Chautauqua Airlines

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Chautauqua Airlines
IATA
RP		 ICAO
CHQ		 Callsign
Chautauqua
Founded 1973
Hubs Orlando International Airport
Indianapolis International Airport
LaGuardia Airport
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport
Focus cities Port Columbus International Airport(shares with Shuttle America)
Frequent flyer program SkyMiles (Delta Connection)
Dividend Miles (US Airways Express)
Mileage Plus (United Express)
AAdvantage (AmericanConnection)
OnePass (Continental Express)
Member lounge Crown Room Club (Delta Connection)
US Airways Club (US Airways Express)
Red Carpet Club (United Express)
Admirals Club (AmericanConnection)
Presidents Club (Continental Express)
Alliance SkyTeam (Continental Express and Delta Connection)
Star Alliance (US Airways Express and United Express)
Oneworld (AmericanConnection)
Fleet size 100
Destinations 470
Parent company Republic Airways Holdings
Headquarters Indianapolis, Indiana
Key people Bryan Bedford (CEO)
Website: [1]

Chautauqua Airlines is an airline based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. It operates scheduled passenger services on more than 670 flights daily to cities in 30 states, Canada and the Bahamas, through feeder services under the names Delta Connection for Delta Air Lines, AmericanConnection for American Airlines, Continental Express for Continental Airlines, United Express for United Airlines, and US Airways Express for US Airways.

Its main bases are Indianapolis International Airport, LaGuardia Airport, Port Columbus International Airport, Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, and Louisville International Airport.

The airline's IATA code is RP, the ICAO code is CHQ, and its callsign is: Chautauqua [1]

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The airline was established on May 3, 1973 in Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York, USA and started operations on 1 August 1974. It was acquired by Wexford Management in January 1998. Republic Airways Holdings completed its initial public offering in May of 2004. Chautauqua Airlines is wholly owned by Republic Airways Holdings using a fleet of 100 Embraer regional jets (ERJ), including 68 ERJ-145s, 15 ERJ-140s, 17 ERJ-135s. These aircraft are deployed under the "express" banners of five major airlines; American, Continental, Delta, United and U.S. Airways. Chautauqua will take delivery of 24 Canadair CRJ's in the first half of 2007, to fly under its new codeshare agreement with Continental. Some of these aircraft were previously owned by Atlantic Coast Airlines(Independence Air), and some were owned by Comair.

Chautauqua was one of the first U.S. operators of the Embraer 170 regional jet, but was forced to transfer these aircraft to sister companies Shuttle America and Republic Airlines in 2005 after the pilots' union at American Eagle claimed the aircraft violated a "scope clause" regulating the size of regional aircraft operated under American brands. This practice is questionable among pilot groups. This practice is thought of as lowering the bar in the pilot profesion.

In early 2006 Chautauqua opened its new aircraft maintenance complex, capable of holding nine planes, at Louisville International Airport in Louisville, KY.

Maintenance is performed in Indianapolis, Columbus, Louisville, & St Louis.

  • January 26, 2004 Regional Airline of the Year by Air Transport World
  • April 28, 2004 Regional Airline of the Year by Regional Airline World
  • April 28, 2004 President & CEO Bryan Bedford named Airline Executive of the Year by Regional Airline World

The Chautauqua Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (at December 2006) [2] :

Chautauqua Airlines operates the following services (as of September 2005):

Service to/from St. Louis, Missouri – Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport:

Service to/from Houston, Texas – George Bush Intercontinental Airport:

  1. ^ Airline Codes
  2. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
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