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Colgan Air (IATA: 9L, ICAO: CJC, and Callsign: Colgan) is a regional airline of the United States. Headquartered in Manassas, Virginia, its major hubs are New York's LaGuardia Airport, Boston's Logan International Airport, Washington Dulles International Airport, and Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport. It has been operating as US Airways Express since 1999 and now serves almost 50 cities in the Northeast and Texas as a feeder for US Airways Express, United Express, and Continental Connection.

Saab 340B in US Airways Express livery
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Saab 340B in US Airways Express livery

Saab 340B in Colgan livery
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Saab 340B in Colgan livery

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History

Charles J. Colgan founded fixed base operator Colgan Airways Corporation at Manassas Airport in 1965. It began scheduled service under contract with IBM in 1970 between Manassas, Washington, D.C. and Poughkeepsie, New York. It expanded over the next decade and a half and was sold in 1986 to Presidential Airlines.

After Presidential went defunct in 1991, Colgan and his son, Michael J., restarted the service under the name Colgan Air. It was established and started operations on December 1, 1991. On July 1, 1997 it became a feeder for Continental Airlines, operating under the name Continental Connection.

On December 11, 1999 Colgan left the Continental system and became exclusively a US Airways Express carrier, focusing its routes around major US Airways stations such as LaGuardia, Pittsburgh, and Boston. On January 25, 2005 it announced it would acquire additional Saab 340 aircraft and resume service as Continental Connection out of Houston.

On October 4, 2005 Colgan Air started providing flights for United Express flights out of Washington's Dulles International Airport. Initially serving Charleston, WV, and Westchester County Airport in White Plains, NY, Colgan has expanded its service to include State College, PA; Charlottesville, VA; Allentown, PA; and Binghamton, NY.

Destinations

Northeastern United States

Connecticut

Maine

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

New York

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Mid-Atlantic States

District of Columbia Area

Virginia

West Virginia

Southern United States

Arkansas

NOTE: The city is listed in the Teas list as well, as for it is a city in two states, or a divided city: Arkansas and Texas.

Louisiana

Texas

Fleet

The Colgan Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2006):

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