AmericanConnection

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AmericanConnection is a brand name used by three airlines feeding American Airlines's hub at Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport:

• Chautauqua Airlines, serving 14 cities with 15 Embraer ERJ 140 jets
• Great Lakes Airlines, serving 6 cities
• Trans States Airlines, serving 29 cities with 15 Embraer ERJ 145 jets

AmericanConnection is the name given to flights operated by independent carriers. The AmericanConnection carriers previously operated under a marketing agreement with Trans World Airlines as Trans World Express.

Together, the three carriers operate over 300 flights a day to 49 destinations. The AmericanConnection services are operated as an affiliate to the Oneworld airline alliance.

In March of 2007, AMR announced that RegionsAir would no longer operate as an AmericanConnection carrier. It was announced that Great Lakes Airlines would resume service to six of the nine cities that RegionsAir had previously served. The remaining three cities (Cape Girardeau, Mo., Jackson, Tenn., and Owensboro, Ky) no longer receive AmericanConnection service. ^[1]

Contents 1 Disasters 2 Incidents 3 Destinations 4 References

[edit] Disasters

• Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashed on 19 October 2004 near Kirksville, Missouri killing 13 people, with two survivors.

[edit] Incidents

• An Embraer ERJ 145 en route Washington's Reagan National-St. Louis (Flight AA5526) was forced to make an emergency landing at the Pittsburgh International on June 12, 2006 after one of its hydraulic systems failed. The aircraft's alternate hydraulic system failed after landing and the jet was towed to the gate.

[edit] Destinations

Non-Stop Service to/from St. Louis, Missouri – Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport:

• Atlanta, Georgia – Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (CH, TS)
• Austin, Texas – Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (TS)
• Burlington, Iowa – Southeast Iowa Regional Airport (GL)
• Cedar Rapids, Iowa – The Eastern Iowa Airport (TS)
• Charlotte, North Carolina – Charlotte/Douglas International Airport (TS)
• Cincinnati, Ohio – Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (TS)
• Columbus, Ohio – Port Columbus International Airport (TS)
• Dallas, Texas – Love Field Airport (TS)
• Dayton, Ohio – James M. Cox Dayton International Airport (CH)
• Decatur, Illinois – Decatur Airport (GL)
• Denver, Colorado – Denver International Airport (TS)
• Des Moines, Iowa – Des Moines International Airport (CH, TS)
• Fayetteville, Arkansas – Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (TS)
• Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri – Waynesville Regional Airport at Forney Field (GL)
• Indianapolis, Indiana – Indianapolis International Airport (TS)
• Jacksonville, Florida – Jacksonville International Airport (TS)
• Madison, Wisconsin – Dane County Regional Airport (TS)
• Marion, Illinois – Williamson County Regional Airport (GL)
• Memphis, Tennessee – Memphis International Airport (TS)
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin – General Mitchell International Airport (CH, TS)
• Minneapolis – Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (CH)
• Nashville, Tennessee – Nashville International Airport (CH, TS)
• Newark, New Jersey – Newark Liberty International Airport (CH)
• Norfolk, Virginia – Norfolk International Airport (CH)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Will Rogers World Airport (TS)
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Philadelphia International Airport (CH, TS)
• Quincy, Illinois – Quincy Regional Airport (GL)
• Raleigh, North Carolina – Raleigh-Durham International Airport (CH)
• San Antonio, Texas – San Antonio International Airport (CH, TS)
• Springfield, Illinois – Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (GL)
• Washington, DC – Washington Dulles International Airport (CH)
• Wichita, Kansas – Wichita Mid-Continent Airport (CH)
• Windsor Locks, Connecticut – Bradley International Airport (TS)

[edit] References

1. ^ AMR Press Release

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Chautauqua Airlines • Great Lakes Airlines • Trans States Airlines