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  1. Regional airlines face closings, bankruptcy

    Mon, 20 Aug 2012

    largest operator of 50-seat aircraft among U.S. airlines, will shutter regional carrier Comair after Sept. 29. Pinnacle Airlines , with subsidiaries such as Colgan that have flown for United, US Airways and Delta, filed for bankruptcy protection

  2. Lufthansa, United Express Jets Clip Each Other at Dulles Airport in Washington

    Fri, 10 Aug 2012

    board, WJLA reported. United Express flight 3912 had arrived at Dulles Airport from Pittsburgh, a spokesman for Pinnacle Airlines , Colgan's parent company, told WJLA. The spokesman added that the Colgan plane continued to the gate and all

  3. Regional jets crowd skies, squeeze fliers

    Thu, 14 Jun 2012

    since then, resulting in 135 deaths: •2003: Air Midwest doing business as (dba) US Airways Express •2004: Pinnacle Airlines dba Northwest Airlink •2004: Corporate Airlines dba AmericanConnection •2006: Comair dba Delta Connection

  4. New People Express hopes people remember name

    Wed, 18 Apr 2012

    to quash competition. It's also a time many smaller carriers are struggling. Direct Air and regional carrier Pinnacle Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection in recent weeks. "It will be very difficult for them, but it's very difficult

  5. Bad behavior in cockpit has proven deadly

    Thu, 29 Mar 2012

    pilots taking an empty airliner from Little Rock, Ark., to Minneapolis decided to explore the limits of their Pinnacle Airlines plane. Captain Jesse Rhodes and first officer Peter Cesarz took the plane to 41,000, the maximum approved altitude

  6. Indignities of travel: Fliers recount humiliating incidents

    Thu, 26 Jan 2012

    also didn't make sense, because she was rebooked on the next flight to Erie. Joe Williams, a spokesman for Pinnacle Airlines , which acquired Mesaba in 2010, says he cannot verify details of what happened, because the incident occurred

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  1. Passenger Colleen O'Neal Sues Continental, Other Airlines Over Turbulent Texas Flight

    Wed, 12 Oct 2011

    operated by Colgan Airlines . She is also suing United Airlines , Colgan and Pinnacle Airlines . United merged with Continental Airlines last year and Pinnacle Airlines owns Colgan Airlines. O'Neal, who works as a district manager for the Texas

  2. Flight Attendant Stress: Keeping Cool on the Plane

    Tue, 30 Mar 2010

    situation," she said. It is indeed, but if you think Slater 's alleged bad behavior was a first, it wasn't. A Pinnacle Airlines spokesman told reporters back in February that the carrier had to cancel a flight because of an altercation -- yes

  3. Flight Attendants' Fight Cancels Trip

    Fri, 26 Feb 2010

    operated by Memphis-based Pinnacle Airlines . A company spokesman acknowledged Trends from ABC News on Twitter Pinnacle Airlines spokesman Joe Williams told verbal disagreement." The two Pinnacle Airlines flight attendants were removed

  4. Dangerous Skies? NTSB to Issue Report on Colgan Air Crash

    Tue, 2 Feb 2010

    our operations to make sure that everything that could be done is being done," Colgan Air's parent company, Pinnacle Airlines Corp., said in a statement. "As a result, we have taken more than 20 important and specific steps to further

  5. Pilot Error to Blame in Deadly Flight Accident Last February

    Tue, 2 Feb 2010

    our operations to make sure that everything that could be done is being done," Colgan Air's parent company, Pinnacle Airlines Corp., said in a statement. "As a result, we have taken more than 20 important and specific steps to further

  6. How to Get Capt. Sully Sullenberger as Your Pilot and Other Tips for Picking the Safest Flight

    Tue, 29 Sep 2009

    often with younger, less experienced and lower-paid pilots. Take the Continental Express flight, operated by Pinnacle Airlines ' Colgan Air, that crashed before landing in Buffalo in February. Rebecca Shaw, the 24-year-old co-pilot

  7. Airline on-time performance falls, tarmac delays up in June

    Tue, 4 Aug 2009

    at New York John F. Kennedy and New York LaGuardia, respectively. Other findings: •Most-delayed flights. Pinnacle Airlines ' flight 2330 from Minneapolis/St. Paul to Fort Wayne, Ind., was the most consistently late flight. It was never

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