No Air Midwest but I did find these listed: The following are the main air carriers that operated scheduled passenger service from Meigs Field to Springfield, IL:
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Smaller carriers that briefly provided service from Meigs to other cities include:
- Blade Helicopters
- Chicago Helicopter Airways
- Gopher Airlines
- Hub Airlines
- Illini Airlines
- Midwest Commuter Airways
- Ozark Air Lines
- Skystream Airlines
According to the February 1, 1976 edition of the
Official Airline Guide (
OAG), two airlines were serving Meigs Field at this time:
Air Illinois and Skystream Airlines. Air Illinois was operating the 44-seat
HS-748 turboprop into the airport at this time with nonstop flights to
Springfield, IL and continuing no change of plane service to
Alton, IL and
Carbondale, IL. Skystream Airlines was operating
Beechcraft 99 commuter turboprops on a nonstop and direct flights to
Detroit Metro Airport,
Indianapolis, IN and
South Bend, IN.
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The September 15, 1994 edition of the
OAG reported that three air carriers were serving Meigs Field with scheduled passenger flights:
Great Lakes Aviation operating as
United Express on behalf of
United Airlines,
Trans States Airlines flying as
Trans World Express on behalf of
Trans World Airlines (
TWA) and Blade Helicopters. Great Lakes was operating
Beechcraft 1900C turboprops on its nonstop service to
Lansing, MI, and
Springfield, IL and was also flying one stop direct service to
Quincy, IL. Trans States served
Springfield, IL nonstop with
Swearingen Metro III propjets. Blade Helicopters was operating
Eurocopter AS350 "AStar" turbine powered helicopters on a high frequency shuttle schedule with 39 flights every weekday to
Chicago O'Hare Airport and 12 flights every weekday to
Chicago Midway Airport.
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