Colgan Air

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Colgan Air
IATA 9L	ICAO CJC	Callsign Colgan
Founded		1991
Hubs		LaGuardia Airport Logan International Airport Pittsburgh International Airport Washington Dulles International Airport George Bush Intercontinental Airport
Fleet size		58
Destinations		49
Parent company		Pinnacle Airlines Corp.
Headquarters		Manassas, Virginia
Key people		Michael J. Colgan (CEO) and Charles Colgan (Founders)
Website: http://www.colganair.com/

Colgan Air (IATA: 9L, ICAO: CJC, and Callsign: Colgan) ^[1] is a regional airline of the United States. Headquartered in Manassas, Virginia, its major hubs are New York's LaGuardia Airport, Boston's Logan International Airport, Washington Dulles International Airport, and Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport. It has been operating as US Airways Express since 1999 and now serves almost 50 cities in the Northeast and Texas as a feeder for US Airways Express, United Express, and Continental Connection.

On February 5, 2007, it was announced that Colgan Air will provide service for Continental Airlines out of Newark Liberty International Airport starting in early 2008. Colgan will acquire and operate 15 new Bombardier Q400 aircraft and the service will be marketed as part of Continental Connection.^[2]

Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 2.1 Northeastern United States 2.1.1 Connecticut 2.1.2 Maine 2.1.3 Massachusetts 2.1.4 New Hampshire 2.1.5 New York 2.1.6 Ohio 2.1.7 Pennsylvania 2.1.8 Rhode Island 2.2 Mid-Atlantic States 2.2.1 Virginia 2.2.1.1 District of Columbia Area 2.2.2 West Virginia 2.3 Southern United States 2.3.1 Arkansas 2.3.2 Louisiana 2.3.3 Texas 3 Fleet 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

Charles J. Colgan founded fixed base operator Colgan Airways Corporation at Manassas Airport in 1965. It began scheduled service under contract with IBM in 1970 between Manassas, Washington, D.C. and Poughkeepsie, New York. It expanded over the next decade and a half and was sold in 1986 to Presidential Airways.

After Presidential went defunct in 1991, Colgan and his son, Michael J., restarted the service under the name Colgan Air. It was established and started operations on December 1, 1991. On July 1, 1997 it became a feeder for Continental Airlines, operating under the name Continental Connection.

On December 11, 1999 Colgan left the Continental system and became exclusively a US Airways Express carrier, focusing its routes around major US Airways stations such as LaGuardia, Pittsburgh, and Boston. On January 25, 2005 it announced it would acquire additional Saab 340 aircraft and resume service as Continental Connection out of Houston.

On October 4, 2005 Colgan Air started providing flights for United Express flights out of Washington's Dulles International Airport. Initially serving Charleston, WV, and Westchester County Airport in White Plains, NY, Colgan has expanded its service to include State College, Pennsylvania; Charlottesville, Virginia; Allentown, Pennsylvania; and Binghamton, New York.

On January 18, 2007, Colgan Air, Inc. was acquired by Pinnacle Airlines Corporation for $20 million. Under the terms of the purchase, Colgan will continue to operate independently of Pinnacle Airline Corporation's major subsidiary, Northwest Airlink carrier Pinnacle Airlines. It is a strategic move by Pinnacle to get access to Colgan’s partners, Continental Airlines, United Airlines and US Airways^[3].

[edit] Destinations

[edit] Northeastern United States

[edit] Connecticut

• Hartford (Bradley International Airport)

[edit] Maine

• Augusta (Augusta Airport)
• Bar Harbor (Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport)
• Portland (Portland International Jetport)
• Presque Isle (Northern Maine Regional Airport)
• Rockland (Knox County Regional Airport)

[edit] Massachusetts

• Boston (Logan International Airport)
• Hyannis (Barnstable Municipal Airport)
• Nantucket (Nantucket Memorial Airport)
• Martha's Vineyard (Martha's Vineyard Airport)

[edit] New Hampshire

• Lebanon (Lebanon Municipal Airport)
• Manchester (Manchester Airport)

[edit] New York

• Albany (Albany International Airport)
• Buffalo (Buffalo Niagara International Airport)
• Islip (Long Island MacArthur Airport)
• Ithaca (Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport)
• Jamestown (Chautauqua County-Jamestown Airport)
• New York City (LaGuardia Airport)
• Rochester (Greater Rochester International Airport)
• Syracuse (Syracuse Hancock International Airport)
• White Plains (Westchester County Airport)

[edit] Ohio

• Columbus (Port Columbus International Airport)

[edit] Pennsylvania

• Altoona (Altoona-Blair County Airport)
• Bradford (Bradford Regional Airport)
• Johnstown (Johnstown-Cambria County Airport)
• Allentown (Lehigh Valley International Airport)
• Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh International Airport)

[edit] Rhode Island

• Providence (T. F. Green Airport)

[edit] Mid-Atlantic States

[edit] Virginia

• Charlottesville (Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport)
• Norfolk (Norfolk International Airport)
• Weyers Cave, Shenandoah Valley (Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport)

[edit] District of Columbia Area

• Fairfax and Loudoun Counties (Washington Dulles International Airport)
• Arlington County (Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport)

[edit] West Virginia

• Beckley (Beckley Raleigh County Memorial Airport)
• Bluefield (Mercer County Airport)
• Charleston (Yeager Airport)
• Clarksburg (Harrison/Marion Regional Airport) [resumes May 1]
• Morgantown (Morgantown Municipal Airport) [resumes May 1]
• Parkersburg (Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport) [resumes May 1]

[edit] Southern United States

[edit] Arkansas

• Texarkana (Texarkana Regional-Webb Field)

NOTE: The city is listed in the Texas list as well, it borders a city in Texas by the same name (Texarkana, Texas; it can be classified as a "divided city" in Arkansas and Texas.

[edit] Louisiana

• Monroe (Monroe Regional Airport)
• Alexandria (Alexandria International Airport)
• Shreveport (Shreveport Regional Airport)
• Lake Charles (Lake Charles Regional Airport)

[edit] Texas

• Abilene (Abilene Regional Airport)
• Beaumont (Southeast Texas Regional Airport)
• College Station (Easterwood Airport)
• Del Rio (Del Rio International Airport)
• Houston (George Bush Intercontinental Airport)
• Killeen (Killeen-Fort Hood Regional Airport)
• San Angelo (Mathis Field)
• Texarkana (Texarkana Regional-Webb Field)
• Tyler (Tyler Pounds Regional Airport)
• Victoria (Victoria Regional Airport)
• Waco (Waco Regional Airport)

[edit] Fleet

Colgan Air fleet

Aircraft	Total	Passengers	Routes	Notes
Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner	11	19	Operated by: United Express and US Airways Express
Saab 340B	39	30(USX/UAX) 34(CO Cnx)	Operated by: Continental Connection, United Express and US Airways Express
Bombardier Q400	15	74	Operated by: Continental Connection: to begin service in EWR Dec 2007

[edit] References

1. ^ Airline Codes
2. ^ [1]
3. ^ Flight International, 23-29 January 2007

[edit] External links

• Colgan Air