MidAtlantic Airways

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MidAtlantic Airways was a regional airline based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. It was a subsidiary of US Airways and operated the Embraer 170 medium-jet aircraft as a US Airways Express carrier. It ceased operations in 2006.^{[citation needed]}

1 Former code data
2 History
3 Services
4 Fleet
5 References

[edit] Former code data

IATA Code: BK
ICAO Code: PDC ^[1]

[edit] History

The airline was reformed from the remnants of short-lived Potomac Air, which was created in late 2000 and started flying 37-seat de Havilland Canada Dash 8-200 aircraft in early 2001, based at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington DC. Potomac ceased operations during the closure of Reagan National after the September 11 terrorist attacks; US Airways then reformed Potomac as MidAtlantic in the spring of 2002.

MidAtlantic did not actually have an operating certificate, but operated under that of its parent, US Airways. MidAtlantic was started as a "Jets for Jobs" experiment, hiring furloughed mainline pilots to fly the new aircraft. However, the company ceased operations May 28, 2006, having sold most of its assets to Republic Airlines during US Airways latest bankruptcy. Republic will operate the craft under the US Airways Express banner.^{[citation needed]}

On February 9, 2006, the US Airways announced a firm order for 25 Embraer 190 aircraft, a cousin of the 170. However, unlike the smaller E-Jet, the 190 will have an 11-seat First Class cabin and be operated by mainline employees.

[edit] Services

As of January 2006 MidAtlantic Airways operated services to the following domestic scheduled destinations ^[1] : Albany, Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston,Burlington, Charleston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas/Fort Worth, Detroit,Fort Lauderdale, Hartford, Houston, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Key West, Manchester, Milwaukee, Nashville, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Providence, Raleigh/Durham, Rochester, St Louis and Washington.

[edit] Fleet

As of January 2005 the MidAtlantic Airways fleet consisted of ^[1] :

25 Embraer 170
On order: 60 Embraer 170

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c Flight International 12-18 April 2005

Press release, US Airways, May 30 2002, "US AIRWAYS FORMS MIDATLANTIC AIRWAYS TO PREPARE FOR PLANNED REGIONAL JET GROWTH"
"US Airways regional jet unit closes for good," Dan Fitzpatrick, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 31, 2006