Mesa Air Group

Mesa Air Group, Inc.
Company typePublic
NasdaqMESA
Russell 2000 Index component
IndustryAviation
Founded1980; 44 years ago (1980)
HeadquartersPhoenix, Arizona, United States
Key people
RevenueIncrease$1.4 billion USD (2007)
OwnerUnited Airlines Holdings (9.9%)[1]
Number of employees
~3,600 (2022)
Website[mesa-air.com

Mesa Air Group, Inc. is a Nevada Corporation[2] commercial aviation holding company with headquarters in Suite 700 at 410 North 44th Street in the Camelback East area of Phoenix, Arizona, United States.[3] The company operates one regional airline subsidiary: Mesa Airlines which operates as United Express and (until 2023) as American Eagle under contractual agreements with United Airlines and American Airlines respectively.

Mesa was founded on a mesa in Farmington, New Mexico in 1982 by Larry and Janie Risley, a husband and wife team that mortgaged their home to finance their dream to own an airline. Mesa moved its headquarters to Phoenix, Arizona in 1998.

As of June 2022, Mesa operated 167 aircraft, with more than 457 daily departures to 120 cities throughout the U.S., District of Columbia, Canada, Mexico, The Bahamas, and Cuba.[4]

  1. ^ "Mesa Air Group, Inc.: Shareholders Board Members Managers and Company Profile". www.marketscreener.com. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
  2. ^ "Form 10-K (2006)". Retrieved 2007-09-05.
  3. ^ "Contact Us Archived 2015-02-08 at the Wayback Machine." Mesa Air Group. Retrieved on January 30, 2009.
  4. ^ "Mesa Air Group Inc Profile". CNBC.com. Retrieved June 8, 2022.