Continental Express is the operating name of Expressjet for Continental Airlines. Expressjet is no longer a wholly owned subsidy of Continental Airlines, and they operate an all regional jet fleet. Continental Express used to fly turbo-props, however Continental has contracted with other airlines such as Commutair, Gulfstream, and Skywest to operate as Continental Connection on short-haul routes.
In the past, other airlines, such as Trans Colorado Airlines had used the Continental Express name. Trans Colorado Airlines was operating back when Continental had operations in Stapleton Airport in Denver, Colorado. They walked out of Stapleton due to high landing fees. Stapleton has since been bulldozed in favor of Denver International Airport.
ExpressJet in its previous existence as Continental Express flew turbo-props aircraft such as the ATR-42 and Beech 1900, but ContinentalAirlines now contracts with other airlines such as CommutAir, Gulfstream International, and Colgan Air to operate prop aircraft as Continental Connection on short-haul routes.
ExpressJet Holdings announced on Dec. 28, 2005 that they received notice from ContinentalAirlines of its intention to reduce by 69 the number of aircraft ExpressJet will operate for Continental under the companies' capacity purchase agreement.
ExpressJet has not announced where or for whom they will fly the aircraft, but they are in talks with European airlines to operate as a capacity-purchase feeder.
Expressjet is currently exploring options to operate under the Capacity Purchase model in Europe, using 69 jets withdrawn from their contract with ContinentalAirlines.
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