title: Rediske Air
text: # Rediske Air
  
  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. 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
  
  ## 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.
  