US Airways Express

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US Airways Express

IATA various	ICAO various	Callsign various
Founded		1967
Hubs		Charlotte/Douglas International Airport Philadelphia International Airport Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport McCarran International Airport Pittsburgh International Airport LaGuardia Airport Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Logan International Airport
Focus cities		Kansas City International Airport Omaha Airport
Frequent flyer program		Dividend Miles
Member lounge		US Airways Club
Alliance		Star Alliance
Fleet size		352
Destinations		61
Parent company		US Airways Group
Headquarters		Tempe, Arizona
Key people		Doug Parker (CEO) Derek Kerr (CFO)
Website: [1]

US Airways Express is an airline brand name, rather than a fully certificated airline, and as such, the US Airways Express name is used by several individually owned airlines or airline holding companies which provide regional airline and commuter service for US Airways.

Operations are conducted from smaller markets in the United States, Canada, and the Bahamas primarily centered around US Airways major airline hubs and focus city stations at

1 History
2 Destinations
3 Airlines that make up US Airways Express
4 Fleet
5 Past airlines and fleet
6 Accidents and incidents
7 External links

[edit] History

US Airways Express can trace its beginnings to 1967, when Henson Airlines began operating as Allegheny Commuter for Allegheny Airlines, predecessor to US Airways. The initial route was Baltimore-Hagerstown. This is generally credited as the industry's first code-share agreement and the first major airline to use another airline as its commuter partner. Henson Airlines was the major predecessor to today's US Airways Express carrier Piedmont Airlines.

Pacific Southwest Airlines and Piedmont were both major carriers that merged with USAir, which became US Airways, and the corporate names were retained to protect their trademarks. However, the routes, aircraft, and other characteristics of the rebranded regional carriers bear no relation to their namesakes.

US Airways's new livery will also be applied to the US Airways Express fleet.

[edit] Destinations

Main article: US Airways Express destinations

Short 330 of Henson Airlines at Baltimore-Washington International Airport in September 1983

[edit] Airlines that make up US Airways Express

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Call Sign	Information
PSA Airlines	US	JIA	Blue Streak	Wholly Owned By US Airways Group
Piedmont Airlines	US	PDT	Piedmont	Wholly Owned By US Airways Group
Mesa Airlines	YV	ASH	Air Shuttle
Air Midwest	ZV	AMW	Air Midwest
Chautauqua Airlines	RP	CHQ	Chautauqua	Wholly Owned By Republic Airways Holdings
Republic Airlines	RW	RPA	Brickyard	Regional airline subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings
Air Wisconsin	ZW	AWI	Air Wisconsin
Colgan Air	9L	CJC	Colgan	Wholly owned by Pinnacle Airlines Corporation
Trans States Airlines	AX	LOF	Waterski

[edit] Fleet

An Embraer 170 in the previous livery

A Mesa Airlines CRJ-900 in the current livery

Saab 340B in previous US Airways Express livery

Aircraft operated as US Airways Express as of February 2007[2]:

**US Airways Express Combined Fleet**
Aircraft	Passengers	Total	Operated
Canadair Regional CRJ-900	86	38	Mesa Airlines
Canadair Regional CRJ-700	70	14	PSA Airlines
Canadair Regional CRJ-200	50	118	Air Wisconsin, Mesa Airlines, PSA Airlines
deHavilland Dash 8-100/200	37	50	Mesa Airlines, Piedmont Airlines
deHavilland Dash 8-300	50	11	Piedmont Airlines
Embraer ERJ-175	86	24	Republic Airlines
Embraer ERJ-170	72	23	Republic Airlines
Embraer ERJ-145	50	9	Chautauqua Airlines, Trans States Airlines Mesa Airlines
Saab 340B	34	18	Colgan Air
Beechcraft 1900D	19	24	Air Midwest, Colgan Air

[edit] Past airlines and fleet

Airlines which have previously operated as US Airways Express or its predecessors include Allegheney, CCAir, CommutAir, Crown Airways, FloridaGulf Airlines, Jet Express, Liberty Express Airlines, Midway Airlines, MidAtlantic Airways, Paradise Island Airlines, Potomac Air, Ransome Airlines, Shuttle America, Southern Jersey Airways, StatesWest Airlines and Suburban Airlines.

Aircraft types formerly operated as US Airways Express or its predecessors include the Dornier 328, deHavilland Dash 7, Shorts 360, Jetstream 31, Jetstream 41, EMB-120 Brasilia, Shorts 330, Fokker F27, DHC-6 Twin Otter, Nord 262, Mohawk 298, Fairchild Metro, EMB-110 Bandeirante, CASA 212, DHC-3 Otter, deHavilland Heron, Volpar Beech 18, Riley 400, and Beech 99.

[edit] Accidents and incidents

January 3, 1992: CommutAir Flight 4821, using a Raytheon Beech 1900C Airliner and operating for USAir Express, was flying from Plattsburgh to Saranac Lake when it crashed into wooded mountaintop as it was landing at Adirondack Regional Airport. Of the 4 people on board (2 passengers and 2 crew) 2 died while the other 2 sustained serious injuries. The cause of the crash was determined to be pilot error in establishing a stabilized approach and cross-checking instruments. [3]
Air Midwest Flight 5481 - using a Beechcraft 1900D operated by Air Midwest as US Airways Express under a franchise agreement, crashed into an airport hangar and burst into flames 37 seconds after leaving Charlotte/Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina for Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport in Greer, South Carolina on January 8, 2003. All 19 passengers and 2 pilots aboard died in the accident.
On 26th August 2005 in Houston, a US Airways Express Embraer ERJ-170 landed with the parking brake set, causing extensive damage to the gear. No passengers were injured and the plane has been repaired and is back in service.