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Trans States Airlines

IATA AX	ICAO LOF	Callsign WATERSKI

Founded

1982 (as Resort Air)

Hubs

As United Express:
O'Hare International Airport
Washington Dulles International Airport
Denver International Airport
As US Airways Express
Pittsburgh International Airport

Frequent flyer program

Dividend Miles
(US Airways Express)
Mileage Plus
(United Airlines Express)

Member lounge

US Airways Club
(US Airways Express)
Red Carpet Club
(United Airlines)

Alliance

Star Alliance

Fleet size

Destinations

Parent company

Trans States Holdings, Inc.

Headquarters

Bridgeton, Missouri

Key people

Hulas Kanodia (Chairman)
Richard A. Leach
(President / COO)

Website

transstates.net

Trans States Airlines is the thirteenth largest^[1] American regional airline and is headquartered in Bridgeton, Missouri.^[2]^[3]^[4] It operates as United Express for United Airlines and US Airways Express for US Airways.

1 History
2 Airline Operations
3 Destinations
- 3.1 As United Express
- 3.2 As US Airways Express
4 Fleet
5 References
6 External links

History

The company began operations as Resort Air in 1982.^[5] In 1985 the company entered into an agreement with Trans World Airlines to operate as Trans World Express serving six cities in Missouri and Illinois.^[5] The company changed its name to Trans States Airlines in 1989.^[5]

The call sign "Waterski" and the ICAO 3-letter identifier "LOF," which stands for 'Lodge of the Four Seasons', are from the early days when the company was operated as Resort Air and took visitors to the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri.

Trans States Airlines announced 30 pilot furloughs and 15 downgrades for May 2009. As of December 2009, the company operates 30 aircraft and has 133 pilots on furlough.

Airline Operations

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Trans States Airlines is headquartered in Bridgeton, Missouri where its main crew domicile, training facility, and maintenance facility are located. The airline also has crew domiciles in Richmond,VA and most recently, Washington, Dulles which opened in October 2008. The Dulles base also includes the new east-coast maintenance base, as the Richmond maintenance base closed in late 2008. It operates hubs for United Express in Chicago at O'Hare International Airport and Washington, DC at Washington Dulles International Airport and as US Airways Express in Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh International Airport.

Destinations

An ERJ 145EP at Washington Dulles International Airport

As United Express

As US Airways Express

Fleet

^[6]

**Trans States Airlines Fleet**
Aircraft	Total	Passengers	Notes
Embraer ERJ 145 (all variants)	30	50	21 operated as United Express 3 operated as US Airways Express 6 used for dedicated services
Mitsubishi MRJ-90	0		50 orders, 50 options

Many of the ERJ-145s operating as United Express are the only ERJ-145s in the United States operating without thrust reversers in an effort to save weight and money.^{[citation needed]} These aircraft were purchased from Swissair.

References

^ Top 50 Individual Regional Airlines December, 2006
^ "Bridgeton city, Missouri." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 26, 2009.
^ "Contact Us." Trans States Airlines. Retrieved on May 26, 2009.
^ "Parent of Bridgeton, Mo.-based Trans States Airlines plans to start new airline." St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 12, 2004. Retrieved on August 19, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c TSA History November 12, 2009
^ http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=AX&al_op=1 Trans States Airlines fleet at ch-aviation.ch. Retrieved 2009-10-30.

External links

Trans States Airlines

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Trans States Airlines

Contents

History

Airline Operations

Destinations

As United Express

As US Airways Express

Fleet

References

External links