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Founded | 1989 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | August 1, 1989 | ||||||
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As United Express: Newark Liberty International Airport Washington Dulles International Airport |
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Frequent-flyer program | MileagePlus | ||||||
Alliance | Star Alliance (affiliate) | ||||||
Fleet size | 26 | ||||||
Destinations | 30 + | ||||||
Headquarters | North Olmsted, OH | ||||||
Key people | John Sullivan: Executive Chairman; Subodh Karnik: President and CEO; Joel Raymond: Chief Operating Officer; Sean Frick: Chief Financial Officer; Andy Price: Executive Vice President of Fleet Management and Projects; Missy Kelsen: Vice President of Finance; James Page II: Vice President of Maintenance; Justin Conrad: Vice President of Operations | ||||||
Employees | 700 + | ||||||
Website | http://www.commutair.com/ |
CommutAir, operating as United Express, is an American regional airline founded in 1989, and is majority-owned by Champlain Enterprises Inc. Today, CommutAir operates more than 800 weekly flights to 30 plus destinations, with Bombardier Q200/Q300 and Embraer ERJ145XR aircraft, from its bases in Newark and Dulles.
In 1979, a commuter airline using the name Commutair operated intercity shuttle service in the Houston, Texas area between Hobby Airport (HOU) and Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and also between Sugarland Airport (SGR) and Intercontinental Airport (IAH) with de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter and Beechcraft twin turboprop aircraft.
The airline was established in 1989, with headquarters at Clinton County Airport in Plattsburgh, New York. Operations began on August 1, 1989 as a marketing affiliate of US Airways.
The airline changed affiliations to Continental Airlines in December 2000, when US Airways and CommutAir failed to reach a mutually acceptable extension agreement, and thus decided not to renew the codeshare agreement. In July 2001, the company announced plans to downsize its fleet and workforce by approximately half and change the route structure of the airline. In early 2002, the company began a "micro-hub" operation based in Albany, New York. At its high point in 2003 and 2004 the hub served 15 cities within the Northeast and Canada with a fleet of Beechcraft 1900s. Service was also provided out of Boston's Logan International Airport to several Northeast cities.