EXPRESSJET AIRLINES

'ExpressJet Airlines, Inc.' () is a regional airline based in Houston, Texas, USA. It operates Continental Express services for Continental Airlines offering over 1,175 daily departures to more than 152 cities in the USA, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean from hubs at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston, Newark Liberty International Airport, Newark, New Jersey and Hopkins International Airport, Cleveland, Ohio.^[1]

Contents

History

Destinations

New Routes

Discontinued Routes

Fleet

External links

References

History

The airline was established in 1986 and started operations in 1987. Its origins were in a group of small commuter airlines acquired by Continental Airlines. These included Bar Harbor Airlines in Maine, Provincetown-Boston Airlines in New England, Rocky Mountain Air 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.
It became ExpressJet and subsequently the operating subsidiary of ExpressJet Holdings, Inc following an initial public offering in April 2002. ExpressJet has 7,300 employees (at March 2007). 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%, Flight Services and Systems Inc 44%, and one share less than 50% interest in ExpressJet Europe.
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 9 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.^[2]
On April 2, 2007, the airline began point-to-point services under its own name from locations throughout the USA. The airline will have 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) will become the airline's "biggest center of operation".^[3]
JetBlue Airways announced on March 7, 2007 that ExpressJet will operate four of its Embraer 145 jets on JetBlue routes while JetBlue's Embraer 190 jets are being serviced.^[2]
In June 2007, the airline began service at Los Angeles International Airport to western ski markets and Mexico on behalf of Delta Air Lines under the Delta Connection banner using 10 EMB 145XR aircraft.^[2] In July 2007, the agreement was increased to 18 aircraft.

Destinations

Main articles: ExpressJet Airlines destinations

ExpressJet/Continental Express Embraer Regional Jets
(ERJs) parked at Newark Airport's Terminal C.

'ExpressJet Airlines', as an independent carrier, currently flies to 24 destinations throughout the United States. The airline will discontinue service to Corpus Christi, Texas on October 1, 2007, decreasing its destination count to 23. Future routes will be announced within the next year.

New Routes

★ Daily nonstop service between El Paso, TX (ELP) and Tucson, AZ (TUS) begins September 9, 2007.

★ Daily nonstop service between Bakersfield, CA (BFL) and Sacramento, CA (SMF) begins September 9, 2007.

Discontinued Routes

★ Daily nonstop service between Corpus Christi, TX (CRP) and Austin, TX (AUS) ends October 1, 2007.

Fleet

As of September 2007, ExpressJet Airlines has 274 aircraft in its fleet consisting of:^[6]

Aircraft	Total	Passengers (Economy)	Notes
Embraer ERJ 135ER	12	37	Regional/short haul domestic routes
Embraer ERJ 135LR	18	37	Regional/short haul domestic routes
Embraer ERJ 145EP	23	50	Regional/short haul domestic routes
Embraer ERJ 145LR	117	50	Regional/short haul domestic routes
Embraer ERJ 145XR	104	50	Regional/short or long haul domestic routes

As of September 2007, the average fleet age of ExpressJet Airlines was 5.8 years old ^[7]

External links

★ ExpressJet Holdings

★ ExpressJet Airlines

★ ExpressJet Airlines Fleet Age

★ ExpressJet Airlines Fleet Detail

References

1. Directory: World Airlines
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3. ONT unveils expansion Jason Newell
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6. ExpressJet Airlines Fleet Detail
7. ExpressJet Airlines Fleet Age