They refurbished the interiors of their regional jets, added a few cool drinks and snacks. In a nod to their new path, they named it Independence Air. Instead, they decided to start their own commercial airline. The story I heard was that they wanted to control their own fate, refusing to continue to take price cuts. They couldn’t/wouldn’t agree to new terms United was offering them to keep flying for them. Atlantic Coast Airways was a regional carrier for United Airlines based at Washington-Dulles. When I first moved to Washington, DC twenty years ago, a small airline was in the process of being born. All of these factors prevent us from seeing too many new airlines flying around the United States. There are employees to hire, licenses and permits to apply for, ticket counters and gates to secure. Responding in a separate letter to Buttigieg on April 27, SkyWest President and CEO Russel "Chip" Childs rejected ALPA's.Starting an airline can be an expensive proposition. "The airline seeks to shift its flying under Part 121's safety regulations to its own surrogate that will operate the same aircraft but under public charter rules and Part 135's safety regulations, with fewer seats and less experienced and qualified first officers." It accused SkyWest of attempting to "roll back the clock and skirt aviation safety rules that have led to a 99.8% reduction in airline passenger fatalities in the United States". In the April 26 letter, the world's largest pilot union described SWC as an attempt by SkyWest to substitute Essential Air Service (EAS) flying with an "alter-ego charter subsidiary operating essentially as a scheduled operation, but at a lesser level of safety". SkyWest Airlines (OO, Salt Lake City) has dismissed as "baseless, inaccurate, and misleading" concerns about its Part 135 charter subsidiary SkyWest Charter (SWC) expressed by the Air Line Pilots Association International (ALPA) in a letter to US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. US's SkyWest responds to ALPA over charter concerns - 19:19 UTC "We believe this will be in the best interest of the community maximising the benefits to the travelling public, and will result in no change in subsidy," it said.Īccording to its initial January 2023 proposal for the Owensboro EAS contract, Contour Airlines operates 30-seater Embraer. In a separate letter, the board of the Owensboro Daviess County Regional Airport, on behalf of the Owensboro and Daviess County community, expressed support for the hub change requested by Contour Airlines.
In its May 3 application to the US Department of Transportation (DOT), Contour Airlines says the request follows consultations with the Owensboro community in Daviess County, Kentucky.Ĭontour Airlines seeks permission to shift its 12 weekly round trips provided to the city, but there will be no change in the gauge of service and no change in the subsidy. US's Contour Airlines seeks hub change for Owensboro EAS - 14:28 UTCĬontour Airlines (LF, Tupelo) has requested a hub change for its Essential Air Service (EAS) at Owensboro from Charlotte International to Chicago O'Hare effective August 1 for the duration of its contract.
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