Griffing Flying Service

Griffing Flying Service, Inc.
Commenced operations	1937
Hubs	Erie-Ottawa International Airport
Headquarters	Port Clinton, Ohio
Website	www.flygriffing.com

Griffing Flying Service, Inc. is a privately owned aviation company based in Port Clinton, Ohio . It operates on-demand passenger flights to islands in Lake Erie , as well as air charter services to the U.S. , Canada , and The Bahamas . The company also provides flight training , aerial tours and aircraft maintenance .

Griffing Flying Service is a family-operated business. Founded in 1937 by Harry Thomas Griffing, a former truck driver, ^[1] by 2016 it was headed by Harry Thomas Griffing Jr., with Harry Thomas Griffing III as its chief pilot. The latter is the third generation of pilots in the family. ^[2]

After seven years of negotiations, Griffing took over a rival, Island Airlines, in 1992. The deal included the rights to delivery agreements with the United States Postal Service and United Parcel Service . ^[3] It had 18 employees and a fleet of eight aircraft in 2012. It then operated the 133-acre (54 ha) Griffing Sandusky Airport in Sandusky, Ohio but was preparing gradually to move its base to Erie?Ottawa International Airport in Ottawa County , where it had in any case operated during the winter since 2008. ^[4] The move was completed by 2013. ^[2]

In 2016, the company was named Business of the Year by the Ottawa County Improvement Corporation . ^[2]

Fleet [ edit ]

Griffing Flying Service flies a fleet of small propeller -driven airplanes, including: ^[5]

**Griffing Flying Service fleet**
Aircraft	Total	Passengers
King Air B200	1	8
Britten-Norman Islander	1	8
Piper Saratoga	2	5
Piper Archer II	2	3
Piper Cherokee 140	1	3

References [ edit ]

^ "Griffing Flying Service" (PDF) . Erie-Ottawa International Airport Newsletter . March 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c Denton, Jessica (March 10, 2016). "Griffing Flying Service takes OCIC's "Business of Year" " . Port Clinton News Herald . Retrieved July 23, 2016 .
^ Lis, John (September 24, 1992). "Sandusky firm buys Erie Islands air link" . Toledo Blade . Retrieved July 23, 2016 .
^ Payerchin, Richard (June 29, 2012). "Griffing moves flying business to Ottawa County" . The Morning Journal News . Retrieved July 23, 2016 .
^ "Aircraft Fleet" . Griffing Flying Service . Griffing Flying Service . Retrieved May 31, 2017 .

External links [ edit ]

Official website

[1] "Griffing Flying Service" (PDF) . Erie-Ottawa International Airport Newsletter . March 2015.

[:20160310-2] Denton, Jessica (March 10, 2016). "Griffing Flying Service takes OCIC's "Business of Year" " . Port Clinton News Herald . Retrieved July 23, 2016 .

[3] Lis, John (September 24, 1992). "Sandusky firm buys Erie Islands air link" . Toledo Blade . Retrieved July 23, 2016 .

[4] Payerchin, Richard (June 29, 2012). "Griffing moves flying business to Ottawa County" . The Morning Journal News . Retrieved July 23, 2016 .

[5] "Aircraft Fleet" . Griffing Flying Service . Griffing Flying Service . Retrieved May 31, 2017 .

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]