ID, Idaho Falls, ID, Pocatello,ID, Kalispell, Missoula, Helena, and Butte in Montana, and Calgary, Alberta in Canada. Also to Portland, Eugene, Medford,OR; Reno,NV; Twin Falls,ID; Salt Lake City,UT; Pasco, Olympia,Richland,WA; When Horizon Air began operating in 1983, Cascade was competing against an unstoppable airline that aquirred Air Oregan, and Transwestern Airlines. The airline was forced to get help from Horizon but subsequently bought afterwards when Cascade was beyond rescue.
[edit] Fleet
The aircraft flown were: Beech (Raytheon)BE-99, BE-1900, Swearingen Fairchild SA-226 & 227, Embraer EMB 110, Hawker SiddleyHS-748, British Aerospace Corp BAC-111 200/400.
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