Atlantic Southeast Airlines
Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) was a regional airline in the United States from 1979 until 2011 when it merged with ExpressJet. It was based in the A-Tech Center in College Park, Georgia, flying to 144 destinations as a Delta Connection carrier on behalf of Delta Air Lines via a code sharing agreement and, as of February 2010, commenced service as a United Express carrier on behalf of United Airlines via a separate code sharing agreement. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of SkyWest, Inc. ASA operated nearly 900 flights each day. Its main hub was located at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) which is also a hub for Delta. After a 2010 merger with ExpressJet, ASA adopted the ExpressJet name and branding in 2011. In November 2011, ASA and ExpressJet received a single operating certificate from the FAA and in December 2011, all flights were then operated by ExpressJet on behalf of its major airline code sharing partners. ASA operated 4 DHC6 aircraft. N125SA a -100 converted to longer -200 nose N53AN and N54AN, also extended nose -100’s with the anemic PT6-20 engines and N126SA a new from the factory DHC6-300 with upgraded engines. History On March 12, 1979, the