United Express
- Denver
- Los Angeles
- Chicago
- Portland
- San Francisco
- Washington, D.C.
United Express is a brand name, perform regional and commuter flights under the currently twelve U.S. regional airlines for United Airlines. Connect the hubs of United Airlines with numerous destinations in the U.S. and Canada.
History
On 1 May 1985, United Airlines entered into an official partnership with Air Wisconsin, Aspen Airways and Westair as United Express, use the shuttle flights to the United hubs in Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Denver Stapleton International Airport and San Francisco International Airport.
1988 Presidential Airways was a United Express operated member and the hub of Washington Dulles International Airport, but failed soon. This hub was a result, then served by a new Westair the Eastern Division, which was spun off again in 1991 as Atlantic Coast Airlines ( ACA).
Nearest United Express partner Great Lakes Airlines was in 1992, followed by Trans States Airlines the following year. In 1997, also Los Angeles International Airport, a United hub was, it was operated by the new partner SkyWest Airlines.
In 1993, the United Feeder Service began with Trans States Airlines, which connects the hub Chicago O'Hare with the Midwest, then still with a BAe ATP fleet.
Great Lakes Airlines ended the United Express partnerships in 2001, but still operates some flights on code share with United Airlines. As United 2002 for Chapter 11 bankruptcy requested that the United Express partners were placed under cost pressure.
2004 announced the Atlantic Coast Airlines their contract and became the low-cost carrier Independence Air The following year Air Wisconsin lost its partnership and now leads partial nor ground handling services for United Express through. To replace by DELETED flights, Colgan Air, GoJet Airlines and Shuttle America United Express were also partners.
2005 United announced that the service quality at major United Express routes under the name ExPlus is improved. On routes with ExPlus service there is a First Class and in the larger aircraft such as the Embraer 170, Bombardier CRJ700 and also meals. By expanding the role of United Express as a regional partner United now began to operate aircraft equipped with ExPlus instead of or together with medium-haul aircraft to city connections such as Chicago - Houston.
In September 2010, SkyWest, Inc. The merger of Atlantic Southeast Airlines and ExpressJet announced that the Atlantic Southeast Airlines made the largest in the United Express partner.
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 and the regional partner of Continental Airlines, Continental Connection and Continental Express, United Express were taken. Thus, the number of partners increased to twelve and the fleet number on initially 550 The first aircraft was given the new United Express livery, was an Embraer ERJ 145 of ExpressJet Airlines.
Operators
Fleet
As of August 2013 which runs under the name United Express through the eleven companies fleet of 608 aircraft, of:
- 002 ATR 42-300 (Cape Air)
- 001 Beech 1900D ( Silver Airways )
- Bombardier CRJ100 002 ( Skywest Airlines)
- Bombardier CRJ200 079 ( ExpressJet Airlines ( 14) and Skywest Airlines ( 65) )
- Bombardier CRJ700 115 ( GoJet Airlines ( 25), Mesa Airlines ( 20) and Skywest Airlines ( 70) )
- 016 Bombardier Dash 8Q -200 ( CommutAir )
- 005 Bombardier Dash 8Q -300 ( CommutAir )
- 032 Bombardier Dash 8Q -400 ( Republic Airlines )
- 030 Embraer EMB -120 ( Skywest Airlines)
- 009 Embraer ERJ 135 ( ExpressJet Airlines)
- 276 Embraer ERJ 145 ( Chautauqua Airlines ( 13) ExpressJet Airlines ( 235) and Trans States Airlines ( 28) )
- 038 Embraer 170 ( Shuttle America )
- 003 Saab 340 ( Silver Airways )
- 070 Embraer 175 ( ordered by United ( 30) and Skywest Airlines ( 40) )