Title says it all, are theyr any new airlines which started opperating recently?
Yes, depending on your definition of “recently”. Also, you talking about within the USA, North America, or the entire world?
Here’s one: bransonairexpress.com/
Here ya go
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:A … ed_in_2010
Note that Branson AirExpress does not appear because it’s a brand, not an airline.
I say it is an airline that doesn’t have an operating certificate. Rather, it depends on ExpressJet to operate its flights. Branson AirExpress’ about us describes it has a public charter service. The original article I read mentioned that it was an airline.
Tomato, tomAHto, I guess.
- Southwest is a hub and spoke operation
If I’m right that’d make them a broker?
To the public they are an airline. Legally they are an airline that is using chartered aircraft to operate their own flights.
A good example of this was Morris Air (now merged into Southwest). They operated an extensive network yet all of the flights were operated by another airline,
but they don’t have an operating certificate, so legally I’d say they’d be a broker.
They hold out to the public as an airline but they don’t have an operating certificate and they don’t own or operate airplanes.
All they do is sell tickets, and run a gate?
I agree. Direct Air is a good current example of this. They use Falcon Air, and Xtra Airways (I think also Skyking), which are the airlines, holding the certificate operating the aircraft. Correct me if I’m wrong, if there were an FAR violation, the AIRLINE, or OPERATOR would be in the hot seat, whereas “Direct Air” or “Funjet” or “Morris” etc would just be selling the tickets and paying for the charter of the aircraft. The difference between a Funjet and Direct Air or Morris is that the latter are scheduled service and Funjet isn’t.
The passengers see it as Direct Air, but then again, look at the commuter operators, with exception to a couple, Eagle etc, most of the regionals are D/B/A’s, while they are themselves air carriers, they’re not the carrier they’re flying the flag for. United Express= Mesa, Trans States, Skywest etc, so it’s not really United Airlines they’re flying on.
Check out Air Choice One, flying Cessna Caravans between Decatur, IL and Burlington, IA and both St. Louis and Chicago O’Hare. Also St. Louis to Kirksville, MO. It is the only propeller driven airplane at O’Hare these days.
Ya I use to live in Decatur and its stupid because the pop. is 80,000 and we get caravans???
It may have 80,000 people but it doesn’t appear they have the traffic for larger aircraft.
Now I see that in September Cape Air will take over the St. Louis to Kirksville, MO run.
Yeah I think Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has most of the trffic for executives because they own two citations and three falcons.
