Mesa Airlines
regional airline from the United States
Mesa Airlines, Inc. is an American regional airline headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings. Mesa operates and maintains a fleet of Embraer 175 aircraft that are scheduled, marketed and sold by United Airlines as United Express. Mesa operates from 73 cities in the United States, Cuba, Mexico, and Canada with a network of routes largely set up to connect passengers between smaller airports and United's Houston–Intercontinental and Washington–Dulles hubs. In 2024, the company's 1,992 employees operated an average of 279 flights per day.
History
Mesa began operations as Mesa Air Shuttle in Farmington, New Mexico, in 1980. From 1989 through 1998, Mesa Airlines operated as a conglomeration of up to eight separate airlines. For the history of the acquisition and expansion of Mesa Airlines during this time see Mesa Air Group. The following history section details the history of the individual airlines that comprised Mesa Airlines during this time frame.
Mesa Airlines
The original Mesa Air Shuttle was a flight division of JB Aviation in Farmington, New Mexico, and operated a single route from Farmington to Albuquerque using a Piper Saratoga aircraft.
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