Multi-Aero, Inc., doing business as (d/b/a) Air Choice One, is an American airline with its headquarters in Concord, Missouri in Greater St. Louis. It acts as a regional airline offering commuter flights from Lambert-St. Louis International Airport and O'Hare International Airport to smaller regional airports, subsidized under the Essential Air Service program.
History
Multi-Aero was founded in 1979 under the name Multi-Aero Corporation. In October 2009 Air Choice One won the EAS contract to serve Decatur, Illinois and Burlington, Iowa.
In December 2011, Air Choice One was awarded a 1-year EAS contract to replace SeaPort Airlines in Jonesboro, AR with the date to begin service set at February 13, 2012
In January 2013 the DOT granted Air Choice One a 3-year contract extension for both Decatur, Illinois and Burlington, Iowa. As a stipulation for obtaining both extensions Air Choice One implemented systems for electronic ticketing and baggage agreements via WorldSpan (a part of the global distribution system, or GDS) in December 2012. This allows passengers to book tickets with connections to and from other major airlines on popular travel websites in a "one-click" process, as opposed to buying tickets at one airline and then having to book tickets with another on two separate confirmations.
In February 2014 Air Choice One was awarded by the DOT a 4-year extension on their Jonesboro, Arkansas EAS contract. In the same month, there were three proposals sent out by them to the following cities for EAS service: Ironwood, Michigan, Fort Dodge, Iowa, and Mason City, Iowa.
In March 2014 there has been interest from the city of Muscle Shoals, Alabama as city and airport leaders visited the Air Choice One headquarters to get some insight into their operations for use in re-bidding for a carrier in April.
On April 18, 2014 the DOT awarded Air Choice One a 2-year contract to serve Ironwood, Michigan with service to and from Chicago, Illinois. They are slated to start in the summer of 2014.
On August 19, 2014, Air Choice One was awarded a 2- year contract from DOT to serve Mason City, Iowa with service to and from Chicago, Illinois. They will start service on November 17, 2014.
Destinations
- Burlington, IA
- Chicago-O'Hare, IL
- St. Louis, MO
- Decatur, IL
- Jonesboro, AR
- Ironwood, MI
- Mason City, IA
- Fort Dodge, IA (begins February 23, 2015)
Top served cities
Air Choice One does not participate in any major global airline alliances, nor or do they have any codeshare agreements.
Fleet
Air Choice One operates a fleet of seven single engine Cessna 208B Grand Caravan aircraft. All of their Cessna Caravan sport an all leather interior, with six aircraft in a club seating configuration and one in an all-forward facing configuration. There has been some talk in the EAS community about them adding additional larger aircraft.
References
External links
- Multi-Aero, Inc.
- Air Choice One
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