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Atlantic Southeast Airlines

IATA Code
EV
ICAO Code
CAA
Corporate Address
A-Tech Center
990 Toffie Terrace
Atlanta, GA 30354-1363
Website
http://www.flyasa.com
Country
United States
Business model
Regional/Commuter
Association Membership
ALPA

Founded in 1978, Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) was acquired by SkyWest Airlines from Delta Airlines in 2005. Delta acquired the regional in 1999 but after its post-9/11 bankruptcy, it spun off most of its wholly-owned regionals to various regional holding companies, including SkyWest Airlines, Inc.

In 2010, SkyWest acquired ExpressJet which was later merged with Atlantic Southeast Airlines. As of 31-Dec-2011 the merged airline has been operating under the brand and single operating certificate of ExpressJet.

ASA’s main hubs, not including ExpressJet, included Atlanta, Chicago O’Hare, Cincinnati, Detroit, Washington Dulles International, Memphis and Minneapolis/St. Paul. It served 127 airports in 34 US states, District of Columbia, the Bahamas, Canada and Mexico. It had 896 daily departures.

ASA's combined route map


 
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SkyWest ends 91-quarter profit streak posting USD11.1m loss

6-May-11 12:16 PM

Things have to be really, really bad for SkyWest to post a loss, especially when it should have been benefitting from its acquisition of ExpressJet. In fact losses at the company are unheard of since the March 1988 quarter and, for that, the company has become the premier US airline for its unique winning streak. But, the first quarter of 2011 ended a 91-consecutive-quarter profit streak owing to, what the airline described as, a perfect storm, some of it related to trying to please one of its major partners.

Revenues up, profits down for SkyWest, new Delta rates begin to show

24-Nov-10 4:13 PM

SkyWest Inc’s operating revenues rose to USD686.9 million in the third quarter, up nearly US49.1 million but net income declined USD3 million to USD25.5 million as it agreed on new rates for its Delta Connection flying mostly at subsidiary Atlantic Southeast Airlines which cost the company nearly USD5 million in revenues. The increased revenues partially came from a 5.4% increase in block hours resulting from 20 more aircraft.

Airbus decision deferred on the A320 NEO, Ryanair and Southwest pushing the debate

19-Oct-10 3:13 PM

The much-anticipated decision by Airbus on whether it will proceed with fitting new engines to the A320 has been delayed until the end of the year. With the company still sorting out A380 production issues and in full-swing developing the A350 XWB, the question of engineering resources has forced Airbus’ executive committee to defer the decision.

US Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood US airline 2Q profit margins leap; Alaska, Allegiant, Southwest lead the way

23-Sep-10 5:35 PM

The US airline industry is well into recovery, with Department of Transportation statistics revealing network airlines’ profit margin in the second quarter of 2010 was the largest since the second quarter of 2007. To further the point, the combined profit margin for the network, low-cost and regional carrier groups was the highest since the Department’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) began issuing quarterly airline financial numbers in 2002.

ExpressJet widens losses, focused on cost reduction before merger

12-Aug-10 4:33 PM

The very last North American airline to report its second quarter results, ExpressJet said it lost USD18.6 million including special items, a 42% increase from the USD13 million loss posted in the year-ago period. Excluding special items, the loss totaled USD5 million. However, it followed its other regional counterparts in reporting increasing block hours in its Continental and United express agreements. CEO Tom Hanley reported the 18% increase in block hours over the year-ago period, adding that during the quarter it expanded its United Express operation to 32 aircraft. It is now trying to extend 10 short-term aircraft (scheduled to expire at the end of the year) into 2011.

Tarmac delay rules to cost the public welfare USD4 billion

21-Jul-10 3:59 PM

Based on a new study released yesterday, consumers could rightfully say that the Department of Transportation didn’t do them any favours by imposing the three-hour tarmac rule that became effective in Apr-2010. For the first time, a four-month-long study from Airline Zone Co-Authors Darryl Jenkins and Joshua Marks, both former executives with the George Washington University Airline Institute, has quantified the impact of the new rule, finding far more passenger disruption from increased cancellations occurred in the first month of the new rule, than ever happened with protracted delays prior to the rule.

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