Mesa / Air Midwest to stop 1900 flying?

[Smiliner]

Just read on the DOT website that Mesa / Air Midwest has filed applications to TERMINATE service to the following cities...

Lake Havasu, AZ
Merced, CA
Visalia, CA
Athens, GA
Hagerstown, MD
Alamogordo, NM
Farmington, NM
Roswell, NM
Ely, NV
DuBois, PA
Franklin/Oil City, PA
Lancaster, PA
Cedar City, UT
Moab, UT
Vernal, UT
Greenbrier/White Sulphur Springs/Lewisburg, WV

Some of these cities have been in the Mesa system for less than 9 months. Are they getting rid of their 1900's?

 

[s3jetman]

yes they are

 

[PURPLEHAZE21]

Finally....

 

[cjcpilot]

Yet they also bid to get PRC/IGM/PGA/SOW back and rebid for HYS/GBD/DDC/GCK. I wish they would make up their mind.

 

[maxpayrollcruz]

I think with the closure of the west, they will not take any AZ flying...who knows. I also heard someone bought Air Midwest.

 

[CitationLover]

good riddance hankasaurus, rickster, and satan's daughter trista!

 

[amcnd]

"Farmington, NM"

Isn't that there headquarters? I guess this keeps they mad employee's from hunting them down.

 

[stall022]

1900 EAS is going away due to one thing...pilot Attrition...We can't keep the jets staffed so they are pulling the 1900 for the crews. We lost 65 pilots last month and 75 so far this month.

Mesa was started in Farmington but they moved the headquarters to Phoenix many years ago. Air Midwest headquarters are in Wichita KS.

 

[The_Russian]

We buy now!

 

[sktwstdfrk]

If I was treated like this in the press I'd get the hell out of town too. Is this reporting or an opinion piece?

http://www.thespectrum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070526/NEWS01/705260305

 

[Mach]

Hey Russian


Can you back your claim?

 

[The_Russian]

We just hired 20 street captains to cover "aquired" 1900 flying.

 

[CitationLover]

looks like air midwest will simply be Kansas flying under the midwest codeshare and the mesa airlines flights in Arkansas (JBR, ELD, HOT, HRO to DFW).

 

[Mach]

Russian,

That should cover the East Coast that Air Midwest is getting rid of. I dont know about buying the entire fleet like you say.

 

[Sam Snead]

Just read on the DOT website that Mesa / Air Midwest has filed applications to TERMINATE service to the following cities...

Lake Havasu, AZ
...

linky?

 

[OB-CPO]

linky?

Its in the Fresno Bee and the EAS website too. http://www.fresnobee.com/local/sv/story/50259.html
http://www.regionalaviationpartners.org/

 

[amcnd]

KSL.com (slc news station)

But officials say the airport has suffered, with enplanements dropping 30 percent in the first four months of 2007. Mesa's inability to entice passengers also cost the city $1 million in federal grants last year, said Donna Brown, a member of the airport advisory board. "My perception has always been that their commitment has never been too high from the beginning. It's not a big surprise ... but it is a big disappointment," she said. Farmer said city official have begun negotiations with another carrier.

 

[B727FA]

What about Pacific Wings coming in for some of this?

 

[XPOO]

I feel some other airliner, other than SkyWest, will be taking over the CDC flying. But, hey, as long as their name isn't Mesa, it's bound to be a huge improvement.