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Colgan Air, Inc.
10677 Aviation Ln.
Manassas, VA 20110
VA Tel. 703-368-8880
Fax 703-331-3116

Type: Subsidiary
On the web: http://www.colganair.com

Regional carrier Colgan Air flies under the flags of Continental Airlines, UAL's United Airlines, and US Airways. As US Airways Express, Colgan Air serves more than 35 cities in the eastern US from hubs in Boston, New York, Pittsburgh, and Washington, DC. The regional carrier operates as Continental Connection from hubs in Houston and in Newark, New Jersey, and it operates as United Express out of Washington, DC. Overall, Colgan Air serves more than 65 cities in about 15 states. The carrier's fleet of about 50 turboprop aircraft includes Saab 340s, Bombardier Q400s, and Beech 1900s. Regional airline holding company Pinnacle Airlines Corp. owns Colgan Air, which was founded in 1965.

Officers:
President and General Manager: George A. (Buddy) Casey
VP Operations: Harry Mitchel
CFO: Patti Barth

Competitors:
ExpressJet
Republic Airways
SkyWest

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Colgan Air
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IATA
9L		 ICAO
CJC		 Callsign
COLGAN
Founded 1991
Hubs As US Airways Express:
LaGuardia Airport
Logan International Airport
As United Express:
Washington Dulles International Airport
As Continental Connection:
George Bush Intercontinental Airport
Newark Liberty International Airport
Fleet size 48
Destinations 53
Parent company Pinnacle Airlines Corp.
Headquarters Manassas, Virginia, U.S.
Key people Buddy Casey (President)
Charles Colgan
(Founder / Former CEO)
Website http://www.colganair.com/

Colgan Air, Inc. is an American fully certificated regional airline subsidiary of Pinnacle Airlines Corp. The headquarters of Colgan Air are located at the grounds of the Manassas Regional Airport in Manassas, Virginia.[1]

Colgan Air's major hubs are New York's LaGuardia Airport, Boston's Logan International Airport, Washington Dulles International Airport, Newark Liberty 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.

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History

Saab 340B in Colgan Air livery

Charles J. Colgan founded [2] 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 1989, Colgan and his son, Michael J., restarted service under the name National Capital on a Washington/Dulles - Binghamton, NY route on December 1, 1991. Service was provided with Beechcraft 1900C equipment. This route was later dropped and the name Colgan Air adapted. On July 1, 1997 Colgan 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 September 11, 2001 Mohamed Atta, and fellow hijacker, Abdulaziz al-Omari boarded Colgan Air Flight 4930, which was scheduled to depart at 06:00 from Portland, Maine and fly to Boston, Massachusetts. After the two hijackers arrived in Boston, they boarded American Airlines Flight 11 which they hijacked and crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.

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's regional aircraft fleet will continue to operate independently of Pinnacle Airlines Corporation's major subsidiary, Pinnacle Airlines, whose all regional jet fleet continue to fly and operate in the livery of Northwest Airlink. It is a strategic move by Pinnacle to get access to Colgan’s partners, Continental Airlines, United Airlines and US Airways.[3]

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. The service is marketed as Continental Connection.

Colgan Air headquarters will be moving from Manassas, VA to the Pinnacle Airlines Corp. headquarters in Memphis, TN in Fall 2009.

Destinations

As United Express

Unmarked Saab 340B operated by Colgan Air at Logan International Airport

As US Airways Express

Saab 340B in former US Airways Express livery

As Continental Connection

Bombardier Q400 in Continental Connection livery

Fleet

Colgan Air fleet [4]
Aircraft Total Passengers Notes
Bombardier Q400 14 74 operated as Continental Connection
Saab 340B 34 33 11 operated as Continental Connection
11 operated as US Airways Express
7 operated as United Express
5 used for dedicated services

Accidents and incidents

References

  1. ^ "Contact." Colgan Air. Retrieved on May 19, 2009.
  2. ^ InsideNova.com, "Colgan rushes to Manassas after N.Y. plane crash", AILEEN STRENG (accessed 13 Feb 2009)
  3. ^ Flight International, 23-29 January 2007
  4. ^ http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=9L&al_op=1 Colgan Air fleet at ch-aviation.ch. Retrieved 2009-10-30
  5. ^ "UPDATE ON NTSB INVESTIGATIONS INTO RECENT BEECH 1900D ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS." National Transportation Safety Board. November 21, 2003. Retrieved on February 13, 2009.
  6. ^ FOXnews, "Commuter Plane Crashes Into Buffalo-Area Home; 50 Killed", Friday, February 13, 2009 (accessed 18 Feb 2009)

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