Trans States Airlines
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| IATA code : | AX |
| ICAO code : | LOF |
| Call sign : | WATERSKI |
| Founding: | 1982 (as Resort Air) |
| Operation stopped: | 2020 |
| Seat: | Bridgeton, Missouri , USA |
| Turnstile : |
as United Express :
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| Home airport : | St. Louis |
| IATA prefix code : | 414 |
| Management: | Hulas Kanodia (Chairman) |
| Number of employees: | around 2000 |
| Passenger volume: | 3.4 million |
| Alliance : | Star Alliance |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | Dividend Miles (US Airways Express)
Mileage Plus (United Airlines Express) |
| Fleet size: | 41 |
| Aims: | national |
| Website: | www.transstates.net |
| Trans States Airlines ceased operations in 2020. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Trans States Airlines was a US regional airline based in Bridgeton , Missouri . She flew for United Airlines as United Express and was as GoJet Airlines , owned by Trans State Holdings, Inc .
history
Trans States Airlines was founded as Resort Air in 1982 . In 1985, Air Resort and joined Trans World Airlines , a code-share agreement and Resort Air flew as Trans World Express . The Trans World Express fleet consisted of 15 Metro II and four Metro III and flew to six cities in Missouri and Illinois.
In 1989 Resort Air changed its name to Trans States Airlines. In the same year, Trans States Airlines started flights with BAe Jetstream 32 aircraft from Los Angeles under the name USAir Express .
In 1991, Trans States acquired an additional 19 Transworld Express lines from Air Midwest, including a fleet of eight Embraer EMB 120s and 15 BAe Jetstream 32s. With that, Trans States Airlines flew to 30 cities in the American Midwest. The first ATR 72 was then used .
In 1993 a shuttle service was set up in Chicago under the name United Express , based in St. Louis. The flights were carried out with BAe ATP machines.
In 1994, Trans States signed the first triple codeshare agreement with Alaska Airlines, Northwest Airlines and USAir for feeder services to their hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego. In 1995, the Embraer EMB-120 were replaced by BAe Jetstream 41. In the same year, Trans States Airlines began feeder flights as Trans World Connection and United Express from the hub at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York on the east coast of the USA.
In 1998 flights from New York JFK operated for Delta Connection. The newly received Embraer ERJ 145 was followed by flights for United Express from Chicago O'Hare and, in 2000, for Trans World Express from the Lambert Airport hub in St. Louis. Flight operations on the east coast also began in 2000 as US Airways Express with ERJ 145 and Jetstream 41.
In 2002 American Airlines and Trans World Airlines merged. Trans States Airlines then began flying feeder services as the American Connection from the St. Louis hub. In 2003, a new ten-year agreement followed with United Airlines for flights with 25-50-seat aircraft.
In February 2020 it was announced that Trans States Airlines would cease operations by the end of 2020. This is related to ExpressJet Airlines , another company operated under the United Express umbrella brand , taking over 36 Embraer ERJ 145s.
Flight operations ceased on April 1, 2020. The planned end of 2020 was brought forward.
Destinations
- As United Express
- Denver, Springfield (Illinois), Chicago, Moline, St. Louis, Manchester, Newark, Albany, Syracuse, Greenboro-High Point-Winston-Salem, Dayton, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Harrisburg, Providence, Knoxville, Burlington, Richmond, Roanoke , Washington and Milwaukee
fleet
Fleet at the end of operations
When operations ceased in April 2020, the Trans States Airlines fleet consisted of 41 aircraft with an average age of 16.9 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats |
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| Embraer ERJ 145 | 41 | |||
| total | 41 | - |
Previously deployed aircraft
Before ceasing operations, Trans States Airlines also used the following models:
See also
Web links
- Website of the Trans States Airlines (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Trans States Airlines: About our airline ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ accessmylibrary.com: Parent of Bridgeton, Mo.-based Trans States Airlines plans to start new airline.
- ↑ Flight International, March 3, 2020 (English), p. 8.
- ↑ Compass and Trans States Airlines: Corona crisis brings two regional airlines to their knees. In: aeroTELEGRAPH. March 20, 2020, accessed on May 11, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
- ^ Trans States Airlines Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. April 22, 2020, accessed on April 22, 2020 (English).
- ^ Trans States Airlines Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. May 11, 2020, accessed on May 11, 2020 .
