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Mesa Air Group (NASDAQ: MESA) is a Phoenix, Arizona-based commercial aviation holding company that operates three regional airline subsidiaries: Mesa Airlines, Freedom Airlines, and Air Midwest, and five supporting subsidiaries. Its airlines operate flights under the Mesa Airlines and go! brands, or under contract in accordance with several codeshare agreements as US Airways Express, United Express and Delta Connection. Image File history File links MESA_logo. ... NASDAQ in Times Square, New York City. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Nickname: Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: , Country United States State Arizona Counties Maricopa Incorporated February 25, 1881 Government - Type Council-Manager - Mayor Phil Gordon (D) Area - City 515. ... Jonathan G. Ornstein is President and Chief Executive Officer of Mesa Air Group, Inc. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... George Murnane III is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Mesa Air Group. ... Aviation refers to flying using aircraft, machines designed by humans for atmospheric flight. ... Look up revenue in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... A fiscal year (or financial year or accounting reference date) is a 12-month period used for calculating annual (yearly) financial reports in businesses and other organizations. ... For the album by the Kaiser Chiefs see Employment (album) Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... NASDAQ in Times Square, New York City. ... Nickname: Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: , Country United States State Arizona Counties Maricopa Incorporated February 25, 1881 Government - Type Council-Manager - Mayor Phil Gordon (D) Area - City 515. ... A holding company is a company that owns part, all, or a majority of other companies outstanding stock. ... Mesa Airlines (IATA: YV, ICAO: ASH, and Callsign: Air Shuttle), a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group, is a US airline headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona which operates flights as Air Midwest, United Express and US Airways Express. ... Freedom Airlines (IATA: F8, ICAO: FRL, and Callsign: Freedom Air) is a FAA Part 121 certificated air carrier operating under air carrier certificate number FDKA087K issued on April 1, 2002. ... 1970s Logo This article is about the regional airline based in Wichita, KS. For the article regarding the renamed Midwest Express, see Midwest Airlines. ... Mesa Airlines (IATA: YV, ICAO: ASH, and Callsign: Air Shuttle), a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group, is a US airline headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona which operates flights as Air Midwest, United Express and US Airways Express. ... go! is an airline division within the Mesa Airlines subsidiary of Mesa Air Group. ... US Airways Express is a brand name used by several airlines which provide feederliner service for US Airways from smaller markets in the United States, Canada, and the Bahamas to its major stations at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Philadelphia International Airport, Pittsburgh International Airport, New York Citys LaGuardia Airport... United Express is a brand name under which seven regional airlines operate feeder flights for United Airlines. ... Delta Connection jet landing at BWI airport on March 4, 2007 Delta Connection is the name under which eight regional airlines operate short and medium haul routes for mainline carrier, Delta Air Lines. ...

As of September 30, 2005, Mesa Air Group employed over 5,000 people and operated a fleet of 182 aircraft (36 turboprops and 146 regional jets) with over 1,100 daily departures, serving 176 destinations in 43 states, the District of Columbia, Mexico and Canada. is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A schematic diagram showing the operation of a turboprop engine. ... SN Brussels Airlines Avro RJ85 Air France ERJ 145 A regional jet (RJ) is a small jet aircraft that is intended to fly passengers from point to point as efficiently as possible. ...

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Mesa Airlines (IATA: YV, ICAO: ASH, and Callsign: Air Shuttle), a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group, is a US airline headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona which operates flights as Air Midwest, United Express and US Airways Express. ... Mesa Airlines (IATA: YV, ICAO: ASH, and Callsign: Air Shuttle), a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group, is a US airline headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona which operates flights as Air Midwest, United Express and US Airways Express. ... Mesa Airlines (IATA: YV, ICAO: ASH, and Callsign: Air Shuttle), a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group, is a US airline headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona which operates flights as Air Midwest, United Express and US Airways Express. ... Mesa Airlines (IATA: YV, ICAO: ASH, and Callsign: Air Shuttle), a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group, is a US airline headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona which operates flights as Air Midwest, United Express and US Airways Express. ... Mesa Airlines (IATA: YV, ICAO: ASH, and Callsign: Air Shuttle), a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group, is a US airline headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona which operates flights as Air Midwest, United Express and US Airways Express. ... Skyway Airlines is a subsidiary of Midwest Airlines that feeds Midwests hub at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin under the trade name Midwest Connect. ... Mesa Airlines (IATA: YV, ICAO: ASH, and Callsign: Air Shuttle), a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group, is a US airline headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona which operates flights as Air Midwest, United Express and US Airways Express. ...

History

Mesa began when JB Aviation, a fixed base operator at Farmington's Four Corners Regional airport, established a charter flight department in 1980. In 1982, using $140,000 in capital, Larry Risley, an A&P mechanic with JB Aviation, and his wife Janie, purchased the flight department and its single Piper Chieftain aircraft, and established Mesa Air Shuttle, flying a single route between Farmington and Albuquerque. The PA-31 Navajo was designed by Piper Aircraft to fill a gap in their product line; a large twin aircraft using Lycoming engines for the general aviation market was sorely needed in the mid-1960s, and founder W.T. Piper requested the type be developed. ... Farmington (Navajo: TÃ³tah) is a city in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. ... This article is about the largest city of New Mexico. ...

During its first few years, Mesa found itself in a very competitive environment as it slowly expanded throughout New Mexico. Six other carriers competed against Mesa: Air Midwest, Sun West Airlines, Pioneer Airlines, Jet Air, Trans-Colorado and Airways of New Mexico. As fare wars erupted between the carriers, Mesa was able to survive due to its low cost structure. It performed maintenance in house, many of Mesa's employees performed multiple duties: pilots and mechanics doubled as gate agents and ramp agents. 1970s Logo This article is about the regional airline based in Wichita, KS. For the article regarding the renamed Midwest Express, see Midwest Airlines. ... There were several Pioneer Airlines. ... A UK based air charter operator providing ad-hoc wet leased aircraft to commercial end users an in essence it may not be an airline per se. ...

In 1984, the Civil Aeronautics Board awarded Mesa its first Essential Air Service (EAS) contract, to serve Roswell, Hobbs, and Carlsbad, winning the contract from Air Midwest. A second round of EAS bidding resulted in Mesa winning contracts to serve Silver City, Alamogordo, Las Cruces, and Gallup. The Airline Deregulation Act, passed in 1978, gave US airlines almost total freedom to determine which markets to serve domestically and what fares to charge for that service. ... Nickname: Location in the state of New Mexico. ... Hobbs is a city in Lea County, New Mexico. ... Location in the state of New Mexico. ... 1970s Logo This article is about the regional airline based in Wichita, KS. For the article regarding the renamed Midwest Express, see Midwest Airlines. ... Location in the State of New Mexico Coordinates: Country United States State New Mexico County Grant Founded 1878 Government - Mayor James R. Marshall Area - City 10. ... Alamogordo is a city in Otero County, New Mexico, United States of America. ... Las Cruces is a city in DoÃ±a Ana County, New Mexico, United States. ... Gallup (Navajo: NaÊ¼nÃzhoozhÃ) is a city in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. ...

By 1987, Mesa had grown from six employees in 1982 to 187 employees: from a single Chieftain in 1982 to three Beechcraft 99s in 1984 to five Beechcraft 99s and four Beechcraft 1900s. Of the six competing air carriers in 1982, none remained to challenge Mesa in New Mexico by 1987. The Beechcraft Model 99 is a civilian aircraft produced by the Beech Aircraft Corporation (now Raytheon). ... The Beechcraft Model 99 is a civilian aircraft produced by the Beech Aircraft Corporation (now Raytheon). ... The Beechcraft 1900 Beechliner is a 19-passenger, pressurized twin-engine turboprop airplane manufactured by the Beechcraft Division of the Raytheon Company (now Hawker Beechcraft}. It was designed as and is primarily used as a regional airliner. ...

Mesa continued to grow in 1987. It listed on NASDAQ: MESA with an initial public offering of 865,000 shares of stock at $7.50. It expanded outside New Mexico by acquiring routes in Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado from Centennial Airlines. NASDAQ in Times Square, New York City. ...

To provide a pool of trained, qualified pilots, in 1989, Mesa established an ab-initio flight training program with San Juan College, a local community college. By the end of the 1980's Mesa poised itself for future growth and expansion. This page is under construction. ...

Acquisitions and mergers

Starting in 1989, Mesa embarked on a series of acquisitions and mergers over the next six years that would known by the airline industry watchers as "Mesa's a deal a year growth."

In February 1989, Mesa negotiated its first codeshare agreement with Midwest Express and established Skyway Airlines in Milwaukee. In July 1989, StatesWest Airlines attemped to takeover Mesa by making an offer to purchase all of the common operating stock of Mesa, which was rejected. Midwest Airlines Boeing 717 taxiing for departure at John Wayne Airport (Santa Ana, California, USA) in February 2004 Midwest Airlines is a scheduled passenger airline based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, operating from General Mitchell International Airport. ... Skyway Airlines is a subsidiary of Midwest Airlines that feeds Midwests hub at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin under the trade name Midwest Connect. ... StatesWest Airlines (IATA: YW, ICAO: SWJ, and Callsign: States) was a commuter airline headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona that operated to destinations in the Southwestern United States. ...

In February 1990, Mesa acquired Aspen Airways' United Express Denver hub, routes and assets, and negotiated a codeshare agreement with United Airlines. Using these newly acquired routes, Mesa set up a Denver hub flying as United Express. Aspen Airways' BAe 146 and Convair 580 aircraft and its Denver-Aspen route were sold to Air Wisconsin. Mesa Air Group (NASDAQ: MESA) is a Phoenix, Arizona-based holding company founded in 1982 whose principle subsidiaries operate as regional air carriers. ... United Express is a brand name under which seven regional airlines operate feeder flights for United Airlines. ... United Airlines, also known as United Air Lines, Inc. ... United Express is a brand name under which seven regional airlines operate feeder flights for United Airlines. ... The BAe 146 (also known as the Avro RJ) is a medium-sized commercial aircraft manufactured by BAE SYSTEMS. It carries its four jet engines on a high wing above the fuselage; not below, or at mid-fuselage, as on most conventional civilian aircraft. ... A restored Convair 240 in Western Air Lines livery, at the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, California. ... An AWAC Canadair Regional Jet prepares to depart to Madison, Wisconsin from Chicago OHare. ...

Mesa had many changes in 1991; acquiring Air Midwest, its Kansas City hub and a codeshare agreement with USAir Express in July, starting FloridaGulf Airlines serving Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, and Lousiana from its Tampa hub under a USAir Express codeshare in December. It was also in talks to acquire WestAir Commuter Airlines. 1970s Logo This article is about the regional airline based in Wichita, KS. For the article regarding the renamed Midwest Express, see Midwest Airlines. ... US Airways Express is a brand name used by several airlines which provide feederliner service for US Airways from smaller markets in the United States, Canada, and the Bahamas to its major stations at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Philadelphia International Airport, Pittsburgh International Airport, New York Citys LaGuardia Airport... Mesa Airlines (IATA: YV, ICAO: ASH, and Callsign: Air Shuttle), a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group, is a US airline headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona which operates flights as Air Midwest, United Express and US Airways Express. ... US Airways Express is a brand name used by several airlines which provide feederliner service for US Airways from smaller markets in the United States, Canada, and the Bahamas to its major stations at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Philadelphia International Airport, Pittsburgh International Airport, New York Citys LaGuardia Airport...

In 1992, Mesa completed acquisition of WestAir Commuter Airlines and its hubs in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, and Seattle as well as its United codeshare. In October 1992, Mesa negotiated a codeshare agreement with America West for its Phoenix hub to be operated as America West Express. United States ten major airlines, based at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona, with a secondary operations hub at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada. ... America West Express is the name for America West Airlines commuter and regional flights operated by Mesa Air Groups Mesa Airlines under a code share agreement. ...

In 1993, Mesa's codeshare with Midwest Express expired. Midwest Express kept the name Skyway for its future regional of the same name. Using the aircraft from the former Skyway operation, Mesa established Superior Airlines with a Columbus hub operating as America West Express. Mesa created CalPac (California Pacific) with a Los Angeles hub operating as United Express. Both Superior and CalPac were short-lived operations, with both airlines being folded back into Mesa Airlines United Express operations. Midwest Airlines Boeing 717 taxiing for departure at John Wayne Airport (Santa Ana, California, USA) in February 2004 Midwest Airlines is a scheduled passenger airline based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, operating from General Mitchell International Airport. ... Mesa Airlines (IATA: YV, ICAO: ASH, and Callsign: Air Shuttle), a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group, is a US airline headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona which operates flights as Air Midwest, United Express and US Airways Express. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Ohio, USA Coordinates: , Country State Counties Franklin, Delaware, and Fairfield Government - Mayor Michael B. Coleman (D) Area - City 212. ... America West Express is the name for America West Airlines commuter and regional flights operated by Mesa Air Groups Mesa Airlines under a code share agreement. ... Mesa Airlines (IATA: YV, ICAO: ASH, and Callsign: Air Shuttle), a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group, is a US airline headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona which operates flights as Air Midwest, United Express and US Airways Express. ... United Express is a brand name under which seven regional airlines operate feeder flights for United Airlines. ...

In 1994, Mesa acquired Pittsburgh-based Crown Airways. Using the assets from Crown Airways, Mesa set up Liberty Express Airlines with a Pittsburgh hub operating as USAir Express. Mesa Airlines (IATA: YV, ICAO: ASH, and Callsign: Air Shuttle), a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group, is a US airline headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona which operates flights as Air Midwest, United Express and US Airways Express. ... For other uses, see Pittsburg (disambiguation). ... US Airways Express is a brand name used by several airlines which provide feederliner service for US Airways from smaller markets in the United States, Canada, and the Bahamas to its major stations at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Philadelphia International Airport, Pittsburgh International Airport, New York Citys LaGuardia Airport...

In March 1995, Mesa took delivery of its first two regional jets, the Fokker F-70. Mesa created Desert Sun Airlines and operated the two jets from a Phoenix hub to Des Moines and Spokane as America West Express. The Fokker 70 is a 70 seat, twin engine jet airliner developed as a smaller version of the larger, 100 seat Fokker 100 jetliner. ... Mesa Airlines (IATA: YV, ICAO: ASH, and Callsign: Air Shuttle), a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group, is a US airline headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona which operates flights as Air Midwest, United Express and US Airways Express. ... Nickname: Location in Polk County and in the State of Iowa Coordinates: , Country State County Polk County Incorporated September 22, 1851 Government - Mayor Frank Cownie Area - City 77. ... Nickname: Location of Spokane in Spokane County and Washington Coordinates: , Country United States State Washington County Spokane Government - Mayor Dennis P. Hession Area - City 58. ... America West Express is the name for America West Airlines commuter and regional flights operated by Mesa Air Groups Mesa Airlines under a code share agreement. ...

Reorganization

As Mesa acquired air carriers or expanded by creating new airlines, it grew in a seemingly haphazard manner. By 1995, Mesa had grown from one airline with hubs in Albuquerque and Phoenix in 1989, to six separate airlines with hubs throughout the country, though it had as many as eight airlines prior to 1995. Rather than integrating each new acquisition and airline into one integrated company, Mesa continued operating each individual airline independently, with separate labor groups, separate flight, maintenance, and marketing operations, and separate codeshare agreements. This resulted in an unwieldy corporate structure.

In 1992, Mesa created Mesa Holdings Corp to manage the existing Mesa Airlines and its acquisitions. It resulted in the following subsidiaries: Mesa Air Group (NASDAQ: MESA) is a Phoenix, Arizona-based commercial aviation holding company that operates three regional airline subsidiaries: Mesa Airlines, Freedom Airlines, and Air Midwest, and five supporting subsidiaries. ...

In 1995, Mesa Holdings Corp was renamed Mesa Air Group, and Mesa Airlines was renamed Mountain West Airlines. Mesa Air Group now consisted of the following six airlines and subsidiaries: Mesa Airlines is an airline based in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. It is a FAA Part 121 certificated air carrier operating under air carrier certificate number MASA036A issued on June 29, 1979. ...

In 1996, further company reorganization consolidated the separate flight dispatch functions of Desert Sun, FloridaGulf, and Mountain West airlines into one location in Farmington. All flight training facilities and human resources were centralized in Fort Worth. Since the mergers had created a diverse mix of aircraft types, Mesa proceeded to simplify the number of aircraft types operated from six (Shorts 360, Jetstream, Brasilia, 1900, Dash 8, Fokker) to three (1900, Dash 8, CRJ). Mesa relocated aircraft to place all airplanes of the same type in a base, with the Jetstreams and Brasilias flying in the West, 1900s flying elsewhere. This also allowed the consolidation of maintenance facilities, since the facilities no longer needed to service all the different types of aircraft Mesa operated. To replace the Fokker aircraft, Mesa signed an agreement with Bombardier to purchase 16 Canadair Regional Jets (CRJ) with options for 32 more. Farmington (Navajo: TÃ³tah) is a city in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. ... Nickname: Motto: Where the West Begins Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: , Country United States State Texas Counties Tarrant and Denton Government - Mayor Michael J. Moncrief Area - City 298. ... The Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) is a regional airliner manufactured by Bombardier based on the Canadair Challenger business jet. ...

The six pilot groups had voted to unionize in 1994. In 1996, the pilot groups of the six airlines were merged into one common seniority list, and under the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) representation, the pilots and Mesa negotiated and ratified a five-year collective bargaining agreement.

When Mesa started taking deliveries of the CRJ in 1997, it returned to two Fokker 70 jets and placed the CRJs in service in Phoenix. Mesa started an independent hub providing CRJ service from Fort Worth Meacham to Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Colorado Springs, and from Colorado Springs to Nashville. This effort proved to be unsuccessful and the service from Fort Worth ended in less than a year. Fort Worth Meacham International Airport (commonly referred to as Meacham Field) is an airport in Fort Worth, Texas with the IATA airport code FTW and the ICAO airport code KFTW. The airport is located at the intersection of Interstate 820 and U.S. Highway 287 in northwest Fort Worth, near... â€œHoustonâ€ redirects here. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: , Counties Government - Mayor Phil Hardberger Area - City 412. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: , Country State Counties Travis County Government - Mayor Will Wynn Area - City 296. ... The City of Colorado Springs is the second most populous city (after Denver) in the State of Colorado and the 48th most populous city in the United States. ... Nickname: Location in Davidson County and the state of Tennessee Coordinates: , Country United States State Tennessee Counties Davidson County Founded: 1779 Incorporated: 1806 Government - Mayor Bill Purcell (D) Area - City 526. ...

Difficulties and loss of the United codeshare

Mesa and United entered into discussions in July 1997 to renew WestAir's codeshare agreement, which was due to expire in May 1998. Mesa and United could not agree on new terms. As negotiations delayed into the summer, United started awarding WestAir's routes to Skywest. Finally with negotiations at an impasse, United announced in November 1997 that it would not renew the codeshare with WestAir. Mesa attempted to reengage United and ask United to reconsider to no avail. This is an article about an airline in North America. ...

Mesa experienced many customer complaints regarding its Denver United Express operation. The level of complaints resulted in a Congressional inquiry of the airline's performance. Mesa experienced increased costs the Denver hub as a result of moving from Denver Stapleton airport to the new Denver International Airport and as a result of a decrease in the average fare Mesa received from United. In efforts to reduce its exposure to the high costs and mounting losses, Mesa announced that it would reduce and terminate service from its Denver hub in September 1997. United charged that the reduction and termination of service was a material breech of the codeshare agreement. Naturally Mesa disagreed. Again, as with WestAir, agreement could not be reached and United and Mesa mutually agreed to terminate the codeshare.

The effect of the codeshare termination with WestAir and Mesa was immediate. The termination put 87 (21 Jetstreams, 29 Brasilias, and 37 Beech 1900s) of Mesa's 184 aircraft out of service or 47% of its total aircraft. Mesa took immediate steps, parking the Jetstreams and Brasilias. It sold 10 Brasilias to Skywest. Mesa exercised the option to purchase 16 additional CRJs and traded in the remaining Brasilias to Bombardier for CRJs. Mesa sold 24 Beech 1900s to Great Lakes, and returned the remaining Beech 1900s to Beechcraft/Raytheon. WestAir ceased operations in 1998.

Mesa experienced difficulties with its other two codeshares as well. Flight crew shortages and scheduling problems resulted in the cancellation of many flights. From October 1997 to January 1998, Mesa parked aircraft and cancelled flights to alleviate the crew shortage problem. Part of the crew shortage problem was related to the consolidation of flight operations in Farmington, and the training associated with transitioning the air carrier from a Part 135 operator to a Part 121 operator as required by a FAA mandate. America West cancelled its codeshare with Mesa in 1997.

Turnaround

In 1998, Jonathan Ornstein was appointed CEO of Mesa Air Group. Ornstein had been Risley's assistant from 1989 to 1995 during Mesa's initial expansion. Larry Risley remained on Mesa's board of directors. All corporate officers were replaced and the company headquarters was relocated from Farmington to Phoenix. The flight training and human resources departments were also moved to Phoenix. Its plan to return to profitability focused on several fronts: its aircraft, its codeshares, and customer service

One of Mesa's problems during the turnaround was that it operated over 180 turboprops. It began consolidating all of its remaining Beechcraft 1900 turboprops into Air Midwest, completing the consolidation in 2000. It embarked on a plan to reequip with jet aircraft. In 1999, Mesa arranged to purchase 36 Embraer 145 jets with options for 64 additional ERJs. In 2001, Mesa arranged to purchase 20 CRJ-700s and 20 CRJ-900s with options for 80 additional CRJ-700/900s. Five of the CRJ-700 orders were subsequently converted to CRJ-900s. As Mesa took delivery of the larger CRJ-700s and CRJ-900s, scope restrictions with US Airways prevented Mesa from operating the larger aircraft in its Mesa Airlines subsidiary. Mesa created a separate subsidiary, called Freedom Airlines to operate these aircraft. As the scope restriction at US Airways was removed during US Airways' bankruptcy reorganization and after Mesa settled with its pilot union regarding operating Freedom as a separate air carrier, Freedom's aircraft and pilots were merged back into Mesa Airlines in 2003. Freedom Airlines (IATA: F8, ICAO: FRL, and Callsign: Freedom Air) is a FAA Part 121 certificated air carrier operating under air carrier certificate number FDKA087K issued on April 1, 2002. ...

As Mesa completed its restructuring, it proceeded to reestablish it codeshares. In 1998, it negotiated a new codeshare with America West and expanded its codeshare with USAir. In 2001, Mesa reestablished a codeshare agreement with Midwest Express for its Air Midwest Kansas City hub. Also that same year, Mesa negotiated an agreement with Frontier to operate as Frontier JetExpress out of Denver. The Frontier codeshare ended in 2003. In 2003, Mesa reestablished a codeshare agreement with United, operating as United Express. In 2005, Mesa negotiated a codeshare agreement with Delta for Freedom Airlines to operate as a Delta Connection carrier. Midwest Airlines Boeing 717 taxiing for departure at John Wayne Airport (Santa Ana, California, USA) in February 2004 Midwest Airlines is a scheduled passenger airline based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, operating from General Mitchell International Airport. ... For the similarly named Frontier Flying Service see Frontier Flying Service. ... Frontier Airlines NASDAQ: FRNT is a low-cost airline based at Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado, USA. It operates flights throughout the United States and Mexico. ...

By 1999, Mesa returned to profitability. Mesa acquired CCAir and its USAir Express codeshare in 1999. It continued to operate CCAir as a separate operation. By 2002, CCAir ceased operations due to high costs and its assets and employees were absorbed into Mesa. The latest merger attempt was in 2003, when Mesa offered to acquire Atlantic Coast Airlines. Its offer was refused, and ACA went on to operate independently as Independence Air and later ceased operations in January, 2006. In 2006, Mesa began operating in Hawaii under the brand go! and established a codeshare agreement with Mokulele Airlines, where Mokulele will operate as a go! Express carrier. Atlantic Coast Airlines (IATA: DH , ICAO: BLR , and Callsign: Blue Ridge) was an airline based in the United States owned by Atlantic Coast Holdings, Inc. ... Independence Air was a low-cost airline based in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States (near Washington, D.C.) that operated from 1989 until 2006. ... Mesa Airlines (IATA: YV, ICAO: ASH, and Callsign: Air Shuttle), a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group, is a US airline headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona which operates flights as Air Midwest, United Express and US Airways Express. ... Mokulele Airlines is an independent commuter airline based in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. ...

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²4 firm orders and 112 total options for CRJ-700/900 aircraft. Mesa took delivery of 3 CRJ-700 aircraft during 2006.

³During 2006 Mesa acquired 12 used Dash-8-100's for Freedom Airline's Delta Connection service at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport.

⁴Since 1998, all of Mesa's EMB-120 aircraft have been in long-term storage awaiting return to their lessors.

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Mesa Angels Foundation

Mesa Air Group, Inc. sponsors the Mesa Angels Foundation which provides financial assistance to those Mesa employees and immediate family members in critical financial need due to extraordinary circumstances such as medical emergencies, natural disasters or other unforeseen life-changing events. Mesa Angels Foundation also supports charitable organizations through donations in the communities Mesa serves.

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