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Appendix A: Domestic Mainline Airline Partnerships with Regionals

(as of date of publication)

• Alaska Airlines partners with Horizon Air.

• American Airlines partners with American Eagle as well as an AmericanConnection carrier, Chautauqua Airlines.

• Continental Airlines maintains two sets of partnerships: Continental Connection flights are operated by Cape Air, Colgan Air, CommutAir, and Gulfstream International Airlines, while Continental Express flights are operated by Chautauqua Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines.

• Delta Air Lines partners with eight regionals: Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Chautauqua Airlines, Comair, Compass, Mesaba Airlines, Pinnacle Airlines, Shuttle America, and SkyWest Airlines.

• Frontier Airlines operates Frontier Express flights with partners Chautauqua Airlines and Republic Airlines.

• United Airlines has eight United Express regional partners: Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Colgan Air, ExpressJet, GoJet Airlines, Mesa Airlines, Shuttle America, SkyWest Airlines, and Trans States Airlines.

• US Airways Express consists of nine regional carriers: Air Wisconsin, Chautauqua Airlines, Colgan Air, Mesa Airlines, Mesaba Airlines, Piedmont Airlines, PSA Airlines, Republic Airlines, and Trans States Airlines.

Appendix B: Domestic Regional Airline Partnerships with Mainlines

(as of date of publication)

• Atlantic Southeast partners with both Delta and United.

• Chautauqua partners with five mainlines: American, Continental, Delta, US Airways, and sister company Frontier.

• Colgan partners with Continental, United, and US Airways.

• ExpressJet partners with both Continental and United.

• Mesa partners with both United and US Airways.

• Mesaba partners with both Delta and United.

• Republic Airlines partners with both sister company Frontier and US Airways.

• Shuttle America partners with both Delta and United.

• SkyWest partners with both Delta and United.

• Trans States partners with both United and US Airways.

Glossary

A4A:
Airlines for America, formerly known as the Air Transport Association of America, the nation's largest airline trade organization

CAB:
Civil Aeronautics Board, a former government agency that was charged with managing the nation's airlines and was shut down in 1984

DHS:
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, a cabinet-level department responsible for securing the nation from terrorist threats

DOJ:
U.S. Department of Justice, a cabinet-level department charged with overseeing antitrust and competition issues in U.S. industries

DOT:
U.S. Department of Transportation, a cabinet-level department charged with overseeing aviation and other transportation modes

FAA:
Federal Aviation Administration, a division of the DOT specifically charged with overseeing commercial and civil aviation safety and operating the nation's civil air traffic control network

FAAC:
Future of Aviation Advisory Committee, a committee formed by the DOT in 2010 to examine the state of the U.S. airline industry, on which the author served

IATA:
International Air Transport Association, the world's largest airline trade organization

ICAO:
International Civil Aviation Organization, a United Nations–chartered organization dedicated to the “safe and orderly growth” of civil aviation

NTSB:
National Transportation Safety Board, an independent government agency charged with investigating transportation safety and accidents

TSA:
Transportation Security Administration, a division of the DHS responsible for oversight of security measures within the nation's transportation infrastructure

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