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Golden Gate Airlines
United States regional airline
Golden Gate Airlines was a United States regional airline founded in 1980 in Monterey, California after the merger of Gem State Airlines and Air Pacific (USA) in 1979. It merged again in 1981, this time with Swift Aire Lines, but discontinued service shortly thereafter and then went out of business.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersMonterey1
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Golden Gate Airlines was a United States regional airline founded in 1980 in Monterey, California after the merger of Gem State Airlines and Air Pacific (USA) in 1979. It merged again in 1981, this time with Swift Aire Lines, but discontinued service shortly thereafter and then went out of business.2
Products and brands
Following the merger of Golden Gate Airlines and Swift Aire, the following turboprop aircraft types were being operated by the combined air carriers:
de Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash 7
Convair 580
Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner
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Aérospatiale N 262 (Nord 262) (via merger with Swift Aire Lines)
Fokker F27 Friendship (via merger with Swift Aire Lines)
From Wikipedia’s article on Golden Gate Airlines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
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- WikipediaGolden Gate Airlines
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- WikidataQ5579424
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- 1WikidataGolden Gate Airlines on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaGolden Gate Airlines on Wikipedia
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- 4Wikimedia CommonsGolden Gate Airlines photo by Bill Larkins, CC BY-SA 2.0