Reno Air

Reno Air was a scheduled passenger airline headquartered in Reno, Nevada, United States.^[1] Reno Air provided service from its hubs at Reno/Tahoe International Airport in Reno, Nevada and San Jose International Airport in San Jose, California to destinations throughout the western United States, Canada (Vancouver, British Columbia) and with limited service to the US east coast.

History

Reno Air was founded in June 1990 by Frontier Airlines alumnus Joseph Lorenzo and Midway Airlines executive Jeff Erickson. The airline's first flight was on July 1, 1992, a nonstop flight from Reno to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle, Washington.

Following the development of its Reno hub, the airline established a second hub at San Jose International Airport in late 1993 by leasing gate space from American Airlines.^[2] AA had entered the San Jose market with its purchase of Air California several years earlier, but was having trouble competing with Southwest Airlines on prices and wanted to outsource the operation to a lower-cost operator. At the same time, the airline joined American's AAdvantage program, allowing AAdvantage members to earn credit for flying Reno Air. Reno Air subsequently posted its first annual profit in 1995.

While the airline flew most of its routes on the U.S. West Coast from their two hubs, Reno Air also operated a separate route system based in Gulfport, Mississippi. The Mississippi airport was linked with flights to St. Petersburg and Orlando in Florida and Atlanta, Georgia. None of those four airports was linked to the rest of the Reno Air route system.^[3] The flights were operated as scheduled flights, not charter flights.

In 1996, Reno Air adopted a new strategy to focus on the Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Seattle markets. It opened a reservations center in Las Vegas in 1997, and offered 25 nonstop flights a day there by 1998.^[4]

In February 1999, Reno Air was purchased by American, and flew its last flight on August 30 of that year. At the time, the purchase was seen as a way to feed American's east-west route network with Reno Air's north-south flights, primarily through San Jose.^[5] American initially retained the former Reno Air aircraft and repainted them into a modified version of the American Airlines color scheme (with a white fuselage instead of an unpainted one), but disposed of the entire Reno Air fleet in 2001 as part of capacity reduction efforts following the 9/11 attacks (this was the same case with former Trans World Airlines services that American had acquired). By the end of 2001 (especially after 9/11) nothing of the original Reno Air existed anymore, and American Airlines downgraded Reno to a spoke city rather than a hub.

Fleet

The Reno Air fleet consisted of McDonnell Douglas MD-80 and MD-90 aircraft. In addition, Jetstream 31 aircraft were operated as Reno Air Express by Mid Pacific Air. At the time of its acquisition by American Airlines, it had 27 aircraft, two of which were owned by the company.^[6]

**Reno Air fleet**^[7]
Aircraft	Total
McDonnell Douglas MD-81	1
McDonnell Douglas MD-82	11
McDonnell Douglas MD-83	14
McDonnell Douglas MD-87	6
McDonnell Douglas MD-90	5

Destinations

At the time of its acquisition by American Airlines, Reno Air served 16 destinations including:^[8]

Anchorage, Alaska
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Las Vegas, Nevada
Los Angeles, California
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Orange County, California
Portland, Oregon
Reno, Nevada
San Diego, California
San Francisco, California
San Jose, California
Seattle, Washington
Tucson, Arizona

References

Norwood, Tom W. (2006). Deregulation Knockouts, Round Two. Sandpoint, Idaho: Airways International. pp. 54–57. OCLC 77065792. ISBN 0-9653993-2-2.

↑ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. March 22–28, 1995. 83. Retrieved on July 25, 2009.
↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/13/business/company-news-american-airlines-to-lease-san-jose-gates-to-reno-air.html
↑ Plume, Janet. "Now that casino gaming has transformed the Gulf Coast from backwater to big-time, tourists can take advantage of dozens of new entertainment options". Casino Player. Retrieved 2008-02-08.
↑ http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/1998/nov/20/reno-airs-fate-unclear-with-american-merger/
↑ http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/American-absorbs-Reno-Air-flights-3068320.php
↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/20/business/american-to-buy-reno-air-for-124-million-in-cash.html?src=pm
↑ "Reno Air Fleet". Airfleets.net. Retrieved September 28, 2010.
↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/20/business/american-to-buy-reno-air-for-124-million-in-cash.html?src=pm

External links

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