Your Pass Bureau is your key to discounts with other airlines. They negotiate the deals, issue the tickets and process the refunds. Each month we will take a closer look at one airline and talk to their pass bureau to get insight on how you can enjoy what that airline has to offer you. This month we talk to Junko Satake with Era Alaska!
Era Alaska is based in Anchorage and operates a network of services from Anchorage to various towns and cities all around Alaska. If you are looking to experience Alaska, Era Alaska has your ticket!
Era Aviation (Era Alaska Group) is based in Anchorage, Alaska U.S.A and operates scheduled domestic flights. Era Aviation (Era Alaska) currently flies over more than 100 communities statewide. Their team of professionals on the ground and in the air has the history and experience to offer the highest level of customer satisfaction today — and for the future.
After a series of owners, Era Aviation joined with the combined Hageland Aviation and Frontier Flying Service in 2009 under the Era Alaska family umbrella. The newest partnership formed the largest air group in the state of Alaska by serving more cities and passengers with the largest airplane fleet in Alaska. Era’s scheduled regional passenger and cargo flights offer comfort, convenience and impeccable service primarily using a combination of the latest aircrafts on the market. We had the privilege to sit and chat with one of the Era’s aviation staffers:
NonRev Traveler – How many employees do you have?
Junko – About 900
NonRev Traveler – What would be the two favorite cities you fly to that most interliners would not know about and why are they your favorite?
Junko – Valdez: Called small Switzerland – beautiful flight from Anchorage about 40 minutes (Cited for your viewing pleasure- www.ci.valdez.ak.us)
NonRev Traveler – What tips do you have for other airline employees about nonreving on Era? Is there a good time of year or bad time of year to try and nonrev on Era?
Junko – Summer (June, July, August) – High season for travel but we have seats for non-rev.
NonRev Traveler – If an interliner were looking for a unique or interesting vacation and flew on Era, where should they go, when and what should they do?
Junko – Fairbanks in fall and winter to see the Northern Lights – September/January/February/March.
Kenai/Homer/Cordova/Kodiak – Fishing / June ~ September.
NonRev Traveler – Any other tips or comments for other nonrev employees about Era Aviation? (remember our readership will be airline employees, parents and retirees from around the world!)
Junko – Taking Era flights – you will enjoy beautiful Alaska. 
For decades, Era Alaska and its family of partners have been connecting some of the Last Frontier’s most famous destinations, including Anchorage, Fairbanks, Bethel, Cordova, Homer, Valdez, Kenai, Kodiak, Nome and beyond. Whether it’s Era Aviation, Hageland Aviation or Frontier Flying Service — combined, our companies have been flying here for about as long as Alaska’s been a state. Offering scheduled passenger and cargo service to more than 100 communities statewide, Era Alaska’s team of professionals on the ground and in the air has the history and experience to offer the highest level of customer satisfaction today — and for the future.
One final note, remember to bring warm clothes – even summer. Early summer (The end of May through July) – you also need to bring or purchase mosquitoes repellent.
there you have it! If you’re making the decision to travel Alaska theres no better choice than Era flights.