Mesa Air Group

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Mesa Air Group
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ISIN	US5904791010
Seat	Phoenix , Arizona ,
Branch	airline
Website	www.mesa-air.com

Mesa Air Group, Inc. is the parent company of Mesa Airlines, Freedom Airlines and Air Midwest , based in Phoenix , Arizona , USA. In early 2010, the company had to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Area

It is a public limited company and, in addition to the airlines, operates a number of flight service companies. The airlines fly mainly under the names US Airways Express , United Express and Delta Connection to 148 destinations in 38 states in the USA, as well as Mexico and Canada.

The Mesa Air Group operates a fleet of 201 aircraft. It actually belongs to the so-called major airlines , based on total assets, flight network and number of employees. Since it only operates with aircraft with fewer than one hundred seats, it is not listed as such.

history

The company was formed in 1980 as JB Aviation , based at Farmington Four Season Regional Airport , New Mexico, by Larry and Janie Risley with a capital of $ 140,000 with a Piper Chieftain . In the early years, the Mesa Air Shuttle battled established airlines such as Air Midwest , Sun West Airlines , Pioneer Airlines , Jet Air , Trans-Colorado Airlines and Airways of New Mexico .

In 1984, Mesa received its first Essential Air Service contract from the Civil Aeronautics Board . The flight destinations were Roswell , Hobbs and Carlsbad, followed by a second contract for the destinations Silver City , Alamogordo , Las Cruces and Gallup .

In 1987, Mesa Air Shuttle went public as Mesa Air Group, Inc. with 865,000 shares for $ 7.50. From 1989 Mesa grew steadily through acquisitions, expansion of the route network and code share agreements. The balance sheet total in 2007 was $ 1.4 billion, the number of employees approximately 5000.

Subsidiaries

Today Mesa Air Group operates the following subsidiaries:

Airlines Mesa Airlines , Inc. Freedom Airlines , Inc. go!

Other companies Mesa Pilot Development, Inc. Regional Aircraft Service, Inc. MAGI Insurance, Ltd. Ritz Hotel Management Corp. Mesa Air Group-Aircraft Inventory Management, LLC (MAG-AIM)

Former airlines and subsidiaries California Pacific CCAir Desert Sun Airlines Florida Gulf Airlines Liberty Express Airlines Mountain West Airlines Skyway Airlines Superior Airlines WestAir Holdings, Inc. and WestAir Commuter Airlines Desert Turbine Service Four Corners Aviation Mesa Leasing, Inc. San Juan pilot training

A joint venture was concluded with the Chinese Shenzhen Airlines in 2005 to set up Kunpeng Airlines . In August 2008, Mesa Air Group announced the sale of its shares in Kunpeng Airlines to Shenzhen Airlines. After that, Kunpeng Airlines was renamed Henan Airlines .

Web links

• Web presence of the Mesa Air Group (English)

Individual evidence

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