Trans States Airlines is the 22nd largest American regional airline. Trans States Airlines, along with Compass Airlines and GoJet Airlines, is owned by Trans States Holdings and is headquartered in Bridgeton, Missouri.
As of 2011, Trans States Airlines employed 650 people throughout North America. The airline operates over 150 daily flights in 39 cities as United Express for United Airlines and US Airways Express for US Airways. In total, TSA carried 2.1 million passengers in 2011.
§History
The company began operations as Resort Air in 1982. In 1985, the company entered into an agreement with Trans World Airlines to operate as Trans World Express serving six cities in Missouri and Illinois. The company changed its name to Trans States Airlines in 1989. That same year, TSA began operations as USAir Express with flights into Los Angeles. In 1995, TSA began operations as a feeder airline into JFK Airport as United Express.
The call sign "Waterski" and the ICAO 3-letter identifier "LOF," which stands for 'Lodge of the Four Seasons', are from the early days when the company was operated as Resort Air and took visitors to the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri.
§Airline Operations
Trans States Airlines is headquartered in Bridgeton, Missouri where its main training facility and maintenance facility are located. The airline has crew domiciles in Chicago-O'Hare, St. Louis and Washington-Dulles. It operates hubs for United Express in Houston at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Cleveland at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and in Washington, DC at Washington Dulles International Airport.
§Destinations
§As United Express
- Colorado
- Denver (Denver International Airport)
- Florida
- Jacksonville (Jacksonville International Airport)
- Georgia
- Savannah (Savannah International Airport)
- Illinois
- Chicago (Chicago O'Hare International Airport) Hub
- Moline (Quad City International Airport)
- Peoria (General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport)
- Iowa
- Cedar Rapids (The Eastern Iowa Airport)
- Des Moines (Des Moines International Airport)
- Kansas
- Wichita (Wichita Mid-Continent Airport)
- Kentucky
- Covington (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport)
- Michigan
- Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport)
- Grand Rapids (Gerald R. Ford International Airport)
- Missouri
- Springfield (Springfield-Branson National Airport)
- St. Louis (Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport)
- New York
- Buffalo (Albany International Airport)
- Rochester (Greater Rochester International Airport)
- Syracuse (Syracuse Hancock International Airport)
- North Carolina
- Greensboro-High Point-Winston-Salem (Piedmont Triad International Airport)
- Raleigh-Durham (Raleigh-Durham International Airport)
- Ohio
- Cleveland (Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport) Hub
- Columbus (Port Columbus International Airport)
- Dayton (James M. Cox International Airport)
- Oklahoma
- Oklahoma City (Will Rogers World Airport)
- Tulsa (Tulsa International Airport)
- Pennsylvania
- Allentown (Lehigh Valley Airport)
- Harrisburg (Harrisburg International Airport)
- Philadelphia (Philadelphia International Airport)
- South Carolina
- Greenville-Spartanburg (Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport)
- Tennessee
- Knoxville (McGhee Tyson Airport)
- Memphis (Memphis International Airport)
- Nashville (Nashville International Airport)
- Texas
- Houston (George Bush Intercontinental Airport) Hub
- Vermont
- Burlington (Burlington International Airport)
- Virginia
- Norfolk (Norfolk International Airport)
- Richmond (Richmond International Airport)
- Roanoke (Roanoke Regional Airport)
- Washington, D.C. area (Washington Dulles International Airport) Hub
§As US Airways Express
- Connecticut
- Hartford (Bradley International Airport)
- Missouri
- St. Louis (Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport)
- North Carolina
- Raleigh (Raleigh-Durham International Airport)
- Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh International Airport)
§Fleet
As of December 2013, the Trans State Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:
In October 2009, Trans States Holdings announced an agreement to purchase 50 Mitsubishi MRJ90 with options for 50 more. Trans States Holdings holds conversion rights to take the smaller, 76-seat MRJ70 instead of the 92-seat MRJ90 dependent on the scope clause environment by the time the airline takes delivery in 2016. It has not been announced what subsidiary these aircraft will operate for; Compass, GoJet, or Trans States.
In April 2013, Trans States Airlines began taking delivery of six former Passaredo Linhas Aéreas ERJ-145s.
§Accidents and incidents
- July 14, 2004
- Trans States Airlines Flight 3504, operated and marketed as a United Express flight, overran the runway at Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport and sustained damage to the left inboard tire. There were no serious injuries. Transport Safety Board of Canada Accident Report
- June 16, 2010
- Trans States Airlines Flight 8050, operated and marketed as a United Express flight, overran the runway at Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport and sustained damage to the front of the aircraft with a nose gear collapse. Both pilots and one passenger sustained minor injuries.
- March 1, 2011 at 6:45 am EST
- A US Airways Embraer 145 operated by Trans States Airlines was being pushed back from the gate at Bradley International Airport for a departure to Pittsburgh when the front nose gear collapsed and the front of the plane dropped to the tarmac. None of the 29 passengers were injured.
- September 4, 2011
- Trans States Airlines Flight 3363 originating from Chicago IL, operated as a United Express flight, left the runway during landing at Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport. The aircraft, with 44 passengers on board, sustained damage to the main gear and belly, as well as to the right wing. There were no injuries to passengers or crew.
- February 22, 2012
- Trans States Airlines operating as United Express Flight 3350 originating from Chicago O'Hare,IL to Rochester,NY was on approach to land but overran the end of the runway by about 50-75 feet and came to a stop with all gear off the paved surface. There were no injuries. The passengers disembarked via mobile stairs and were bussed to the terminal.
§References
§External links
- Trans States Airlines
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