Trans States Airlines

Infobox_Airline
airline=Trans States Airlines
logo=Trans States Airlines (TSA - Trans States).pnglogo_size=150
fleet_size=50
destinations=62
IATA=AX
ICAO=LOF
callsign=WATERSKI
parent=Trans States Holdings, Inc.
founded=1982 (as Resort Air)
headquarters=St. Louis, Missouri
key_people=Hulas Kanodia (Chairman)
Richard A. Leach
(President / COO)
hubs=As AmericanConnection:
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport
As United Express:
O'Hare International Airport
Washington Dulles International Airport
Denver International Airport
As US Airways Express:
Pittsburgh International Airport
focus_cities=
frequent_flyer=Dividend Miles
(US Airways Express)
Mileage Plus
(United Airlines Express)
AAdvantage (AmericanConnection)
lounge=US Airways Club
(US Airways Express)
Red Carpet Club
(United Airlines)
Admirals Club (AmericanConnection)
alliance=Star Alliance
(United Airlines Express and US Airways Express)
Oneworld (AmericanConnection)
website= http://www.transstates.net/

Trans States Airlines is the thirteenth largest [ [http://www.raa.org/statistics/individualregionalairlines.html Top 50 Individual Regional Airlines] December, 2006] American regional airline based in St. Louis, Missouri. It operates as American Connection for American Airlines, United Express for United Airlines and US Airways Express for US Airways.

History

By 1985 the company acted as a Trans World Express carrier to feed Trans World Airlines flights at Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport. It began operations as Resort Air in 1982 and changed its name to Trans States Airlines in 1989.

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.

Trans States Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Trans States Airlines, also owns GoJet Airlines.

Present

Trans States Airlines, will furlough 58 additional pilots by the end of next month and reduce its fleet to 43 aircraft from 50, a spokesperson told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It let 45 pilots go in June and will employ 422 this fall. Trans States serves 46 destinations and is headquartered in St. Louis, with crew bases in St. Louis and Richmond, VA. [ [http://www.atwonline.com/news/other.html?issueDate=7%2F18%2F2008 ATW Other News] July 18, 2007]

Airline Operations

Trans States Airlines is headquartered in St. Louis where its main crew domicile, training facility, and maintenance facility are located. The same is also operated in Richmond, VA as the east coast operations where US Airways Express is predominately operated. It operates hubs for AmericanConnection in St. Louis at Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport, for United Express in Chicago at O'Hare International Airport and Washington, DC at Washington Dulles International Airport, and in Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh International Airport.

Destinations

As American Connection

* Arkansas
** Fayetteville-Bentonville (Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport)
* Florida
** Jacksonville (Jacksonville International Airport)
** Miami (Miami International Airport)
* Georgia
** Atlanta (Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport)
* Illinois
** Springfield (Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport)
* Indiana
** Indianapolis (Indianapolis International Airport)
* Iowa
** Cedar Rapids (The Eastern Iowa Airport)
** Des Moines (Des Moines International Airport)
* Kansas
** Wichita (Wichita Mid-Continent Airport)
* Louisiana
** New Orleans (Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport)
* Maryland
** Baltimore (Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport)
* Missouri
** Springfield-Branson (Springfield-Branson National Airport)
** St. Louis (Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport) Hub
* North Carolina
** Charlotte (Charlotte/Douglas International Airport)
** Raleigh-Durham (Raleigh-Durham International Airport)
* Oklahoma
** Oklahoma City (Will Rogers World Airport)
** Tulsa (Tulsa International Airport)
* Pennsylvania
** Philadelphia (Philadelphia International Airport)
* Tennessee
** Nashville (Nashville International Airport)
* Virginia
** Norfolk (Norfolk International Airport)
** Richmond (Richmond International Airport)
** Washington, D.C. area (Washington Dulles International Airport)
* Wisconsin
** Madison (Dane County Regional Airport)
** Milwaukee (General Mitchell International Airport)

As United Express

* Colorado
** Denver (Denver International Airport) Hub
* Connecticut
** Hartford/Springfield, Massachusetts (Bradley International Airport)
* Illinois
** Chicago (O'Hare International Airport) Hub
** Moline (Quad City International Airport)
** Springfield (Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport)
* Indiana
** South Bend (South Bend Regional Airport)
* Missouri
** St. Louis (Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport)
* New Hampshire
** Manchester (Manchester-Boston Regional Airport)
* New Jersey
** Newark (Newark Liberty International Airport)
* New York
** Albany (Albany International Airport)
** Syracuse (Syracuse Hancock International Airport)
* North Carolina
** Greensboro-High Point-Winston-Salem (Piedmont Triad International Airport)
* Ohio
** Dayton (James M. Cox Dayton International Airport)
* Oklahoma
** Oklahoma City (Will Rogers World Airport)
** Tulsa (Tulsa International Airport)
* Pennsylvania
** Harrisburg (Harrisburg International Airport)
* Rhode Island
** Providence (T. F. Green Airport)
* Tennessee
** Knoxville (McGhee Tyson Airport)
* Vermont
** Burlington (Burlington International Airport)
* Virginia
** Norfolk (Norfolk International Airport)
** Richmond (Richmond International Airport)
** Roanoke (Roanoke Regional Airport)
** Washington, DC area (Washington Dulles International Airport) Hub
* Wisconsin
** Milwaukee (General Mitchell International Airport)

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) Hub

Fleet

Many of the ERJ-145s operating as United Express are the only ERJ-145s in America operating without thrust reversers in an effort to save weight and money.Fact|date=October 2007 These aircraft were purchased from Swissair.

References

External links

* [http://www.transstates.net/ Trans States Airlines] Ä