Originally Posted by GotCalcio4
I recently began thinking about some of the old USX carriers that have come and gone over the years. Does anyone know what happened to them? I remember Potomac Air, Midway, and Shuttle America, to name a few. IIRC, Allegheny was merged into Piedmont (or was it PSA?). Does anyone know what happened to any of these Express carriers, or know of any others that I haven't mentioned that have come and gone?
Potomac was an off-shoot carrier created to help ease the merger with UA. They I believe were going to go with the BET guys new carrier. I wasn't a fan of that one because they took all the good Dash 8's from Piedmont. For a long time after they held on to that certificate and had one Dash sitting at the hangar in JAX to keep it viable.
Midway liquidated and Mesa bought the CRJs and they are currently flying around PHL.
Shuttle now flys the E170s after being brought into the Republic Holdings fold. I think they are going to do the UAX flying....or Delta.
CCAir was bought by Mesa who decimated the airline.
That's all I know.