Chautauqua Airlines

• St. Louis
• Chicago
• Cincinnati
• Atlanta
• New York City
• Cleveland
• Houston

Chautauqua Airlines is an American regional airline based in Indianapolis and is a subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings. It operates its aircraft in regional and feeder routes for several major U.S. airlines.

History

The company was founded in 1973 in Jamestown on Chautauqua Lake from the eponymous former chief pilot of the Mohawk Airlines, Joel Hall, and his wife Gloria. The airline should carry out regional flights on behalf of Allegheny Airlines, as Allegheny wanted to concentrate on longer distances.

1974-1994

Chautauqua 1974 leased two Beech 99, which stretches the Jamestown under the name Allegheny Commuter - served Buffalo - Pittsburgh and Jamestown. In 1979 he added two short 330, the Canton / Akron combined with Pittsburgh. After the name change, the Allgheny in Chautauqua USAir also changed its name to USAir Express. With the commissioning of 19-seat Fairchild Metro III 1984 new routes were added. 1988 Joel Hall sold the airline to GAC, a subsidiary of the Guarantee Security Life Insurance Company. The liquor was then replaced by twelve Saab 340. Following the insolvency of Guaranty Security Life 1991, the company fell to the insurance authority of Florida.

In 1992 the airline was put up for sale. In August 1992, the department stopped the bidding process. The agency will now put Edward London, one of their advisers, a CEO. Although not from the aviation industry, he steered the airline to success. 1993 operated by 16 aircraft to 18 cities. Because of financial problems the U.S. Air passenger numbers plummeted at Chautauqua. USAir now operated the routes to Pittsburgh, even with the most popular jets. In 1994, a new contract was signed with USAir. Chautauqua exchanged its route network with the USAir subsidiary Jetstream International and moved along with its staff in order to Indianapolis.

1995 to today

In addition to the 44 daily Jetstream routes extended to the network by 15 and, in 1995, all BAe Jetstream 31 Jetstream International, which now PSA Airlines called. USAir underscored the mini hub Indianapolis and Cautauqua took over their services. 1997 USAir was renamed U.S. Airways and Cautauqua now called itself U.S. Airways Express. It expanded the power now on routes to Canada. 1998 bought the investment firm Wexford management, the company and sat Edward Wegel as a CEO.

He immediately ordered 60 Embraer regional jets with a capacity of 37 and 50 seats. Despite the problems with the pilot unions first ten Embraer 145 was used. The choice was between flights under its own name or under the name of another great flights airlines. In November TWA signed a ten- year contract. In 2001, to further partnership with America West Airlines in 2002 and a contract with Delta Air Lines. After termination of the contract with America West continued to a twelve aircraft for Delta Connections.

2004 followed the next major customer United Airlines. For United Express Embraer 145 sets Chautauqua 16 a, the sister company Republic Airlines Embraer 170 16 The holding company Republic Airways, founded in 2001 brought Chautauqua, Republic and Shuttle America bought in 2005 a successful IPO. The bandwidth of the airline extended now from the 37 -seat Embraer 135 to the 86 -seat Embraer 175 with a fleet of time, 150 regional jets the airline group offered daily over 1000 flights to 97 cities in 36 states as well as Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean to.

On October 1, 2010, UAL Corporation and Continental Airlines merged to form the United Continental Holdings, the new holding company for United Airlines. The merger also the regional partner of Continental Airlines, Continental Connection, United Express partners were. This Chautauqua Airlines is now a partner of United Express.

Destinations

Chautauqua Airlines operates its aircraft exclusively in the wet lease, ie in the order and finish with the leading U.S. airlines under its regional brands American Connection, Delta Connection and United Express. It serves as a feeder from the province to the major hubs and offers flights between the business centers that can not be operated economically with large aircraft. Passengers enjoying all the benefits of major airlines, such as bonus miles and the use of business lounges.

Fleet

As of July 2013, the fleet of Chautauqua Airlines consists of 70 aircraft: