Los Angeles Airways

Los Angeles Airways

Los Angeles Airways

IATA '	ICAO '	Callsign '
Founded
Ceased operations		1971
Hubs		Los Angeles, California
Fleet size
Destinations		Disneyland, Los Angeles area airports
Headquarters		Los Angeles, California
Key people		Clarence Belinn (president)

Los Angeles Airways (LAA) was a helicopter airline that was based in Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles Airways offered services to area airports as well as Disneyland from Los Angeles International Airport. LAA is noted for several firsts, including the first regularly scheduled helicopter mail service on October 1, 1947In addition LAA was the first civil operator of the Sikorsky S-61 introducing them on March 1, 1962 for a purchased price of $650,000 each.

Los Angeles Airways ceased operations in 1971 after being purchased by Golden West Airlines.

Aircraft Operated

On May 22, 1968 Los Angeles Airways Flight 841 crashed in Paramount, California resulting in the loss of 23 lives. The accident aircraft, N303Y, serial number 61060, was a Sikorsky S-61L.
On August 14, 1968 Los Angeles Airways Flight 417 crashed in Compton, California resulting in the loss of 21 lives. The accident aircraft, N300Y, serial number 61031, was the prototype of the Sikorsky S-61L.

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Published in July 2009.