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ExpressJet


with United Airlines to fly as a United Express carrier beginning in June 2009. The contract was for approximately 10 aircraft that operated out of United's O'Hare and Washington (Dulles) hub. The aircraft were flown in ExpressJet livery. The contract ended on September 2, 2009. In late 2010 ExpressJet signed a multiple year contract with United Airlines for 22 ERJ-145 aircraft. The aircraft were flown, for the first time, in full United Express colors. Additionally, 10 more ERJ-145s; in ExpressJet colors, operated for United during
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ExpressJet


since its divestiture from Continental Airlines, Inc. in 2002, it continued to operate as Continental Express for Continental Airlines from hubs at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston, Newark Liberty International Airport, Newark, New Jersey, and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Cleveland, Ohio. Its training center is on the grounds of George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. In August 2010, SkyWest Inc. agreed to merge with ExpressJet Holdings, whereby SkyWest Inc.'s wholly owned subsidiary, Atlantic Southeast Airlines, would purchase ExpressJet for $6.75 per share.
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ExpressJet


in the furlough of 347 pilots. In September 2007, the airline agreed to provide feeder service for Frontier Airlines from Denver International Airport while federal certification for Frontier's Lynx Aviation turboprop subsidiary was underway. ExpressJet flew to 5 cities from Frontier's Denver hub using 50-seat ERJ 145 regional jets until Frontier's subsidiary, Lynx Aviation, received DOT approval in December 2007. As of December 7, ExpressJet discontinued providing feeder service for Frontier Airlines. On August 21, 2009, an incident occurred where passengers were forced to stay on a
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Continental Express


Continental Express was the operating brand name used by a number of independently owned regional airlines providing commuter airliner and regional jet feeder service under agreement with Continental Airlines. In 2012 at the time of the merger between Continental and United Airlines, two carriers were operating using the Continental Express brand name: Continental Express, operated by ExpressJet and Chautauqua, offered service to approximately 150 destinations in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean, from Continental's hubs in Houston, Newark and Cleveland. ExpressJet operates as a Continental Express and
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George Bush Intercontinental Airport


In 2017, the airport served 40,696,189 passengers, making it the 48th busiest airport in the world, and the 15th busiest airport in the United States. IAH covers 10,000 acres (40.5 km.) of land and has five runways. Houston Intercontinental is the second largest passenger hub for United Airlines. The airport also serves as a focus city for Spirit Airlines. Under operations as United Express, ExpressJet, Mesa Airlines, Republic Airline, and SkyWest Airlines operate hub operations from IAH. It served as a hub for Houston-
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Atlantic Southeast Airlines


Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) was an American airline based in the A-Tech Center in College Park, Georgia, flying to 144 destinations as a Delta Connection carrier and, as of February 2010, commenced service as a United Express carrier. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of SkyWest, Inc. ASA operated nearly 900 flights each day. Its main hub was at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL). ASA changed its name to ExpressJet in 2011. In November 2011, ASA and ExpressJet received a single operating
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Sacramento International Airport


(WiFi). As the nation's economy was taking a hit in 2008, commercial aviation was challenged by reduced passenger numbers and increasing fuel and other costs. The airport was a focus city for ExpressJet Airlines which independently operated Embraer ERJ-145s on point-to-point, "hub bypass" routes. In 2008, ExpressJet ended all independent flying and refocused its business on codeshares for major airlines. Also in 2008, Aloha Airlines ceased operations and Mexicana discontinued operations as well. Air Canada flew to this airport in 2007–2008 to
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ExpressJet


transaction between Atlantic Southeast Airlines (a subsidiary of SkyWest, Inc.) and ExpressJet was closed. Thus as a legal entity the original (legacy) ExpressJet airlines effectively ceased to exist. Atlantic Southeast Airlines continued to operate ExpressJet during that time under the terms of their then current operating certificate with the FAA as "ExpressJet Airlines" while a new name for the recently merged companies was being considered. In October 2011, the employees of ExpressJet and Atlantic Southeast Airlines voted to keep the name ExpressJet as the combined airlines new name,
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US Airways


to antitrust and FAA regulations that required the airport operator to extend the same financial terms to all carriers if it accepted US Airways' demands. US Airways threatened to move traffic to rival hubs in Philadelphia and Charlotte, and the airline made good on its threat in November 2004, reducing its flights at Pittsburgh International Airport from primary-hub to secondary-hub status. This action also resulted in the closing of the commuter terminal, also known as concourse E. The airline, led by former ExpressJet Airlines CEO David N. Siegel,
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McAllen Miller International Airport


Raleigh/Durham. American and regional affiliate American Eagle continue to serve the airport. Trans World Airlines (TWA) also served McAllen. In 2001 TWA McDonnell Douglas MD-80s flew nonstop to Austin and one-stop to its St. Louis hub. By the end of 2001 Trans World Airlines had merged into American Airlines. Delta Connection (Atlantic Southeast Airlines) (ASA, now ExpressJet) flew to Delta's Atlanta hub. In 2007 Delta Connection had two nonstops a day to ATL with Canadair CRJ-200s for Delta Air Lines in a
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SkyWest, Inc.


helped Delta improve its liquidity; the deal closed on September 8, 2005. SkyWest Airlines and ASA have maintained separate hub feeder operations at their respective hubs. The FAA classifies SkyWest, Inc. as a major airline carrier with operating revenues of U$D 3.5 billion. On August 4, 2010, the parent company, SkyWest, Inc., announced that its subsidiary ASA would acquire ExpressJet Airlines, whose feeder network is built up in the East Coast, the South and Midwest The merger closed on November 12, 2010, and ASA and
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ExpressJet


Atlantic Southeast Airlines and ExpressJet became the world's largest regional airline on November 12, 2010, once the purchase was final. On November 22, 2011, both ExpressJet and Atlantic Southeast Airlines achieved a single operating certificate that allowed them to operate as one carrier, using Atlantic Southeast's former call sign "Acey". Effective December 31, 2011, all flights began operating under the name ExpressJet. ExpressJet currently operates as United Express. The airline was established in 1986 and started operations in 1987. Its origins were in a
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ExpressJet


group of small commuter airlines acquired by Texas Air Corporation / Continental Airlines. These included Bar Harbor Airlines in Maine, Provincetown-Boston Airlines in New England, Rocky Mountain Airways in Denver, Colorado, and Britt Airways in Terre Haute, Indiana. ExpressJet operates under the original Federal Aviation Administration Part 121 certificate issued to Britt, which began operations as Continental Express in April 1987 and was later acquired by Continental Airlines. ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. incorporated in 1996. ExpressJet was spun off from Continental in 2002. Afterwards the company began
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Regional airline


slightly different category ExpressJet Airlines another regional carrier, but one which is independently owned and managed, although its 205 aircraft fleet operates in the marketing brand of Continental Airlines, Inc., Continental Express. In these roles, all of the preceding airlines are operated primarily to bring passengers to the major hubs, where they will connect for longer distance flights on the national airlines also known as flagship carriers's, larger aircraft. The smallest regional carriers have become known as feeder airlines. The separate corporate structure allows the company to operate under
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ExpressJet


ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. is an American airline based in College Park, Georgia. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of SkyWest, Inc., parent company of the air carrier SkyWest Airlines until December 18, 2018, when it was sold to ManaAir, LLC for $70 million and the assumption of all debts. Before the acquisition by SkyWest it was an independent airline, and previously, a subsidiary of Continental Airlines. ExpressJet Airlines, Inc., originally Continental Express, Inc., was a Delaware corporation. Although an autonomous business entity
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ExpressJet


. ExpressJet currently has crew bases in Chicago-O'Hare, Cleveland, Houston-Intercontinental, Knoxville, and Newark. There are maintenance bases in Baton Rouge, Chicago-O'Hare, Cleveland, Houston-Intercontinental, Knoxville, Newark, and Richmond. ExpressJet, as an independent carrier, flew to 20 destinations throughout the United States until the airline suspended independent flying on September 2, 2008. As of July 2019, the ExpressJet fleet consists of the following aircraft: Prior to the merger with Atlantic Southeast Airlines, ExpressJet solely operated
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Durango, Colorado


Airport (IATA code: DRO) is serviced year-round by regional carriers SkyWest Airlines (United Express), Republic Airways (United Express), Expressjet Airlines (United Express), SkyWest Airlines (US Airways Express), and American Eagle (Envoy Air). As of 2014, regional connecting hubs to DRO include Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), and Denver International Airport (DEN). Durango Transit provides several loop bus routes that serve the community
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ExpressJet


the Embraer ERJ-135/145 aircraft in its fleet. As part of the agreement to begin service as an American Eagle affiliate, ExpressJet transferred 11 Bombardier CRJ200ER aircraft from Delta Connection and United Express to American Eagle at the end of the first quarter of 2013. ExpressJet has its headquarters in College Park, Georgia, in Greater Atlanta, in the A-Tech Center, a hangar at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. That facility previously housed the headquarters of Atlantic Southeast Airlines before Skywest acquired and merged ExpressJet with Atlantic Southeast Airlines. ExpressJet
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Fayetteville Regional Airport


Regional Airport is served by Delta Air Lines and Delta Connection carrier ExpressJet, American Eagle carriers Piedmont Airlines and PSA Airlines, American Eagle offers direct flights to Charlotte/Douglas International Airport. Delta and Delta Connection offer direct service to Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Fayetteville is served by member airlines of Star Alliance, Oneworld, and SkyTeam, the three major global airline alliances, providing access to thousands of destinations worldwide via major hub airports. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 202,597 passenger boardings (enplanements)
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ExpressJet


parked plane at Rochester, Minnesota for six hours with no food and overflowing toilets. The airline crew tried over thirty times to call the contract carrier, Delta Connection, (which services the Rochester airport) to let the passengers off. The agents for the regional Mesaba Airlines refused. The Department of Transportation cited the main cause of the incident as the Mesaba Airlines station's refusal to park the aircraft. However, Continental Airlines and ExpressJet were also fined for the part they played in the incident. ExpressJet began a temporary contract
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Continental Express


United Express carrier, while Chautauqua also operated flights as Delta Connection, US Airways Express, Frontier Airlines, Midwest Connect, Trans World Express, America West Express, and American Connection. Continental Express operated more flights to Mexico more than any other airline from its hub George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Following the merger of Continental with United, the "Continental Express" brand was discontinued and such flight services were renamed as United Express. Continental Express/ExpressJet was at one time a wholly owned subsidiary of Continental Airlines, Inc. In this
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American Eagle (airline brand)


took effect on April 15, 2014. Compass Airlines, a subsidiary of Trans States Holdings, began American Eagle operations on March 27, 2015, as part of a deal to operate 20 new Embraer E-175 aircraft on behalf of American. These aircraft are based at American's Los Angeles hub. Air Wisconsin had announced it would exclusively fly as United Express which commenced in March 2018, ending their involvement in operating flights under the American Eagle brand. In May 2018, American Airlines announced the termination of its partnerships with ExpressJet and
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Jack Brooks Regional Airport


to Atlanta and Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias to Dallas/Ft. Worth, which ended when Delta closed their DFW hub in early 2005. ExpressJet operating as Continental Express flew Embraer ERJ-145s to Houston (IAH). American Eagle also served the airport with Convair 580s followed by Saab 340s nonstop to Dallas/Ft. Worth (DFW) for American Airlines. USAir Express Beechcraft 1900Cs flew nonstop to New Orleans for USAir. Commuter airlines at Beaumont/Port Arthur included Metro Airlines with de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters and Short 330s nonstop to
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Mesaba Airlines


one of three airlines, including Continental Airlines and ExpressJet, fined by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for delaying passengers from deplaning for over six hours overnight in Rochester, MN on August 8, 2009. Mesaba's civil penalty was US$75,000, 50% more than the fine for Continental and ExpressJet. It was the first fine ever from the DOT for misconduct related to passengers' being held in planes on the tarmac for an extended time. When the ExpressJet flight was diverted to Rochester due to bad weather in
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Ontario International Airport


It is the third major airport in the area after Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and John Wayne Airport (SNA). It is the West Coast air and truck hub for UPS Airlines and is a major distribution point for FedEx Express. Ontario International Airport was a hub for ExpressJet, which began service to 14 destinations in April 2007. This service ended on September 2, 2008. ONT currently has more than 64 daily departures and arrivals. Thanks to Ontario's long runways (runway 8L/26R is longer than three of
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ExpressJet


point services under its own name from locations throughout the U.S. The airline had a total of 42 aircraft in their branded operation. According to ExpressJet CEO James Ream, LA/Ontario International Airport in Ontario, California (alternate airport to nearby Los Angeles International Airport) would become the airline's "biggest center of operation". In March 2007, ExpressJet operated four of its Embraer 145 jets on JetBlue routes while JetBlue's Embraer 190 jets were being serviced. In June 2007, the airline began service at Los Angeles International Airport
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ExpressJet


while Atlantic Southeast's "Acey" callsign would remain. In October 2013, ExpressJet opened a new crew domicile in Kansas City, Missouri, at Kansas City International Airport. ExpressJet also opened a crew domicile in Denver, at Denver International Airport. In August 2017, Delta Air Lines terminated the contract with ExpressJet which took effect in late 2018, transferred their CRJ900 financed aircraft to Endeavor Air. American Airlines terminated their contract with ExpressJet in May 2018. As a result, ExpressJet ceased to operate American Eagle flights as of 2019
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Atlantic Southeast Airlines


share. Day one of the combined airlines was Friday, November 12, 2010. The combined airline will be based in Atlanta. ExpressJet currently operates as Continental Express and United Express. The airline expected to be operating under one certificate 4th quarter of 2011. On July 13, 2011, Atlantic Southeast announced that it would change its name to "SureJet" after completion of its merger with ExpressJet. However, the reaction of employee groups at both airlines was so negative that the new name was put on hold less than 24
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ExpressJet


its own point-to-point service with its main hub at LA/Ontario International Airport in Ontario, California. This service ended on September 2, 2008. In April 2008, SkyWest, Inc. proposed an acquisition of ExpressJet at a price of $3.50/share. ExpressJet Holdings Inc. said its special committee unanimously rejected the proposal. SkyWest rescinded the offer in early June after ExpressJet Holdings and Continental signed a new 7-year Capacity Purchase Agreement. This proposal was ultimately not successful. On November 12, 2010, the financial
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SkyWest, Inc.


by SkyWest, Inc.'s wholly owned subsidiary, SkyWest Airlines, under a 12-year capacity purchase agreement with United Airlines in a 76-seat, dual class configuration. On December 18, 2018, SkyWest, Inc. announced that it would sell ExpressJet Airlines to ManaAir, LLC, another airline holding company with ties to United Airlines, ExpressJet's sole client. The 70 million dollar deal closed on January 23, 2019. On Nov 20, 2002, SkyWest, Inc. announced it had adjusted its reports as its independent auditors, KPMG LLP (
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ExpressJet


. Following a December 2005 decision by Continental to reduce ExpressJet's Continental Express flying by 69 aircraft, the airline elected to operate the aircraft independently. On December 31, 2006, the airline began its charter operation. It currently operates 6 aircraft for charter services under the Corporate Aviation Division. On February 5, 2007, the airline announced service to 24 cities in the west coast, southwest, and midwest regions of the United States beginning in April 2007. On April 2, 2007, the airline began point-to-
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Columbia Regional Airport


Lines. Delta Connection switched service from Mesaba Airlines to Pinnacle Airlines CRJ-200s in 2010. In June 2012 ExpressJet Airlines replaced Pinnacle Airlines as the Delta Connection carrier at Columbia and service to Atlanta began; in October 2012 service to Memphis was dropped. ExpressJet CRJ-200s flew to Atlanta and Memphis. Delta pulled out of Columbia Regional Airport on February 13, 2013. In August 2012 Frontier Airlines announced plans for twice weekly flights from Columbia to Orlando. In November 2012, Frontier started twice weekly flights to Orlando using Airbus A319 aircraft. Frontier
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McAllen Miller International Airport


Connection partner ExpressJet Airlines, at the end of 2007; however, Allegiant Air currently flies a seasonal nonstop McAllen to LAX with several flights a week. In December 2007 it was announced that Delta Connection would pull out of McAllen on January 6, 2008, ending its two flights a day from MFE to Atlanta, operated by Delta Connection partner Atlantic Southeast Airlines (now ExpressJet). In March 2009 Delta, through its wholly owned subsidiary Northwest Airlines, began flying MFE to Memphis on Northwest Airlink partner Pinnacle Airlines. Northwest Airlines
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Continental Express


Chautauqua was forced to add a new fleet type. In July 2006, Continental Airlines announced a new contract, in which Chautauqua Airlines would provide and operate regional jets as a Continental Express carrier. As of 2009, Continental Express consisted of 214 aircraft operated by ExpressJet Airlines, and 20 aircraft operated by Chautauqua Airlines. All Express flights were then operated with regional jet aircraft; however Continental Connection flights were operated with prop aircraft configured with as few as nine seats. By 2008 however, ExpressJet then decided to end all of its
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Embraer ERJ family


was in December 1996 to ExpressJet Airlines (then the regional division of Continental Airlines flying as Continental Express). ExpressJet is the largest operator of the ERJ145, with 270 of the nearly-1,000 ERJ145s in service. The second largest operator is Envoy Air, with 206 ERJ145 aircraft. Trans States operates 47 ERJ145s through alliances with United Express and Envoy Air. Piedmont Airlines also operates 40 ERJ145s through an alliance with American Airlines. The ERJ140 was introduced in September 1999, first flew on June 27, 2000 and entered commercial service in July
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Lafayette Regional Airport


passenger flights at the airport are now flown with Canadair CRJ200, CRJ700 and CRJ900 regional jets operated by ExpressJet as Delta Connection to Atlanta and by CRJ900 and ERJ-145 series regional jets flown by Envoy Air or Mesa Airlines with both carriers operating as American Eagle to Dallas/Ft. Worth on behalf of American Airlines. ExpressJet also operates ERJ-145 aircraft to Houston operating as United Express. Additional United Express service to Houston is operated by Republic Airlines with larger Embraer ERJ-170 regional jets and also by Mesa Airlines with larger Embraer ERJ-175 regional jets.
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SkyWest Airlines


25 aircraft run from March 2018 through the end of 2018. On December 18, 2018, SkyWest, Inc. announced that it would sell ExpressJet Airlines to another airline holding company with ties to United Airlines, ExpressJet's sole client. The $70 million sale closed on January 23, 2019. SkyWest flies to 251 destinations throughout North America including Denver International Airport, Salt Lake City International Airport, San Francisco International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and Portland International Airport.
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Santa Fe Regional Airport


DFW); This service was supplemented with ExpressJet Airlines operating as American Eagle with 50-seat Canadair CRJ-200 regional jets. SkyWest Airlines, operating as American Eagle, replaced American Eagle Airlines service to Los Angeles on November 15, 2012 with Canadair CRJ-200 regional jets. All service to Los Angeles ended on September 8, 2015 at which time all American Eagle service to DFW began operating by ExpressJet. On December 15, 2016 American Eagle operated by SkyWest Airlines began service from Santa Fe to Phoenix using a larger, 70-seat, Canadair CRJ-700 regional
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Roswell International Air Center


service with major airlines to provide nonstop regional jet flights to a major hub. American Eagle, the feeder carrier for American Airlines responded and began service on Sep. 5, 2007 with two daily flights to Dallas/Ft. Worth on 50-seat Embraer 145s. The service did so well that a third flight was added only seven months later. Mesa Airlines then ended all of their Roswell service on the last day of 2007 which left no flights to Albuquerque. At the request of Roswell city officials, American Eagle began a westbound flight
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Fort Smith Regional Airport


began serving the airport during the mid 1950s with Douglas DC-3 flights to Dallas and Fort Worth via Paris, TX; to Tulsa and Oklahoma City via Muskogee, OK; to Kansas City via Fayetteville, AR and Joplin, MO; and to Little Rock via Hot Springs, AR. Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA, now ExpressJet) flew Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia turboprop service nonstop to Dallas/Ft. Worth from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. This service ended when Delta closed its hub operation at Dallas
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Continental Express


, ME, Britt Airways, of Terre Haute, IN, and Rocky Mountain Airways, of Denver, CO. As part of the consolidation of the four commuter operations, the PBA and Rocky Mountain operating certificates were retired. The Bar Harbor certificate went to Eastern Airlines for its Florida Eastern Express division. The combined company that became Continental Express/ExpressJet operated under the Britt Airways operating certificate until November 2011, at which time all ExpressJet operations became part of the Atlantic Southeast Airlines certificate. Continental Express also served Continental's Denver
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Continental Express


Proud Express" Douglas DC-9-10 jet shuttle service on a short, crosstown route between Houston Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and Houston Hobby Airport (HOU) in the mid 1980s. ExpressJet Holdings announced on December 28, 2005 that it received notice from Continental Airlines of its intention to reduce by 69 the number of aircraft ExpressJet will operate for Continental under the companies' capacity purchase agreement. Per the agreement, ExpressJet could return the aircraft to Continental, or lease them from Continental at a higher rate and operate as a regional
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ExpressJet


previously had its headquarters in the North Belt Office Center IV, a building in the Greens Crossing office park, a mixed-use office park; the office park is in the Greenspoint area of Houston. ExpressJet was one of three tenants that leased space in the two-building, North Belt Office Center complex, which includes buildings III and IV. FORT Properties manages both buildings. ExpressJet uses the location due to the proximity to George Bush Intercontinental Airport and to Continental Center I, the Continental Airlines headquarters in Downtown Houston.
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Lafayette Regional Airport


ERJ-145 regional jet service (operated by ExpressJet) to IAH. American Eagle has also now introduced larger Canadair CRJ900 regional jets featuring first class and coach seating on its service to Dallas/Fort Worth in addition to its all coach ERJ-145 flights to DFW. United Airlines began daily nonstop service to Denver from the airport effective on August 19, 2014. These flights were operated by United regional affiliate and code sharing partner United Express with Embraer ERJ-145 regional jets. This service marked the first time Lafayette had nonstop flights to the United hub
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Delta Connection


aircraft under the Delta Connection banner beginning in June 2007 on flights from Los Angeles International Airport. It was later announced that ExpressJet would operate an additional eight aircraft as Delta Connection. On July 3, 2008, Delta and ExpressJet announced that they had terminated their agreement and that ExpressJet operations as Delta Connection would end by September 1, 2008. On April 30, 2007, it was announced that Pinnacle Airlines would operate 16 Bombardier CRJ-900 under the Delta Connection banner starting in December 2007. The merger of Delta Air Lines and Northwest
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Bombardier CRJ700 series


a $155,000 monthly lease, and it will be $12.0M in 2021 for a $145,000 monthly lease while its D Check costs $800,000 and its engine overhaul costs $0.9 to 2.4M. As of July 2018, 290 CRJ700 aircraft (all variants), 425 CRJ900 aircraft (all variants) and 62 CRJ1000 aircraft were in airline service with SkyWest Airlines (123), Endeavor Air (112), PSA Airlines (95), Mesa Airlines (84), GoJet Airlines (54), ExpressJet Airlines (39
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Metron Aviation


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Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport


) for their partners American Airlines and United Airlines to Brownsville. Previous airliners at the airport include ERJ 135s, ERJ 140s and ATR-42s (flown by Chautauqua Airlines, Envoy Airlines, ExpressJet Airlines) and Boeing 737-200s, 737-300s and 737-500s (on Continental Airlines). Pan American Airways, Inc. (no relation to the original Pan Am) was in the 1931 Pan American Airways Building at the Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport. The company renovated the 1931 Pan American Airways Building with the intent of
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Star Alliance


flights are operated by Air Georgian, EVAS Air, Jazz Aviation, Sky Regional Airlines. Lufthansa Regional flights are operated by Air Dolomiti and Lufthansa CityLine. United Express flights are operated by Air Wisconsin, CommutAir, ExpressJet, GoJet Airlines, Mesa Airlines, Republic Airline, SkyWest Airlines and Trans States Airlines. South African low-cost airline Mango will join the alliance as a "Connecting Partner" but until now the new date is still unannounced. Thai Smile is a subsidiary of Thai Airways and will become a Star Alliance "
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SkyWest, Inc.


ExpressJet integrated their operations, and was granted a single operating certificate on December 31, 2011. The combined airline rebranded as ExpressJet. On July 11, 2012, SkyWest, Inc. signed an agreement with Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation to purchase 100 Mitsubishi Regional Jets with an option for up to 100 more. On May 21, 2013, SkyWest, Inc. came to an agreement with Embraer to purchase 100 E-175 Regional Jets, with an option for up to 100 more. Deliveries began in April 2014. The first 40 aircraft will be flown
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Atlantic Southeast Airlines


controls, and Flight Attendants Diana Galloway and Robin Rogers taking care of the passengers' needs. The return leg, Flight 5106 to Atlanta, had the same crew. On May 21, 2010 Atlantic Southeast unveiled a new brand (top of page on right), moving away from "ASA," and a new vision. In August 2010, SkyWest announced that it had entered into a definitive merger agreement with ExpressJet Holdings, whereby Atlantic Southeast, as SkyWest's wholly owned subsidiary, will purchase ExpressJet for $6.75 per
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ATP Flight School


aircraft distributed among 40 locations, consisting of the following: ATP Flight School has hiring relationships with 21 U.S. based regional airlines, including ExpressJet, SkyWest Airlines, Mesa Airlines, and PSA Airlines. These relationships and alliances are based on letters of understanding, or letters of agreement. While these letters vary between air carriers, in general they bestow either reduced hiring minimums for graduates of ATP or airline tuition reimbursement. In 2018, ATP and Envoy Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines Group, established a partnership through the
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Empire Airlines Flight 8284


aircraft served for three previous airlines: Bar Harbor Airlines, Continental Express and ExpressJet Airlines. The captain in command was a 52-year-old male with a total of 13,935 flight hours, with 12,742 hours as pilot-in-command (PIC). He had 2,052 hours on the ATR 42, 1,896 as PIC. The first officer was a 26-year-old female with 2,109 hours, according to the records of Empire Airlines. She had 130 hours operating the ATR 42 as second-in-command. The aircraft approached
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Delta Connection


operations ended in late 2018. The remaining dual-class aircraft financed by Delta would be transferred to Endeavor while ExpressJet would redistribute their financed aircraft to other flying partners. Delta cited ExpressJet's lacking operational performance and focus on trimming their 50-seat fleet as the main reason for terminating the contract early. br Delta Connection Academy is an airline flight school, formerly wholly owned by Delta Air Lines, Inc. until its sale in 2009. The academy is located in Sanford, Florida on the grounds of the Orlando Sanford International Airport. The
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Continental Connection


Continental Connection was a brand name under which several commuter airline carriers and their holding companies operated services marketed exclusively by Continental Airlines. As such, all Continental Connection banner carrier services were operated primarily with turboprop aircraft in contrast to Continental Express, whose flights were operated by Continental's regional jet partners, ExpressJet Airlines and Chautauqua Airlines. Continental Connection operations were merged into Continental Express in 2012. According to the Official Airline Guide (OAG), earlier Continental Express flights, such as those operated by Royale Airlines followed by Britt Airways from
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Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport


and Houston. Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, and Frontier Airlines serve Birmingham with mainline narrowbody aircraft. Regional airlines provide a large share of daily air carrier service to Birmingham; the most common aircraft serving the airport is the Bombardier CRJ700 / CRJ900, followed by the Embraer E-175, McDonnell Douglas MD-88, and Boeing 737. In September 2013, Atlanta-based ExpressJet Airlines, the largest regional US passenger airline, told its pilots to avoid landing on Runway 18, following the crash of UPS Airlines Flight 1354 in Birmingham.
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Shreveport Regional Airport


tenants include United Parcel Service, FedEx, Integrated Airline Solutions, USA Jet, and Empire Airlines. The recently renovated terminal now features wireless access and a restaurant between the two security checkpoints. The airport is also an alternate destination for American Airlines flights that cannot land at Dallas-Fort Worth Int'l and United Airlines that cannot land at Houston Intercontinental Airport due to bad weather. In June 2017, regional feeder ExpressJet Airlines closed their Shreveport based Embraer regional jet aircraft maintenance hangar. In 2018, Western Global Airlines created a
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Meadows Field Airport


Imperial Airlines, Golden Gate Airlines, Golden West Airlines, Pacific Coast Airlines, SkyWest (initially operating independently and later as Western Express for Western Airlines and Delta Connection, Sun Aire, StatesWest Airlines and Swift Aire Lines. Continental Express Embraer 145s flew to Houston 2004-2007. Service resumed in 2011 under the United Express brand using the Canadair CRJ-700 but ended in 2016. US Airways Express flew to Las Vegas in 2005-2008. ExpressJet Airlines independently flew Embraer ERJ-145s to Sacramento and San Diego in 2007–2008. Delta Connection Canadair
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Delta Connection


, also owned by Trans States Holdings, began operations from Detroit Wayne County Metropolitan Airport to cities in the Midwest using 15 CRJ-700 aircraft on January 11, 2012. Following a merger between Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) and ExpressJet, Delta Connection flights operated under the latter's name and ceased operations as ASA. All routes remained the same, but the flights began operating as ExpressJet beginning in 2012. On July 25, 2012, Delta announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Comair would cease all operations at midnight on September 28,
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Huntsville International Airport


Atlanta hit a high point in early 1985 when 17 nonstops a day flew HSV to ATL on four airlines, three flying "main line" jets. In the February 15, 1985 Official Airline Guide, Eastern Airlines had Boeing 727-100s and Douglas DC-9-50s, Republic Airlines was flying Douglas DC-9-10s, DC-9-30s and DC-9-50s, United Airlines flew 727-100s and Delta Connection, operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA, which now operates as ExpressJet), had de Havilland Canada DHC-7s and
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Downtown Houston


ExpressJet Airlines had its headquarters in Continental's complex. In September 1997 Continental Airlines announced it would consolidate its Houston headquarters in the Continental Center complex; the airline scheduled to move its employees in stages beginning in July 1998 and ending in January 1999. Bob Lanier, Mayor of Houston, said that he was "tickled to death" by the airline's move to relocate to Downtown Houston. Tim Reylea, the vice president of Cushman Realty, said that the Continental move "is probably the largest corporate relocation in the central business
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SkyWest Airlines


flights out of SFO, LAX and DEN became its largest operation by the late 1990s. A partnership with Continental was revived in 2003 out of George Bush Intercontinental Airport, but was discontinued in June 2005. On August 15, 2005, Delta sold Atlantic Southeast Airlines to the newly incorporated SkyWest, Inc. for $425 million in cash. The acquisition was completed on September 8, 2005. On August 4, 2010, SkyWest, Inc. announced that it planned to acquire ExpressJet Airlines and merge it with SkyWest subsidiary Atlantic Southeast Airlines
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Valley International Airport


were DC-9s with nonstops to Austin and Houston Intercontinental Airport; TI flew direct to Los Angeles (LAX) via Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and Albuquerque. Texas International pulled out of HRL in 1979, but later merged with Continental Airlines which eventually resumed service to Harlingen. Continental merged with United Airlines which continues to serve the airport via United Express with Canadair CRJ-700s operated by SkyWest Airlines and Embraer ERJ 145s flown by ExpressJet Airlines. Mainline jets at the airport included American Airlines Boeing 727-100s and Boeing 727-
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Lafayette Regional Airport


Some American Eagle flights to DFW were being operated by ExpressJet with Canadair CRJ200 regional jets. Colgan Air, operating as United Express, ceased serving Lafayette during the summer of 2012. Colgan had flown Bombardier Q400 high-speed propjets (which is the largest and fastest member of the DHC-8 Dash 8 aircraft family) as well as Saab 340 turboprops operating feeder service for United to Houston. ExpressJet replaced the Colgan service with additional Embraer ERJ-135 and Embraer ERJ-145 regional jet frequencies operating as United Express nonstop to Houston. Vision Airlines briefly served
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Airline hub


airline. However, as an airline expands operations at its primary hub to the point that it experiences capacity limitations, it may elect to open secondary hubs. Examples of such hubs are Turkish Airlines' Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen hub, British Airways' hub at London-Gatwick, Air India's hub at Mumbai and Lufthansa's hub at Munich. By operating multiple hubs, airlines can expand their geographic reach. They can also better serve spoke–spoke markets, providing more itineraries with connections at different hubs. A given hub
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Lynx Aviation


the initial launch date of Lynx Aviation service. In the interim, these routes were flown with existing aircraft flown by Republic Airlines and Horizon Air, and beginning in November 2007 aircraft flown by ExpressJet Airlines. On December 5, 2007, Lynx Aviation received its Airline Operating Certificate from the FAA. Lynx began passenger operations December 7, 2007. On April 11, 2008, Frontier Airlines Holdings announced that it and all of its subsidiaries had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection due to its credit card processor withholding payment from ticket sales
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Middle Georgia Regional Airport


Cochran was utilized for various purposes. Smart Field remained as Macon's municipal airport until 1947. After a tornado swept Smart Field, the airlines moved their operations to Cochran where they remain to this day. The passenger terminal was built in 1959 and extensively renovated in 2003. The former names of this airport were Lewis B. Wilson Municipal Airport and Macon Municipal Airport. Commercial airlines serving the airport included Eastern Airlines and Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines. ASA (now ExpressJet) still operates a maintenance facility at Middle Georgia Regional
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United Express


CRJ200 service with Mesa Airlines in November 2009. On November 16, 2009 it was announced that ExpressJet would begin operating Embraer ERJ 145 beginning in the spring of 2010. Dash 8 and Mesa Airlines CRJ200 service stopped. All Continental Express and Continental Connection service officially merged into United Express in late 2011. On April 1, 2012, Pinnacle Airlines Corp. filed for bankruptcy and announced it would draw down its Colgan Air operation. In May, United reached a deal with Republic Airways Holdings for its subsidiary Republic Airlines to fly the Q400
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American Eagle (airline brand)


and ExpressJet Airlines, both subsidiaries of SkyWest, Inc. began operations for American Eagle. On August 1, 2013, Republic Airlines a subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings, commenced flying operations under the American Eagle branding as part of a 12-year capacity purchase agreement to operate Embraer E-175 aircraft for American Eagle. On September 12, 2012 AMR announced the discontinuation of the AmericanConnection brand, and all operations were going to be integrated into the American Eagle brand. However, Chautauqua Airlines, a subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings and the only operator of
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1600 Smith Street


1600 Smith Street, (previously named Continental Center I and also known as Cullen Center Plaza) is a 51-story, office tower in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. It served as the headquarters of Continental Airlines prior to its merger with United Airlines, and at one point also served as the headquarters of ExpressJet Airlines. It is a part of the Cullen Center complex. The 51 story building has about of rentable Class "A" office space. The design architect was Morris Architects, the general contractor was Linbeck Construction
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Airline hub


Airline hubs or hub airports are used by one or more airlines to concentrate passenger traffic and flight operations at a given airport. They serve as transfer (or stop-over) points to get passengers to their final destination. It is part of the hub-and-spoke system. An airline operates flights from several non-hub (spoke) cities to the hub airport, and passengers traveling between spoke cities need to connect through the hub. This paradigm creates economies of scale that allow an airline to serve (via
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Cleveland Hopkins International Airport


C. The word "TAXI" is written in large yellow letters on each end of the taxiway to discourage approaching aircraft from using it as a runway. Cleveland Hopkins is home to both crew and maintenance bases for United Airlines. It also hosts crew and maintenance bases for ExpressJet, the latter of which services the Embraer ERJ 145 family of jets flown on behalf of United Express. The airport is also home to one of five kitchens operated by airline catering company Chelsea Food Services, a subsidiary of United Airlines. Cleveland Airmall,
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Atlantic Southeast Airlines


certificate from the FAA and in December 2011, all flights were then operated by ExpressJet on behalf of its major airline code sharing partners. On March 12, 1979, the company was incorporated as Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc. with headquarters established in the Atlanta area. June 27 saw the start of operations with one 19-passenger de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter turboprop aircraft between Atlanta and Columbus, Georgia. From 1979 to 1999 the call sign for ASA was "ACEY". In 1999 there was confusion with call sign for the Federal
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Continental Airlines


of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Norway. Continental began service from Newark to Mumbai, India on October 1, 2007 making that city Continental's second Indian destination. Continental was a minority owner of ExpressJet Airlines, which operated under the "Continental Express" trade name but was a separately managed and public company. Chautauqua Airlines also flew under the Continental Express identity, and Cape Air, Colgan Air, CommutAir, and Silver Airways fed Continental's flights under the Continental Connection identity. Continental did not have any ownership interests in
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Delta Connection


in October 2005. Shortly after the announcement, the decision was made for Freedom Airlines to operate the Embraer ERJ 145 for Delta Connection instead of the CRJ. After a legal battle with Mesa Air Group, Delta and Freedom Airlines terminated their contract on September 1, 2010. On December 21, 2006, Delta announced that Big Sky Airlines would become a Delta Connection carrier, using eight Beechcraft 1900 turboprops out of Boston Logan International Airport. On March 1, 2007, it was announced that ExpressJet would operate 10 Embraer ERJ 145XR
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Fred Cromer


Fred Cromer (born c. 1964) is an American businessman and President of Commercial Aircraft at Bombardier Aerospace, a Canadian aircraft manufacturer. He was 51 years old in 2017. He received a Bachelors of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Michigan in 1986 and a MBA degree from DePaul University in Chicago. He held positions at several U.S. airlines including Northwest Airlines, then Continental Airlines, followed by ExpressJet, where he was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer starting in July 1997. From July 2008 to 2015, he was
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Shreveport Regional Airport


consolidated maintenance center at Shreveport Regional to serve its growing fleet of 16 Boeing 747 and McDonnell-Douglas MD-11 aircraft. The airline moved into the former Expressjet facilities. The airline cited Shreveport's central location as the reason for the airport being selected. The facility took in its first Boeing 747 on August 17, 2018. Shreveport Regional Airport was awarded the "2009 Louisiana Airport of the Year." It is Shreveport's third time winning the award. Currently, most airline services from Shreveport are flown with regional jet aircraft with
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Corpus Christi International Airport


George Bush Intercontinental Airport on Mesa Airlines Embraer ERJ-175s or ExpressJet Airlines Embraer ERJ-145s. On June 7, 2018 United Airlines began flying a daily Airbus A319 to Houston (IAH). Braniff International Airways, Eastern Air Lines and Trans-Texas Airways/Texas International Airlines served Corpus Christi's old and new airports. In 1935 Braniff Lockheed Model 10 Electras flew Brownsville - Corpus Christi - San Antonio - Austin - Waco - Fort Worth - Dallas Love Field. In 1940 a Braniff Douglas DC-3 flew Brownsville - Corpus Christi - San Antonio
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Transport hub


airports function as intra-modular hubs for the airlines, or airline hubs. This is a common strategy among network airlines who fly only from limited number of airports and usually will make their customers change planes at one of their hubs if they want to get between two cities the airline doesn't fly directly between. Airlines have extended the hub-and-spoke model in various ways. One method is to create additional hubs on a regional basis, and to create major routes between the hubs. This reduces the need to
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Purdue University Airport


These flights operated from 1995 until February of 2001. Northwest Airlines (via Mesaba Air) also offered service to Detroit on Saab 340s starting in 1992 until December 2002. Lastly, American Connection (via Corporate Airlines) offered daily service to St. Louis on BAe Jestreams. This was the airport's last regular scheduled airline service and operated from December 2002 until February 15, 2004. In 2009, the airport proposed two daily round trip flights to and from Chicago O'Hare. The service, which would have been operated by ExpressJet,
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Atlantic Southeast Airlines


hours after being announced. Brand information and press releases pertaining to "SureJet" were removed from Atlantic Southeast's public and employee websites and the company's combined identity was reconsidered. On October 14, 2011, the company announced that Atlantic Southeast's official company name will change to ExpressJet Airlines on December 31, 2011. As of January 2011, the Atlantic Southeast Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft with an average age of 8.4 years: Most CRJ aircraft were operated for Delta Connection, though 14 CRJ-200 aircraft were operated for
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Vintage Props and Jets


airline service. The airline started looking for ways to increase revenues during the off-season and embarked on adding west-coast Florida operations in 2007, which included Naples, Key West, and Tampa. The carrier also bid on EAS markets in an attempt to help increase overall flying. In the summer of 2008, Vintage had wet leased an Embraer ERJ-145 regional jet from ExpressJet Airlines to operate select Saturday-only services between Daytona Beach, Ft Lauderdale, and Jacksonville to and from Marsh Harbour and Treasure Cay in the Bahamas
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Williston, North Dakota


similar stations in Detroit. The city of Williston is served by the Sloulin Field International Airport, which has a customs service in its facilities. In 2012, United Airlines began offering daily codeshare jet service (via ExpressJet Airlines) to Denver, CO (KDEN) on Embraer 145 aircraft, while Delta Air Lines began daily codeshare jet service (via SkyWest Airlines) to Minneapolis, MN (MSP) on Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft. In August 2014, United began offering direct flights to Houston TX. FedEx Express of Memphis, TN
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Lafayette Regional Airport


Colgan Air. Following the merger of Continental with United Airlines, ExpressJet and Colgan Air then became United Express air carriers. Major airline mainline jet service resumed on July 3, 2014, when Delta Air Lines began Boeing 717-200 flights between Lafayette and Atlanta. The airport was also served by Northwest Airlink with nonstop Saab 340 turboprop and Canadair CRJ200 regional jet flights to Memphis. Following the merger of Northwest Airlines with Delta Air Lines, Canadair CRJ200 regional jet service operated by Delta Connection to Memphis was discontinued. The majority of
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Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport


re-opening the "Gateway to Latin America" in 2011. That re-opening never happened and the company no longer exists. American Eagle operates Bombardier CRJ-900 regional jets on their route to Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), with United Express operating Embraer ERJ-175, Bombardier CRJ-700 and Embraer ERJ-145 regional jets on their route to Houston (IAH). American Eagle and United Express services are operated via code share agreements with SkyWest Airlines, ExpressJet, Mesa Airlines, and Republic Airline. Pan American World Airways (Pan Am
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United Express


the number of operators to twelve and the number of aircraft to over 550. The first aircraft painted into the new United Express livery was an Embraer ERJ-145 operated by ExpressJet. As of November 30, 2011, after United had received its Single Operating Certificate following its merger with Continental Airlines, over 575 aircraft fly under the United Express brand. Major airlines in the United States had long maintained relationships with regional carriers which fed passengers from small markets to larger cities. The Airline Deregulation Act spurred industry consolidation both vertically and horizontally,
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Huntsville International Airport


the market in the early 1990s with daily flights to Charlotte. Only Frontier Airlines and Delta Air Lines operate main line jets to the airport now. Frontier has Airbus A320 service nonstop to Denver and Orlando. Delta operates Boeing 717 aircraft to Atlanta, and previously flew McDonnell Douglas MD-88s and Douglas DC-9-50s nonstop to Atlanta with some flights being flown by ExpressJet Canadair CRJ-700 and CRJ-200s as Delta Connection service to ATL. The airport had service to New Orleans on Glo Airlines but that ended after the airline bankruptcy in 2017. In
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Del Rio International Airport


first airline at the present airport was Wild Goose Airlines in 1964, on their flights between Eagle Pass and San Antonio. Davies/Quastler says they flew Aztecs. Between May and November 2017 Texas Sky Airlines, operated by Contour Aviation, scheduled a daily British Aerospace Jetstream between Del Rio International Airport and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. From June 7, 2012 until April 2013 ExpressJet (United Express) Embraer ERJ-145s served Del Rio, flying nonstop to Houston Intercontinental Airport. The route previously used turboprops. Continental Connection had served
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Continental Express


previous incarnation before its divestiture various air carriers operating as Continental Express flew turboprop aircraft such as the ATR 42, ATR 72, Beechcraft 99, Beechcraft 1900C/D, Convair 580, de Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash 7, Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia, Fairchild F-27, Grumman Gulfstream I, NAMC YS-11 and Swearingen Metro. Continental Express/ExpressJet was formed through the merger of four separate commuter airlines that were wholly owned by Continental: Provincetown-Boston Airlines, of Hyannis, MA, Bar Harbor Airlines, of Bangor
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Airline hub


passengers. However, with the term's expanded usage, a focus city may also function as a small-scale or total hub. Allegiant Air, JetBlue and Southwest Airlines are examples of US-based airlines that consider some of their focus cities run like a hub. The hub-and-spoke system allows an airline to serve fewer routes, so fewer aircraft are needed. The system also increases passenger loads; a flight from a hub to a spoke carries not just passengers originating at the hub, but also passengers
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College Park, Georgia


(compared to 2,695 in 2001, 2,530 in 2010, and 1,387 in 2017), 85% of which were property crimes. In 2018, there was a 13 percent decrease in Part I crimes and zero homicides as compared to 2017, following a 15 percent decrease from 2016 to 2017. ExpressJet Airlines is headquartered in College Park, near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Chick-fil-A, a fast food chicken chain, is headquartered in College Park. Atlantic Southeast Airlines had its headquarters in College Park until
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McGhee Tyson Airport


designed to meet the carriers' needs; 90% of the air cargo operations are UPS and Federal Express. Cost of the project was estimated at $9.3 million. In 2000 improvements to the passenger terminal were finished at a cost of $70 million, including two new concourses, 12 new gates, ticket counters, and a Ruby Tuesday restaurant. In 2002 an aircraft maintenance facility was built for Northwest Airlines, serving as their primary CRJ MRO facility. ExpressJet Airlines has also built a heavy maintenance hangar near the air cargo
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Durango–La Plata County Airport


. Mesa Airlines returned with Dash-8 flights to Denver from 2003 through 2010. SkyWest Airlines began United Express flights in 2001 with Embraer Brasilia's and service continues today, now with all regional jets. ExpressJet flew Embraer-145's from 2010 through 2015. Republic Airways began flights in 2012 with Dash-8-Q400's and later upgraded with Embraer 170's and 175's. GoJet began in 2014 with CRJ-700's and Trans States Airlines in 2015 with Embraer-145's, all to Denver. New Saturday only flights were added in the summer of 2019 to Chicago
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ExpressJet


plans to move into a corporate headquarters location. ExpressJet has over 8,000 employees. ExpressJet Holdings also owns American Composites LLC, Saltillo Jet Center, and InTech Aerospace Services. Together with other facilities throughout the U.S. they make up ExpressJet Services which provides third-party maintenance, repair and overhaul services for a variety of aircraft types. ExpressJet Holdings also has non-controlling interests in Wings Holdings LLC 49% and Flight Services and Systems Inc 44%. Before ExpressJet became independent, it was headquartered in Continental Center I in Downtown Houston
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Western Pacific Airlines


whereas Stapleton had once been a hub for airlines like the original Frontier Airlines (1950-1986) and Western Airlines. Effort was made to explore using a secondary airport as an airline's hub, taking Continental's place without incurring the high landing fees of Denver International Airport. Centennial Airport in Denver, Jeffco Airport in Broomfield and Colorado Springs Airport were considered, though Colorado Springs had been chosen as the hub for Western Pacific when the airline began. While Western Pacific's Colorado Springs hub had initially been successful and was beginning
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Airline hub


make connections en route to their final destination, which increases travel time. Additionally, airlines can come to monopolise their hubs (fortress hubs), allowing them to freely increase fares as passengers have no alternative. Airlines may operate banks of flights at their hubs, in which several flights arrive and depart within short periods of time. The banks may be known as "peaks" of activity at the hubs and the non-banks as "valleys". Banking allows for short connection times for passengers. However, an airline
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Atlantic City International Airport


service to Pittsburgh as well as US Airways Express turboprops to Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, and Continental Express turboprops and regional jets to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. This regional jet service for Continental Airlines was operated by ExpressJet Airlines with Embraer ERJs. On July 26, 1969, TWA flight 5787, a Boeing 707-331C crashed while performing a practice missed approach with an engine out on runway 13. There was a total of five fatalities; a flight instructor, flight engineer and three line captains undergoing aircrew recurrency training. The
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Continental Express


feeder for another airline. As announced by Continental, the withdrawal of aircraft from the agreement was expected to begin in January 2007 and be completed during summer 2007. Simultaneously, Continental announced its intention to request proposals from other regional carriers to lease and operate the returned aircraft, beginning in January 2007. Continental announced in April 2006 that Chautauqua Airlines had been awarded a contract to operate the 69 aircraft owned by Continental. ExpressJet later announced its intention to operate the 69 aircraft independently, at increased lease rates. As a result,
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Albuquerque International Sunport


United Express on regional jets. Other regional airlines serving the airport on behalf of the majors are; SkyWest, ExpressJet, Republic, TransStates, GoJet, Compass, Envoy, and Horizon Air. Sun Country Airlines, Xtra Airways, Swift Air, and Elite Airways also serve ABQ with regular public charter flights to Laughlin and Wendover, Nevada. In June 2019, low-cost Mexican carrier Volaris stopped serving Albuquerque from two destinations in Mexico, Chihuahua and Guadalajara, after a disagreement over government subsidies to its flights. These were
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Memorial Field Airport


Memorial Field Airport is three miles southwest of the City of Hot Springs, in Garland County, Arkansas. It serves nearby Hot Springs National Park. The airport is used for general aviation; airline flights are subsidized by the federal government's Essential Air Service program at a cost of $1,637,012 (per year). Fifteen retired Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA, which now operates as ExpressJet) Embraer 120 "Brasilia" twin turboprop aircraft are stored here. Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 1,382 passenger boardings (enplanements)
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