2010 Mesa Airlines Bankruptcy
The final straw was Mesa losing the Delta Connection contract. The company was already sitting on several idled airliners, and having...
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Mesa invests in China
In 2006, Mesa was searching for opportunities to use some of the idled CRJ-200s, and they decided to invest in a partnership in the...
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Let's Go! to Hawaii
Mesa decided to take a shot at competing in Hawaiian interisland flying after both Aloha and Hawaiian Airlines filed for bankruptcy. It...
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Freedom 2 the Delta Connection
As mentioned in an earlier post, US Airways declared bankruptcy for a second time in 2004, and offered its codeshare partners an...
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US Airways Express - Round Two
I mentioned in an earlier post that US Airways canceled the codesharing agreement with Mesa in 2005 following their second bankruptcy...
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Mesa partners with United, again,
When Jonathan Ornstein took over Mesa in 1998, the company was embroiled in a lawsuit against United Airlines over the canceling of Mesa...
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The Crash of Air Midwest Flight 5481
Air Midwest Airlines had operated for thirty-six years without a fatal aircraft accident involving passengers. The parent company had not...
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Mesa Creates Freedom Airlines
In May 2001, Mesa entered into an agreement with Bombardier to purchase twenty new larger regional jets, with an option for eighty more....
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Mesa Book Update
Can Do Attitude: the mesa airlines story I can’t believe I am so close to the finish line! I’ve been working on my story about Mesa...
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Mesa becomes Frontier Jet Express
In September 2001, Jonathan Ornstein was in talks with Jeff Potter at Frontier Airlines for a codesharing deal out of Denver. In early...
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Mesa purchases Embraer EMB-145 jets
After Mesa signed the new codesharing agreement with US Airways to increase the number of regional jets in the US Airways system from...
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Mesa purchases CCAir
Before Jonathan Ornstein returned to take over Mesa, he was part of an investor group that bought a significant amount of CCAir stock. It...
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It's a new day!
At the end of 1997, Larry Risley announced that he was stepping down from the helm at Mesa Airlines. The Board of Directors chose...
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Mesa starts jet operation in Fort Worth
In 1996, Larry Risley decided to start his own independent jet operation out of Fort Worth, Texas. It would be modeled after Southwest...
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Mesa Airlines purchases jets
In 1995, Mesa Airlines surprised the regional airline world and bought two, 78-passenger Fokker 70 jets with options for six more. This...
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Mesa takes deliveries of Dash 8s
In February 1995, Mesa Airlines signed a new codesharing agreement with United Airlines for a continuing partnership at the Denver...
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Mesa buys Crown Airways assets and creates Liberty Express
In February 1994, Mesa Airlines bought the assets and routes of Crown Airways and started a new company named Liberty Express Airlines....
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Mesa Airlines buys WestAir Commuter Airlines.
In 1992, Mesa Airlines bought out WestAir Commuter Airlines and became a United Express carrier on the West Coast. WestAir was a...
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Mesa Creates Florida Gulf Airlines
Shortly after Mesa purchased Air Midwest, Larry Risley sent Robert Priddy (previous CEO of Air Midwest) to Florida to start a new airline...
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Mesa buys Air Midwest
From 1991 to 1994 Mesa purchased three airlines and started a fourth. One of these acquisitions, was Air Midwest, which at one time was...
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