RegionsAir

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RegionsAir

IATA 3C	ICAO CEA	Callsign CORP-X
Founded		1996
Hubs		Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
Frequent flyer program		OnePass (Continental)
Member lounge		Presidents Club (Continental)
Alliance		SkyTeam (Continental)
Fleet size		16
Destinations		12
Parent company		RegionsAir
Headquarters		Smyrna, Tennessee
Key people		Doug Caldwell, President and CEO Fred Breeden, CFO
Website: http://www.regionsair.com

RegionsAir is a regional airline (Part 121) started in 1996 after American Eagle closed its hub in Nashville, Tennessee. Its headquarters and main maintenance base are located at Smyrna Airport in Smyrna, Tennessee. The hub airports for RegionsAir is the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport (STL) and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE).

RegionsAir operates under a code-sharing agreement with Continental Airlines, to provide flights to communities as Continental Connection from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.

1 History
2 Incidents and accidents
3 Fleet
4 References

[edit] History

RegionsAir was known as Corporate Express Airlines from 1996 to 1998, and then Corporate Airlines from 1998 to 2004. Operating as Corporate Express, it flew for Midway Airlines (JI) providing feed until their 1st shutdown in 2001 and also flew for TWA as Trans World Express out of St. Louis. At that time, the airline was run by Chuck Howell, who is now the President at Great Lakes Airlines. The airline changed its corporate name to RegionsAir in early 2005 to end confusion with similarly named airlines. RegionsAir has been the air service provider for many small communities as part of the Federally-subsidized Essential Air Service (EAS) program. [[4]]

On October 7, 2005 Viva International, an aviation holding company, issued an irrevocable Letter of Intent to Purchase RegionsAir for an undisclosed sum, but nothing ever became of the LOI.

RegionsAir operated under a code-sharing agreement with American Airlines to provide flights to communities as AmericanConnection from Lambert-St. Louis International Airport until March of 2007. ^[1]

[edit] Incidents and accidents

On October 19, 2004 Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashed on approach to Kirksville, Missouri. Thirteen people died and two were injured. The NTSB has determined pilot error to be the cause of this accident ^[2]

On March 2, 2007 the local Airline's FSDO office, FAA officials in DC, and the airline got into a minor spat over some wording in one of the training manuals - the local office approved the policy over 11 years ago, but someone decided it was no longer "appropriate" and demanded it be changed - putting the airline in a very difficult position, especially on a Friday afternoon. The airline voluntarily ceased scheduled operations until the items could be clarified. FAA found no discrepancies when they went over all pilots records. In the end, a majority of the crews were actually still eligible to fly and about 35 of the airlines flights were cancelled that Saturday. ^[3] ^[4].

On March 8, 2007 at 4:36pm the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) again grounded RegionsAir due to discrepancies in the airlines training procedures for line-check airmen. As of this time, it is unknown when RegionsAir will return to passenger service. As a result of this second grounding within one week, several regional airports serviced by RegionsAir have announced intentions to replace the airline with other regional carriers. ^[5]