Trans States Airlines
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ICAO LOF |
Callsign WATERSKI |
| Founded | 1982 (as Resort Air) | |
| Hubs | As AmericanConnection: Lambert-St. Louis International Airport As United Express: O'Hare International Airport Washington Dulles International Airport Denver International Airport As US Airways Express: Pittsburgh International Airport |
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| Frequent flyer program | Dividend Miles (US Airways Express) Mileage Plus (United Airlines Express) AAdvantage (AmericanConnection) |
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| Member lounge | US Airways Club (US Airways Express) Red Carpet Club (United Airlines) Admirals Club (AmericanConnection) |
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| Alliance | Star Alliance (United Airlines Express and US Airways Express) Oneworld (AmericanConnection) |
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| Fleet size | 50 | |
| Destinations | 62 | |
| Parent company | Trans States Holdings, Inc. | |
| Headquarters | St. Louis, Missouri | |
| Key people | Hulas Kanodia (Chairman) Richard A. Leach (President / COO) |
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| Website: http://www.transstates.net/ | ||
Trans States Airlines is the thirteenth largest[1] American regional airline based in St. Louis, Missouri. It operates as American Connection for American Airlines, United Express for United Airlines and US Airways Express for US Airways.
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[edit] History
By 1985 the company acted as a Trans World Express carrier to feed Trans World Airlines flights at Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport. It began operations as Resort Air in 1982 and changed its name to Trans States Airlines in 1989.
The call sign "Waterski" and the ICAO 3-letter identifier "LOF," which stands for 'Lodge of the Four Seasons', are from the early days when the company was operated as Resort Air and took visitors to the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri.
Trans States Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Trans States Airlines, also owns GoJet Airlines.
[edit] Airline Operations
Trans States Airlines is headquartered in St. Louis where its main crew domicile, training facility, and maintenance facility are located. The same is also operated in Richmond, VA as the east coast operations where US Airways Express is predominately operated. It operates hubs for AmericanConnection in St. Louis at Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport, for United Express in Chicago at O'Hare International Airport and Washington, DC at Washington Dulles International Airport, and in Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh International Airport.
[edit] Destinations
[edit] As American Connection
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Florida
- Jacksonville (Jacksonville International Airport)
- Miami (Miami International Airport) [begins June 1]
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
[edit] As United Express
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Missouri
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Tennessee
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
[edit] As US Airways Express
- Connecticut
- Missouri
- New Hampshire
- Manchester (Manchester-Boston Regional Airport) (weekends)
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Tennessee
- Virginia
[edit] Fleet
| Aircraft | Total | Passengers |
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| Embraer ERJ 145EP | 12 | 50 |
| Embraer ERJ 145LR | 38 | 50 |
Many of the ERJ-145s operating as United Express are the only ERJ-145s in America operating without thrust reversers in an effort to save weight and money.[citation needed] These aircraft were purchased from Swissair.
[edit] References
- ^ Top 50 Individual Regional Airlines December, 2006
[edit] External links
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