COLGAN AIR

'Colgan Air' is an American regional airline. Headquartered in Manassas, Virginia, its major hubs are New York's LaGuardia Airport, Boston's Logan International Airport, Washington Dulles International Airport, and Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport. It has been operating as US Airways Express since 1999 and now serves almost 50 cities in the Northeast and Texas as a feeder for US Airways Express, United Express, and Continental Connection.
On February 5, 2007, it was announced that Colgan Air will provide service for Continental Airlines out of Newark Liberty International Airport starting in early 2008. Colgan will acquire and operate 15 new Bombardier Q400 aircraft and the service will be marketed as part of Continental Connection.^[1]

History

Saab 340B in Colgan Air livery

Charles J. Colgan founded fixed base operator Colgan Airways Corporation at Manassas Airport in 1965. It began scheduled service under contract with IBM in 1970 between Manassas, Washington, D.C. and Poughkeepsie, New York. It expanded over the next decade and a half and was sold in 1986 to Presidential Airways.
After Presidential went defunct in 1991, Colgan and his son, Michael J., restarted the service under the name Colgan Air. It was established and started operations on December 1, 1991. On July 1, 1997 it became a feeder for Continental Airlines, operating under the name Continental Connection.
On December 11, 1999 Colgan left the Continental system and became exclusively a US Airways Express carrier, focusing its routes around major US Airways stations such as LaGuardia, Pittsburgh, and Boston. On January 25, 2005 it announced it would acquire additional Saab 340 aircraft and resume service as Continental Connection out of Houston.
On October 4, 2005 Colgan Air started providing flights for United Express flights out of Washington's Dulles International Airport. Initially serving Charleston, WV, and Westchester County Airport in White Plains, NY, Colgan has expanded its service to include State College, Pennsylvania; Charlottesville, Virginia; Allentown, Pennsylvania; and Binghamton, New York.
On January 18, 2007, Colgan Air, Inc. was acquired by Pinnacle Airlines Corporation for $20 million. Under the terms of the purchase, Colgan will continue to operate independently of Pinnacle Airline Corporation's major subsidiary, Northwest Airlink carrier Pinnacle Airlines. It is a strategic move by Pinnacle to get access to Colgan’s partners, Continental Airlines, United Airlines and US Airways^[2].

Destinations

Northeastern United States

Mid-Atlantic States

Virginia

★ Charlottesville (Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport)

★ Norfolk (Norfolk International Airport)

★ Weyers Cave, Shenandoah Valley (Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport)

District of Columbia Area

★ Fairfax and Loudoun Counties (Washington Dulles International Airport)

★ Arlington County (Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport)

West Virginia

★ Beckley (Beckley Raleigh County Memorial Airport)

★ Bluefield (Mercer County Airport)

★ Charleston (Yeager Airport)

★ Clarksburg (Harrison/Marion Regional Airport)

★ Morgantown (Morgantown Municipal Airport)

★ Parkersburg (Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport)

Southern United States

Arkansas

★ Texarkana (Texarkana Regional-Webb Field)
NOTE: The city is listed in the Texas list as well, it borders a city in Texas by the same name (Texarkana, Texas; it can be classified as a "divided city" in Arkansas and Texas.

Louisiana

★ Monroe (Monroe Regional Airport)

★ Alexandria (Alexandria International Airport)

★ Shreveport (Shreveport Regional Airport)

★ Lake Charles (Lake Charles Regional Airport)

Texas

Saab 340B in US Airways Express livery

★ Abilene (Abilene Regional Airport)

★ Beaumont (Southeast Texas Regional Airport)

★ College Station (Easterwood Airport)

★ Del Rio (Del Rio International Airport)

★ Houston (George Bush Intercontinental Airport) 'Hub'

★ Killeen (Killeen-Fort Hood Regional Airport)

★ San Angelo (Mathis Field)

★ Texarkana (Texarkana Regional-Webb Field)

★ Tyler (Tyler Pounds Regional Airport)

★ Victoria (Victoria Regional Airport)

★ Waco (Waco Regional Airport)

Fleet

'Colgan Air fleet'
Aircraft	Total	Passengers	Routes
Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner	11	19	Operated as: United Express and US Airways Express
Saab 340B	42	34(USX/UAX) 34(CO Cnx)	Operated as: Continental Connection, United Express and US Airways Express
Bombardier Q400	15	74	Operated as: Continental Connection: to begin service in EWR Dec 2007

References

1. [1]
2. Flight International, 23-29 January 2007

External links

★ Colgan Air

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