Air Midwest

Air Midwest
IATA ICAO Call sign
ZV AMW AIR MIDWEST
Founded7 May 1965 (as Aviation Services)
Commenced operations17 April 1967 (1967-04-17)
Ceased operations30 June 2008 (2008-06-30)
HubsKansas City
Frequent-flyer programMesaMax
Fleet sizeSee Fleet
DestinationsSee Destinations
Parent companyMesa Air Group, Inc.
Headquarters2230 Air Cargo Rd, Wichita, Kansas
Key peopleJonathan G. Ornstein (CEO)
Michael J. Lotz (President & CFO)
FounderGary Adamson (President)
Websitemesa-air.com
Beech 99 1975
Metro Wichita 1979

Air Midwest, Inc., was a Federal Aviation Administration Part 121 certificated air carrier that operated under air carrier certificate number AMWA510A issued on May 15, 1965. It was headquartered in Wichita, Kansas,[1] United States, and from 1991 was a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group. Besides initially flying as an independent air carrier, it later operated code sharing feeder flights on behalf of Eastern Air Lines as Eastern Air Midwest Express, on behalf of American Airlines as American Eagle, on behalf of Trans World Airlines (TWA) as Trans World Express and on behalf of US Airways as US Airways Express. It also operated feeder flights on behalf of Braniff (1983–1990) and Ozark Air Lines in addition to flying for Mesa Airlines. Air Midwest was shut down by its parent company, Mesa Airlines, in June 2008.

  1. ^ "uipl_3002c2a3.html." United States Department of Labor. Retrieved on May 26, 2009.