Which regionals have merged?

[radarlove]

I was talking to someone about "all" of the regional airline mergers, but I couldn't even think of more than a couple. Have there been many regionals merge in the last decade or so? Who did it?

 

[elag777]

I was talking to someone about "all" of the regional airline mergers, but I couldn't even think of more than a couple. Have there been many regionals merge in the last decade or so? Who did it?

Shuttle America into Republic Airline Holdings.

 

[radarlove]

Did XJT ever merge?

 

[CitationLover]

eagle was a merger of (there were a lot here goes)......

simmons
nashville eagle (air midwest)
metro
command
business express (later acquisition with a DoH merger)
wings west
executive

thats about all i can think of now.

cc air was bought and brought into mesa air group

air midwest sold its florida ops (the old florida gulf) to gulstream

chautauqua bought mid atlantic (brought into shuttle and republic)

 

[sayagain?]

Pennsylvania Airlines and Suburban merged 1994ish? And became ALG which recently merged with PDT and kept the PDT name.

 

[AWACoff]

Mississippi Valley and Air Wisconsin.

 

[FlyingSig]

Britt + Rocky Mountain + Bar Harbor = Continental Express / IPO = ExpressJet

 

[njcapt]

Pennsylvania Airlines and Suburban merged 1994ish? And became ALG which recently merged with PDT and kept the PDT name.

You don't remember conversion training? You Beech guys probably didn't have any. I had to do a night ride in the shed.

ALG-PCA June 1992.

 

[higherflyer]

chautauqua bought mid atlantic (brought into shuttle and republic)

Chautauqua didn't buy Mid-Atlantic. Republic Airways Holdings (holding company for RP, S5 and RW) bought the Mid-Atlantic's aircraft from USAirways. Republic Airlines flies these aircraft today- they are totally separate from Chautauqua.

Shuttle America into Republic Airline Holdings.

This wasn't a merger; it was a change in ownership from Wexford to RAH. S5 was kept as a separate company within the holding company.

 

[EMB170Pilot]

Chautauqua didn't buy Mid-Atlantic. Republic Airways Holdings (holding company for RP, S5 and RW) bought the Mid-Atlantic's aircraft from USAirways. Republic Airlines flies these aircraft today- they are totally separate from Chautauqua.



This wasn't a merger; it was a change in ownership from Wexford to RAH. S5 was kept as a separate company within the holding company.

Careful.. you'll piss off the original shuttle guys/gals

What higher said

 

[DiverDriver]

Mississippi Valley and Air Wisconsin.

Mississippi Valley, Air Wisconsin, Aspen Air and Mountain Air Express. Did I get that right?

 

[LearLove]

pilgrim, air new england into bizz ex plus others into bizz ex or something like that then bizz ex into eagle which was sinnions and flagship plus maybe someone else

mesa- fl gulf, air midwest, crown plus many others

PBA was made up of several also

 

[FlyComAirJets]

AeroMech + Wright Air Lines + part of Air Illinois

 

[SSDD]

1984-Skywest bought SunAire.

 

[CitationLover]

pilgrim, air new england into bizz ex plus others into bizz ex or something like that then bizz ex into eagle which was sinnions and flagship plus maybe someone else

i knew i was forgetting one of the mini-eagles, flagship, yeah that's it, that's the ticket....

 

[Tail Gunner Joe]

Britt + Rocky Mountain + Bar Harbor = Continental Express / IPO = ExpressJet

Long before CoEx was spun off to form Express Jet
Bar Harbor was spun off in 1990 (as a Eastern Airlines commuter)

 

[ralphcramden1]

ACA took over Wisconsins Dash 8 ops & roughly 100 pilots.

 

[Zipperhead]

Shouldn't this be in the "Regional" forum????

 

[PHXFLYR]

Shouldn't this be in the "Regional" forum????

There's a "zipperhead" in every crowd. (sorry...couldn't resist!! )


PHXFLYR

 

[PHXFLYR]

pilgrim, air new england into bizz ex plus others into bizz ex or something like that then bizz ex into eagle which was sinnions and flagship plus maybe someone else

mesa- fl gulf, air midwest, crown plus many others

PBA was made up of several also

Air New England didn't merge with Biz Ex. They ceased operations in 1981. Biz Ex was originally known as Atlantic Air a 135 commuter that had 3 Navajo Chieftains. Owned by an American Airlines Captain,it was sold to Marketing Corporation of America (MCA) around 1983 and re-named Business Express and is now part of the American Eagle system. Air New England was long gone prior to any of this transpiring.

PHXFLYR

 

[Captzaahlie]

Heard that PSA and PDT will get combined together before too long.

 

[PHXFLYR]

I heard rumors to that effect recently. Kind of makes sense. Why keep them seperate when you now have Usair East and Usair West to whipsaw off of each other.

PHXFLYR

 

[jetpig32]

Air Kentucky and allegheny commuter.

 

[BoilerUP]

Mississippi Valley, Air Wisconsin, Aspen Air and Mountain Air Express. Did I get that right?

D'oh! Meant to say Lone Star...

 

[crashpad]

The hottest news story this year will be a Fall merger of JetBlue, Spirit, and Frontier. You heard it first, here.

 

[sayagain?]

You don't remember conversion training? You Beech guys probably didn't have any. I had to do a night ride in the shed.

ALG-PCA June 1992.

When you were doing your conversion training, I was probably standing out in the rain doing my w&b form. And this was after I helped with the carry on bags.

Still glad I flew the beech instead of the pig.