Midwest Airlines

For the Egyptian airline, see Midwest Airlines (Egypt). For the Des Moines-based local service carrier that operated 1949–1952, see Mid-West Airlines. For the successor airline proposed to begin operations in 2019, see Midwest Express Airlines (2019).
Not to be confused with Air Midwest, a defunct regional U.S. airline or Midwest Airlines, Ltd., a defunct Canadian regional airline based in Winnipeg[1].

Midwest Airlines
IATA ICAO Call sign
YX MEP MIDEX
Founded1948 (1948)
(as K-C Aviation)
Commenced operations
  • 1984 (1984)
    (as Midwest Express Airlines)
  • 2002 (2002)
  • (as Midwest Airlines)
Ceased operationsNovember 2010 (2010-11)
(merged into Frontier Airlines)
HubsMilwaukee
Focus cities
Frequent-flyer programMidwest Miles
Parent company
HeadquartersOak Creek, Wisconsin, U.S.
Key people
Headquarters

Midwest Airlines (formerly Midwest Express) was an airline in the United States headquartered in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, that operated from Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport between 1984 and 2010. For a short time, it also operated as a brand of Republic Airways Holdings.[2]

Operations as an independent airline ceased in November 2010, upon its merger with Frontier Airlines.

  1. ^ February 1, 1976 Official Airline Guide
  2. ^ "Contact Us." Midwest Airlines. Archived November 21, 2008.