32 Facts About Mesa Airlines

Mesa Airlines, Inc, is an American regional airline based in Phoenix, Arizona.

Mesa Airlines began operations as Mesa Airlines Air Shuttle in Farmington, New Mexico, in 1980.

From 1989 through 1998, Mesa Airlines operated as a conglomeration of up to eight separate airlines.

Original Mesa Airlines Air Shuttle was a flight division of JB Aviation in Farmington, New Mexico, and operated a single route from Farmington to Albuquerque using a Piper Saratoga aircraft.

In 1981 as the original Frontier Airlines was discontinuing its flights between the two cities, Mesa obtained a twin-engine Piper Navajo Chieftain and increased service on the route.

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Also in 1987, a Denver hub was created when Mesa acquired Centennial Airlines which operated several routes from Denver into Wyoming.

In 1992, when Mesa established a codeshare with America West Airlines, its Phoenix hub was turned over to the America West Express division.

In 1997, Mesa Airlines established a small hub at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport, using two Bombardier CRJ-200 regional jet aircraft, providing service from Fort Worth to San Antonio, Austin, and Houston Hobby, as well as new routes from Colorado Springs to Nashville and San Antonio.

In 1998, Mesa Airlines moved its headquarters from Farmington, NM to Phoenix, AZ.

In September 1992, Mesa negotiated a code-sharing agreement with America West Airlines to operate as America West Express out of its Phoenix hub, serving 12 cities.

In 1995, Mesa created a new subdivision called Desert Sun Airlines and acquired a pair of Fokker 70 jets for use on new America West Express routes from Phoenix to Des Moines and Spokane.

In 2003, Mesa Airlines took over the operations of Freedom Airlines and Freedom Airlines' CRJ-900 regional jets were transferred into the America West Express operation.

In November 1997, Mesa Airlines negotiated a codeshare agreement to provide service to US Airways as US Airways Express for 14 regional jets to various cities from its Philadelphia and Charlotte hubs.

In 1990, Mesa Airlines acquired Aspen Airways Denver hub and routes, except for Aspen's Denver to Aspen route.

Mesa Airlines leased Embraer EMB-120 aircraft from its former competitor in New Mexico, Air Midwest.

In 2003, Mesa Airlines agreed to a service agreement with United for service out of their hubs at Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, and Washington-Dulles under the United Express banner.

Around the same time, United decided not to extend its CRJ200 operation and as a result, all of the Mesa Airlines CRJ200s flying under United Express were phased out by April 30,2010.

Skyway was formed in 1989 when Mesa Airlines established a codeshare agreement with Midwest Express and a Milwaukee hub.

From Milwaukee, Mesa Airlines served 25 cities in nine states in the upper Midwest region, using Beechcraft 1900 aircraft.

FloridaGulf Airlines division was formed in 1991 after Mesa's acquisition of Air Midwest.

America West Airlines closed its Columbus hub in 2003 and Mesa again reallocated the assets this time to its newly reacquired United Express operation.

Mesa Airlines created CalPac in 1992, establishing a second United Express carrier with a Los Angeles hub along with WestAir.

Desert Sun Airlines division was created in 1995 to inaugurate Mesa's first jet service utilizing Fokker 70 aircraft.

Mesa Airlines intended to replace the outgoing CRJ-200s with larger regional jets such as the CRJ-700 and CRJ-900.

In March 2013, Mesa Airlines announced the leasing of nine Bombardier CRJ-900s, which were previously operated by Uruguay's Pluna, for operations at US Airways.

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In September 2013, Mesa Airlines announced an agreement with United Airlines which extends the operation of 20 CRJ-700s through 2020.

Mesa Airlines later announced an agreement with United Airlines to add 18 Embraer E175 aircraft to Mesa's United Express fleet.

Mesa Airlines currently operates 76 E175 aircraft under the United Express brand.

In February 2012 the contract between flight attendants and Mesa Airlines expired and became eligible for negotiation between the Association of Flight Attendants and Mesa.

Mesa Airlines is an important partner in the highly-profitable American Airlines and United Airlines networks.

On March 2,2017, the Air Line Pilots Association, International union representing all of Mesa Airlines pilots filed a lawsuit after wages had stagnated and ceased to increase in any amount for almost ten years and the company had allegedly bypassed the Railway Labor Act by implementing bonus and incentive programs without reaching an agreement beforehand with the ALPA.

Mesa Airlines reported that she briefed "no go-around" because no takeoffs were authorized on the runway at night or in IMC conditions; however, the first officer knew this was incorrect, but did not challenge the captain.