Defunct regional airline of the United States (1965–2012)
Colgan Air
IATA
ICAO
Callsign
9L
CJC
COLGAN
Founded
1965 (1965) (as Colgan Airways)
Commenced operations
December 1, 1991 (1991-12-01)
Ceased operations
September 5, 2012 (2012-09-05)
Hubs
Boston
Houston–Intercontinental
Newark
New York–LaGuardia
Washington–Dulles
Frequent-flyer program
Dividend Miles (US Airways)
MileagePlus (United)
OnePass (Continental)
Parent company
Pinnacle Airlines Corp. (2007–2012)
Headquarters
Manassas, Virginia (1965–2010)
Memphis, Tennessee (2010–2012)
Key people
John Spanjers (senior vice-president)
Founder
Charles J. Colgan (former CEO)
Colgan Air was a regional airline in the United States that operated from 1965 until 2012. It became a subsidiary of Pinnacle Airlines Corp. in 2012. The initial headquarters of Colgan Air was located in Manassas, Virginia until 2010, and then Memphis, Tennessee until closure in 2012.
Colgan Air operated for Continental Express/United Express, and US Airways Express. Pinnacle Airlines Corporation phased out the Colgan Air name on September 5, 2012, and transferred personnel and logistics to Pinnacle Airlines.
ColganAir was a regional airline in the United States that operated from 1965 until 2012. It became a subsidiary of Pinnacle Airlines Corp. in 2012. The...
ColganAir Flight 3407 (marketed as Continental Connection Flight 3407) was a scheduled passenger flight from Newark, New Jersey, US to Buffalo, New York...
ColganAir Flight 9446 was a repositioning flight operated by ColganAir for US Airways Express. On August 26, 2003, the Beechcraft 1900D crashed into...
pilots making opposite inputs with the aircraft's side-stick controls ColganAir Flight 3407, a 2009 fatal crash resulting from improper response to a...
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its ColganAir operation. In May, United reached a deal with Republic Airways Holdings for its subsidiary Republic Airways to fly the Q400 in Colgan's place...
known as Air Crash Investigation(s) outside of the United States and Canada and also known as Mayday: Air Disaster (The Weather Channel) or Air Disasters...
Essential Air Service that made it financially viable for private airlines to offer service to small airports such as Shenandoah Valley. In 2012 ColganAir ended...
company acquired other airlines, such as ColganAir and Mesaba Airlines. In 2006, Northwest agreed to a new Air Service Agreement (ASA) that contracted...
Airlines also flew under the Continental Express identity, and Cape Air, ColganAir, CommutAir, and Silver Airways fed Continental's flights under the Continental...
memorial. Eckert died at age 57 on February 12, 2009, in the crash of ColganAir Flight 3407 in Clarence Center, New York. She had met with President Barack...
2006 to March 2007. ColganAir flew as US Airways Express between Morgantown and Pittsburgh from May 2007 to January 2008. ColganAir then switched to fly...
significance. After the crash of ColganAir Flight 3407, an air transport certificate became a requirement for all commercial air transport pilots. This effectively...
the Pilot Record Improvement Act (PRIA) passed after the 2009 crash of ColganAir Flight 3407 required the FAA to record training failures in the database;...
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the night due to safety concerns. ColganAir Flight 9446: On August 26, 2003 a Beech 1900D operated by ColganAir for US Airways Express hit the water...
acquired by American Airlines. It was formed as Transcontinental & Western Air to operate a route from New York City to Los Angeles via St. Louis, Kansas...
(August 25, 2006): reselecting ColganAir, Inc., operating as US Airways Express, to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Presque Isle/Houlton...
Order 2004-10-16 (October 25, 2004): reselecting ColganAir, Inc., to provide subsidized Essential Air Service (EAS) at Presque Isle/Houlton, Augusta/Waterville...
2007-1-16 (January 25, 2007): selecting ColganAir, Inc. d/b/a US Airways Express to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Parkersburg, Morgantown...
Transportation Safety Board NTSB/AAR-10/01 Loss of Control on Approach ColganAir, Inc. Operating as Continental Connection Flight 3407 Bombardier DHC-8-400...