Air Midwest Airlines had operated for thirty-six years without a fatal aircraft accident involving passengers. The parent company had not...

In May 2001, Mesa entered into an agreement with Bombardier to purchase twenty new larger regional jets, with an option for eighty more....

Can Do Attitude: the mesa airlines story I can’t believe I am so close to the finish line! I’ve been working on my story about Mesa...

In September 2001, Jonathan Ornstein was in talks with Jeff Potter at Frontier Airlines for a codesharing deal out of Denver. In early...

After Mesa signed the new codesharing agreement with US Airways to increase the number of regional jets in the US Airways system from...

Before Jonathan Ornstein returned to take over Mesa, he was part of an investor group that bought a significant amount of CCAir stock. It...

At the end of 1997, Larry Risley announced that he was stepping down from the helm at Mesa Airlines. The Board of Directors chose...

In 1996, Larry Risley decided to start his own independent jet operation out of Fort Worth, Texas. It would be modeled after Southwest...

In 1995, Mesa Airlines surprised the regional airline world and bought two, 78-passenger Fokker 70 jets with options for six more. This...

In February 1995, Mesa Airlines signed a new codesharing agreement with United Airlines for a continuing partnership at the Denver...

In February 1994, Mesa Airlines bought the assets and routes of Crown Airways and started a new company named Liberty Express Airlines....

In 1992, Mesa Airlines bought out WestAir Commuter Airlines and became a United Express carrier on the West Coast. WestAir was a...

Shortly after Mesa purchased Air Midwest, Larry Risley sent Robert Priddy (previous CEO of Air Midwest) to Florida to start a new airline...

From 1991 to 1994 Mesa purchased three airlines and started a fourth. One of these acquisitions, was Air Midwest, which at one time was...

Space Shuttle astronaut Colonel Rick Husband had a personal connection to Mesa Airlines through his brother, Keith, a captain based in...

Mesa Airlines had personal connections to two NASA space shuttle astronauts. The first was Dr. Janet Kavandi. Janet’s husband, John, was...

When Mesa purchased the first Brasilia aircraft in 1990, they needed flight attendants – a requirement for airplanes with more than 19...

Mesa had been in talks with Air Midwest Airlines about a merger/purchase in 1989 to 1990. During those talks, Air Midwest agreed to sell...

Mesa negotiated with Aspen Airways to purchase all of their routes out of Denver except for their major ski market. Mesa would get all of...

The Beechcraft 1300 airliner was tailor-made just for Mesa Airlines. In an earlier post, I reported that Larry Risley bought two CATPASS...