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Air Midwest
IATA
ICAO
Callsign
ZV
AMW
AIR MIDWEST
Founded
May 1965 (as Aviation Services)
Commenced operations
April 1967
Ceased operations
June 2008
Hubs
Kansas City
Frequent-flyer program
MesaMax
Fleet size
Varied over the years
Destinations
44 in 2008 (see list)
Parent company
Mesa Air Group, Inc.
Headquarters
2230 Air Cargo Rd, Wichita, Kansas
Key people
Jonathan G. Ornstein (CEO)
Michael J. Lotz (President & CFO)
Website
mesa-air.com
Air Midwest, Inc., was a Federal Aviation Administration Part 121 certificated air carrier that operated under air carrier certificate number AMWA510A issued on May 15, 1965. It was headquartered in Wichita, Kansas,[1] United States, and was a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group. Besides initially flying as an independent air carrier, it later operated code sharing feeder flights on behalf of Eastern Air Lines as Eastern Air Midwest Express, on behalf of American Airlines as American Eagle, on behalf of Trans World Airlines (TWA) as Trans World Express and on behalf of US Airways as US Airways Express. It also operated feeder flights on behalf of Braniff (1983-1990) and Ozark Air Lines in addition to flying for Mesa Airlines. Air Midwest was shut down by its parent company, Mesa Airlines, in June 2008.
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