Egli Air Haul Inc

Egli Air Haul began its operation in Utah in 1979, flying a DeHavilland Beaver bushplane. The business performed specialized cargo hauling to off-airport landing sites throughout the Western United States Region. It served the oil & gas, and remote-site construction industries, as well as fishing/river-running lodges in the Idaho Backcountry area out of Salmon, Idaho.

Egli Air came to Bristol Bay, Alaska in 1982 to haul fish for the commercial fishing industry. Fish-haul never proved to be that great for the company. So following the commercial fishing season Egli Air began hauling groceries, developing it into a steady operation.

In 1990 Egli began operating a Cessna 206 airplane instead of the larger, slower, and more expensive Beaver. This smaller, faster plane proved to be up to the cargo task, and at the same time was more marketable for passenger work. As the business grew, Egli Air Haul's flight line expanded to 5 airplanes, performing a variety of tasks. These jobs have included air taxi, aerial survey, air tours, sport fishing, big game hunting, search and rescue, aerial photography, and even the US mail. They have flown everything from school kids, technicians of various trades, and government officials, to chickens, ducks, dogs, and multi-national corporate VIP's. Sam, the founder of the company says, "We've even hauled Eskimo Pies to Eskimos!"

In 1997, Egli Air Haul added their first helicopter to the fleet; a Bell 206B Jet Ranger III. Sam tells that "Back in '79 I wanted to start out with a Jet Ranger, but we couldn't afford one. So we had to just start out with what we could do, and work our way up to it. It took us 18 years, but we finally accomplished it."

This addition to Egli's capabilities has really expanded the options they can offer the client. In addition to all the "fixed-wing" (airplane) missions they fly, they are performing the same missions better by "rotary-wing" (helicopter), plus heli-fishing, heli-skiing, movie filming, sling-loads, and aerial game management, to name a few.

Egli Air Haul is the only commercial helicopter service in Bristol Bay meeting the growing ecotourisim trend, whether it is remote sport fishing, remote backpacking, or viewing the area. Let Egli Air Haul take you were no one else can. They may even take you where no one else has ever been!