ExpressJet Airlines
ExpressJet Airlines is a
regional airline based in
Houston,
Texas,
USA. It operates
Continental Express services for
Continental Airlines offering over 1400 daily departures to more than 152 cities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, and the Bahamas from hubs at
George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston,
Newark Liberty International Airport,
Newark, New Jersey and
Hopkins International Airport,
Cleveland, Ohio.
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ICAO Code:
BTAThe airline was established in
1986 and started operations in
1987. Its origins were in a group of small commuter airlines bought up by Continental Airlines. These included
Bar Harbor Airlines in
Maine, Provincetown-Boston Airline, Inc. (PBA) in
New England, Rocky Mountain Air from
Denver, Colorado and Britt Airways from
Terre Haute, Indiana. ExpressJet still operates under the original
Federal Aviation Administration Part 121 certificate issued to Britt. It began operations as
Continental Express in April
1987 and was later acquired by Continental Airlines. It became ExpressJet and subsequently the operating subsidiary of ExpressJet Holdings, Inc following an initial public offering in April
2002. It is wholly owned by ExpressJet Holdings, whose stock is publicly listed (see above). It has 7,000 employees (at January
2006). Jim Ream is the President and CEO.
Expressjet is currently exploring options to operate under the Capacity Purchase model in Europe, using 69 jets withdrawn from their contract with Continental Airlines.[
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Continental Express destinations.
The ExpressJet fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of July 2006):
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Embraer ERJ 135*244
Embraer ERJ 145The average fleet age of ExpressJet Airlines is 4.6 years old in June 2006.
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ExpressJet Airlines Fleet Detail
