Mesa Air Group, Inc. is a Nevada Corporation commercial aviation holding company with headquarters in Suite 700 at 410 North 44th Street in the Camelback East area of Phoenix, Arizona, United States. The company operates one regional airline subsidiary: Mesa Airlines which operates as American Eagle, US Airways Express and United Express under contractual agreements with American Airlines and United Airlines respectively. As of April 2015, Mesa operates 97 aircraft with approximately 420 daily system departures to 94 cities, 38 states, the District of Columbia and Mexico. The company, founded in Farmington, NM in 1980 and purchased by Larry and Janie Risley in 1982, has approximately 2,500 employees. In terms of revenue, Mesa Air Group at one point would be considered a major airline carrier as it has over $1 billion annual revenue earnings, however it does not qualify for major status because its aircraft seat fewer than 100 people. At its peak during September 2007, Mesa Air Group operated 201 aircraft.
Mesa Airlines, Inc. is an American regional airline based in Phoenix, Arizona. It is a FAA Part 121 certificated air carrier operating under air carrier certificate number MASA036A issued on June 29, 1979. It is a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group. It operates flights as American Eagle and United Express. It serves more than 180 markets in the Western Hemisphere. Mesa's safety record was noted as having the fewest incidents among domestic regional airlines in the Journal of Air Transportation. Mesa filed for Chapter 11 in January 2010, hoping to shed financial obligations for leases on airplanes it no longer needed. In March 2011, Mesa emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The time that Mesa spent in bankruptcy was one of the shortest time periods in aviation history.
Airline operations
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