US AIRWAYS EXPRESS

'US Airways Express' is a brand name used by several airlines and airline holding companies which provide commuter service for US Airways from smaller markets in the United States, Canada, and the Bahamas primarily to its major stations at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, Philadelphia International Airport, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Las Vegas McCarran International Airport, Pittsburgh International Airport, New York City's LaGuardia Airport, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, and Boston's Logan International Airport.
Mesa Airlines and Air Midwest (both subsidiaries of Mesa Air Group), Chautauqua Airlines and Republic Airlines (both subsidiaries of Republic Airways Holdings), Air Wisconsin, Colgan Air, and Trans States Airlines all operate under the US Airways Express name through marketing agreements. Additionally, US Airways Group itself operates regional flights under this name through its two wholly owned subsidiaries - PSA Airlines and Piedmont Airlines.

Contents

History

Destinations

Airlines that make up US Airways Express

Fleet

Past airlines and fleet

External links

History

US Airways Express can trace its beginnings to 1967, when Henson Airlines began operating as Allegheny Commuter for Allegheny Airlines, predecessor to US Airways. The initial route was Baltimore-Hagerstown. This is generally credited as the industry's first code-share agreement and the first major airline to use another airline as its commuter partner. Henson Airlines was the major predecessor to today's US Airways Express carrier Piedmont Airlines.
Pacific Southwest Airlines and Piedmont were both major carriers that merged with USAir, which became US Airways, and the corporate names were retained to protect their trademarks. However, the routes, aircraft, and other characteristics of the rebranded regional carriers bear no relation to their namesakes.
US Airways's new livery will also be applied to the US Airways Express fleet.

Destinations

Main articles: US Airways Destinations

Airlines that make up US Airways Express

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Call Sign	Information
PSA Airlines	US	JIA	Blue Streak	Wholly Owned By US Airways Group
Piedmont Airlines	US	PDT	Piedmont	Wholly Owned By US Airways Group
Mesa Airlines	YV	ASH	Air Shuttle
Air Midwest	ZV	AMW	Air Midwest
Chautauqua Airlines	RP	CHQ	Chautauqua
Republic Airlines	RW	RPA	Brickyard
Air Wisconsin	ZW	AWI	Air Wisconsin
Colgan Air	9L	CJC	Colgan
Trans States Airlines	AX	LOF	Waterski

Fleet

Aircraft operated as US Airways Express as of February 2007[2]:

'US Airways Express Combined Fleet'

'Type'	'Seats'	'Number'	'Operated by'
Canadair Regional CRJ-900	86	38	Mesa Airlines
Canadair Regional CRJ-700	70	14	PSA Airlines
Canadair Regional CRJ-200	50	122	Air Wisconsin, Mesa Airlines, PSA Airlines
deHavilland Dash 8-100/200	37	50	Mesa Airlines, Piedmont Airlines
deHavilland Dash 8-300	50	11	Piedmont Airlines
Embraer ERJ-175	86	30	Republic Airlines
Embraer ERJ-170	72	28	Republic Airlines
Embraer ERJ-145	50	22	Chautauqua Airlines, Trans States Airlines
Saab 340B	34	18	Colgan Air
Beechcraft 1900D	19	24	Air Midwest, Colgan Air

Past airlines and fleet

Airlines which have previously operated as US Airways Express or its predecessors include CCAir, CommutAir, Crown Airways, FloridaGulf Airlines, Jet Express, Liberty Express Airlines, Midway Airlines, Paradise Island Airlines, Potomac Air, Ransome Airlines, Shuttle America, Southern Jersey Airways, StatesWest Airlines and Suburban Airlines.
Aircraft types formerly operated as US Airways Express or its predecessors include the Dornier 328, deHavilland Dash 7, Shorts 360, Jetstream 31, Jetstream 41, EMB-120 Brasilia, Shorts 330, Fokker F27, DHC-6 Twin Otter, Nord 262, Mohawk 298, Fairchild Metro, EMB-110 Bandeirante, CASA 212, DHC-3 Otter, deHavilland Heron, Volpar Beech 18, Riley 400, and Beech 99.

External links

★ US Airways Express web site