Who is the president of Republic Airlines?

Answer 1

Robert Bedford, 47, has over 21 years experience in the regional airline industry. Now in his 10th year at Republic, he joined the company in July of 1999 as its president and chief executive officer. Prior to joining Republic Airlines, he served as president and chief executive officer of Mesaba Holdings, Inc., (a Northwest Airlink carrier) from June 1995 to June 1999. He also served as president and CEO of Business Express Airlines, a New England based regional air carrier, from February 1994 to May 1995. He has held senior executive positions at Express Airlines, Inc., Westair Holdings, Inc., Aspen Airways, Inc. and Continental Express, Inc. Republic Airways is the second largest regional airline in the United States with over 1,200 daily flights and more. than 220 jet aircraft and is also the largest operator of Embraer's new E-jet family of aircraft in the world. The airline currently operates 130 E170/175 aircraft for its major airline partners and in the summer of 2009 introduced new E190 aircraft service for its wholly owned subsidiary Midwest Airlines. Republic flies for six network airline partners and employs more than 4,500 skilled aviation professionals. It is celebrating its 35th anniversary of commercial airline service in August 2009. In 2008, Republic earned net income of $85 million on revenues of $1.5 billion and flew nearly 19 million passengers.