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Cascade Airways was an airline which flew primarily regional air routes out of Seattle, Washington, USA. 

The headquarters for the company was in Spokane, WA. Cascade Airways served the American Northwest, primarily Seattle, Spokane, Salt Lake City, Pullman, Boise and Yakima.
Other points served by Cascade included Wenatchee, WA, Moses Lake, WA, Walla Walla, WA (the main maintenance base), Lewiston, ID, Idaho Falls, ID, Pocatello, ID, Kalispell, Missoula, Helena, and Butte in Montana, and Calgary, Alberta in Canada. Also served were Portland, Eugene, Medford, OR; Reno, NV; Twin Falls, ID; Salt Lake City, UT; Pasco, Olympia, Richland, WA.

When Horizon Air began operating in 1981, Cascade was competing against a better financed airline that eventually acquired Air Oregon and Transwestern Airlines. The airline was forced to get help from Horizon but subsequently Horizon backed out of the deal and Cascade was forced to cease operations.

Cascade introduced British Aircraft Corp. BAC One-Eleven twinjet aircraft into its fleet in the fall of 1984. The BAC One-Eleven was the first and only jetliner ever operated by Cascade.Cascade was also operating Hawker Siddeley HS 748, Beechcraft 1900C and Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner III turboprop aircraft at this same time.