Air Midwest
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- This article is about the regional airline based in Wichita, KS. For the article regarding the renamed Midwest Express, see Midwest Airlines.
History
The airline was established in May 1965 and started operations in April 1967. It was known as Aviation Services until 1969. In 1985 Air Midwest merged with Scheduled Skyways and on July 12, 1991 was acquired by the Mesa Air Group. It now operates as a division of that company.
Air Midwest operates services for Essential Air Service and also has aircraft operating as America West Express under an agreement with America West Airlines in Phoenix and in independent operations as Mesa Airlines division of Albuquerque and Dallas/Fort Worth. Air Midwest operates for US Airways Express from hubs in Kansas City and Pittsburgh, with smaller operations at Charlotte and Washington, DC.
Destinations
Air Midwest operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at May 2006):
- Arizona
- *Lake Havasu City (Lake Havasu City Airport)
- *Phoenix (Sky Harbor International Airport)
- Arkansas
- *El Dorado (South Arkansas Regional Airport at Goodwin Field)
- *Harrison (Boone County Airport)
- *Hot Springs (Hot Springs Memorial Field Airport)
- *Jonesboro (Jonesboro Municipal Airport)
- *Little Rock (Little Rock National Airport)
- Colorado
- *Colorado Springs (Colorado Springs Airport)
- Georgia
- *Athens (Athens-Ben Epps Airport)
- Kansas
- *Dodge City (Dodge City Regional Airport)
- *Garden City (Garden City Regional Airport)
- *Great Bend (Great Bend Municipal Airport)
- *Hays (Hays Regional Airport)
- *Manhattan (Manhattan Regional Airport)
- *Salina (Salina Municipal Airport)
- Maryland
- *Hagerstown (Hagerstown Regional Airport)
- Missouri
- *Joplin (Joplin Regional Airport) Service begins 1 August 2006
- *Kansas City (Kansas City International Airport)
- Nebraska
- *Omaha (Eppley Airfield)
- Nevada
- *Las Vegas (McCarran International Airport)
- New Mexico
- *Albuquerque (Albuquerque International Sunport)
- *Carlsbad (Cavern City Air Terminal)
- *Farmington (Four Corners Regional Airport)
- *Hobbs (Lea County Regional Airport)
- *Roswell (Roswell International Air Center Airport)
- New York
- *Massena (Massena International Airport)
- *Ogdensburg (Ogdensburg International Airport)
- *Watertown (Watertown International Airport)
- North Carolina
- *Charlotte (Charlotte Douglas International Airport)
- *Raleigh/Durham (Raleigh-Durham International Airport)
- Pennsylvania
- *DuBois (DuBois-Jefferson County Airport)
- *Franklin (Venango Regional Airport)
- *Lancaster (Lancaster Airport)
- *Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh International Airport)
- South Carolina
- *Charleston (Charleston International Airport)
- South Dakota
- *Brookings (Brookings Municipal Airport)
- *Huron (Huron Regional Airport)
- Texas
- *Dallas/Fort Worth (Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport)
- Utah
- *Cedar City (Cedar City Regional Airport)
- *Moab (Canyonlands Field)
- *Salt Lake City (Salt Lake City International Airport)
- *Vernal (Vernal-Uintah County Airport)
- Virginia
- *Norfolk/Virginia Beach (Norfolk International Airport)
- West Virginia
- *Lewisburg (Greenbrier Valley Airport)
Fleet
Air Midwest currently operates a fleet of 35 Beechcraft 1900D aircraft, 20 in service for US Airways Express and the rest with America West Express and Mesa Airlines.
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