Chautauqua Airlines

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<tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFFFFF;">Image:Chautauqua Airlines.jpg</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Hubs</th><td>Orlando International Airport
Indianapolis International Airport
LaGuardia Airport
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Frequent flyer program</th><td>SkyMiles (Delta Connection)
Dividend Miles (US Airways Express)
Mileage Plus (United Express)
AAdvantage (AmericanConnection)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Member lounge</th><td>Crown Room Club (Delta Connection)
US Airways Club (US Airways Express)
Red Carpet Club (United Express)
Admirals Club (AmericanConnection)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Alliance</th><td>SkyTeam (Delta Connection)
Star Alliance (US Airways Express and United Express)
Oneworld (AmericanConnection)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Parent company</th><td>Republic Airways Holdings</td></tr>

Chautauqua Airlines
IATA RP	ICAO CHQ	Callsign Chautauqua
Founded		1973
Fleet size		100
Destinations		470
Headquarters		Indianapolis, Indiana
Key people		Bryan Bedford (CEO)
Website: [1]

Chautauqua Airlines is an airline based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. It operates scheduled passenger services on more than 670 flights daily to cities in 30 states, Canada and the Bahamas, through feeder services under the names Delta Connection for Delta Air Lines, AmericanConnection for American Airlines, United Express for United Airlines, and US Airways Express for US Airways. Starting in January 2007, Chautauqua will operate services for Continental Airlines as Continental Express. Chautauqua is owned by Republic Airways Holdings.

Its main bases are Indianapolis International Airport, New York, Lambert-St. Louis International Airport and Orlando International Airport.

The airline's IATA code is RP, the ICAO code is CHQ, and its callsign is: Chautauqua <ref>Airline Codes</ref>

1 History
2 Awards
3 Fleet
4 Destinations
5 External links
6 References

[edit] History

The airline was established on May 3, 1973 in Jamestown, New York, USA and started operations on 1 August 1974. It was acquired by Wexford Management in January 1998. Republic Airways Holdings completed its initial public offering in May of 2004. Chautauqua Airlines is wholly owned by Republic Airways Holdings using a fleet of 100 Embraer regional jets (ERJ), including 68 ERJ-145s, 15 ERJ-140s, 17 ERJ-135s. These aircraft are deployed under the "express" banners of four major airlines; American, Delta, United and U.S. Airways.

Chautauqua was one of the first U.S. operators of the Embraer 170 regional jet, but was forced to transfer these aircraft to sister companies Shuttle America and Republic Airlines in 2005 after the pilots' union at American Airlines claimed the aircraft violated a "scope clause" regulating the size of regional aircraft operated under American brands.

In early 2006 Chautauqua opened its new aircraft maintenance complex, capable of holding six planes, at Louisville International Airport in Louisville, KY.

[edit] Awards

January 26, 2004 Regional Airline of the Year by Air Transport World
April 28, 2004 Regional Airline of the Year by Regional Airline World
April 28, 2004 President & CEO Bryan Bedford named Airline Executive of the Year by Regional Airline World

[edit] Fleet

The Chautauqua Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (at August 2006) <ref>Flight International, 3-9 October 2006</ref> :

[edit] Destinations

Chautauqua Airlines operates the following services (as of September 2005):

[edit] Operated as AmericanConnection

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

[edit] Operated as Continental Express

Service to/from Houston, Texas – George Bush Intercontinental Airport:

[edit] Operated as Delta Connection

[edit] Operated as United Express

[edit] Operated as US Airways Express

[edit] External links

Chautauqua Airlines

[edit] References

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