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ExpressJet Airlines history
ExpressJet Airlines company history timeline
ExpressJet was born in 1986, after Continental Airlines aquired a group of small commuter airlines that included Bar Harbor Airlines, Britt Airways, and Rocky Mountain Air.
Express Jet operates under the original Federal Aviation Administration Part 121 certificate issued to Britt, which began operations as Continental Express in April 1987 and was later acquired by Continental Airlines.
Commercial operations started in 1987.
In 1996, ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. was incorporated.
Following a December 2005 decision by Continental to reduce ExpressJet's Continental Express flying by 69 aircraft, the airline elected to operate the aircraft independently.
On December 31, 2006, the airline began its charter operation.
In March 2007, ExpressJet operated four of its Embraer 145 jets on JetBlue routes while JetBlue's Embraer 190 jets were being serviced.
In April 2008, SkyWest, Inc. proposed an acquisition of ExpressJet at a price of $23.50/share.
An incident occurred where passengers were forced to stay on a parked plane at Rochester, Minnesota, on August 21, 2009, for six hours with no food and overflowing toilets.
In September, 2009, that contract ended, but was followed by a multiple year contract with United Airlines for flying 22 aircraft in full United Express colors.
In May 2010, ExpressJet began operating Branson AirExpress, non-stop air service between Branson, Missouri and Houston, Texas; Austin, Texas; Nashville, Tennessee; Des Moines, Iowa; Shreveport, Louisiana and Terre Haute, Indiana; Chicago Midway and Indianapolis.
In July 2011, the name "SureJet", with the tagline, "Ally, Partner, Friend" was revealed.
On 22/Nov/2011, both Atlantic Southeast and ExpressJet gained approval from the FAA for a single operating certificate that would allow them to operate as a single carrier under the ExpressJet name making ExpressJet the largest regional airline in the world with more than 400 aircraft.
In February, 2013, ExpressJet operated its first flight as American Eagle.
On May 1, 2013, Scandinavian Airlines Flight 908, an A330 that was readied for takeoff at Newark, clipped an ExpressJet Embraer E145 aircraft, operating as United Express flight 4226.
In October 2013, ExpressJet opened a new crew domicile in Kansas City, Missouri, at Kansas City International Airport.
As talks with United Airlines of a potential purchase gained momentum in August 2017, Delta Air Lines terminated its contract with ExpressJet.
In late 2018, it was announced that the company would be spun-off by SkyWest and purchased by a joint venture called ManaAir, with KAir Enterprises as the majority (50.1%) owner and United Airlines as the minority (49.9%) owner.
January 2019 ExpressJet Airlines announced finalization of its acquisition by Mana Air, LLC along with United Airlines as a minority investor.
In addition, United committed delivery of 25 new ERJ-175 aircraft to ExpressJet for United Express operations beginning in April 2019.
As of September 2019, the ExpressJet fleet consists of the following aircraft:
February 2020 United Airlines announced a formal reassignment of 36 ERJ-145 jets from another United Express carrier to ExpressJet.
In July 2021, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) granted final approval for ExpressJet to restart commercial operations.
The airline's first relaunched revenue flight was a sports charter operated on September 30, 2021, between Tallahassee, FL and Anderson, SC—exactly one year after the its final flight as a fee-for-departure contract carrier.
Scheduled flights began on October 24, 2021, with the first flight being to Pasco, Washington.
Major US regional carrier ExpressJet Airlines ceased operations on September 30, 2022, but after a year of sitting stagnant, the airline has been reborn as a new low-cost carrier called Aha!, which stands for "air-hotel-adventure."
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| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA Airlines | 1979 | $1.5B | 5,000 | 174 |
| Southwest Airlines | 1967 | $27.5B | 58,803 | 79 |
| Continental Airlines | 1934 | $2.7B | 10,001 | - |
| GoJet Airlines | 2004 | $94.0M | 1,670 | 16 |
| Spirit Airlines | 1983 | $4.9B | 10,000 | 23 |
| Envoy Aviation Group Inc. | 1987 | $14.3M | 1,096 | - |
| SkyWest Airlines | 1972 | $3.5B | 14,000 | 97 |
| Republic Airways Holdings | 1973 | $1.3B | 451 | 125 |
| Frontier Airlines | 1994 | $3.8B | 5,481 | 49 |
| Endeavor Air | 1985 | $1.3B | 5,000 | 30 |
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