Crown Airways
Commenced operations | 1969 |
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Ceased operations | 1994 |
Operating bases | DuBois Regional Airport |
Alliance | USAir Express |
Fleet size | 12 Nord 262s 3 de Havilland Canada Dash 7s |
Headquarters | Washington Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States |
Crown Airways was a regional airline operating for USAir Express with its headquarters on the grounds of DuBois Regional Airport in Washington Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, near Falls Creek.[1][2]
History[]
A privately owned company, Crown Airways started as Allegheny Commuter in March 1969.[2] By 1981, Allegheny Commuter was operating twelve French Nord 262 turboprops and three de Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash 7 turboprops. Service was flown from Philadelphia, New York City, Washington, DC and much of the northeast U.S.[3] Crown Airways was taken over in a leveraged buyout in 1990 by two of its executives, Albert Beiga and Philip Burnaman.[4] Crown Airways ceased to exist as an independent entity in 1994 when it was purchased by Mesa Air Group.[5]
Allegheny Commuter System[]
The Allegheny Commuter System created by Allegheny Airlines pioneered the practice of code sharing by smaller commuter air carriers with larger airlines.
Allegheny Commuter feeder airline code share service for Allegheny Airlines followed by USAir Express code share service on behalf of USAir was also operated by several other air carriers primarily in the eastern and northeastern U.S. These airlines included:
- Aeromech
- Air Kentucky
- Air East
- Air North
- Britt Airways
- Chatauqua Airlines
- Fischer Brothers Aviation
- GCS Airlines
- Henson Airlines
- Pennsylvania Commuter Airlines
- Pocono Airlines
- Ransome Airlines
- Southern Jersey Airways
- Suburban Airlines
- The Hagerstown Commuter,[6]
- Travel Air Aviation.[7]
Fleet[]
- Nord 262
- Mohawk 298
- de Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash 7
- Short 330
- Fokker F27 Friendship
- Riley Turbo Skyliner
- Beechcraft B99
- Beech 1900C
- Embraer EMB 110P2 Bandeirante
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Washington township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on February 14, 2010.
- ^ a b "World Airline Directory." Flight International. March 22–28, 1995. 65.
- ^ Lowman, Ron (January 12, 1981). "U.S. airline boss loves our Dash 7s". Toronto Star. p. B08.
- ^ Kohn, Bernie (February 5, 1991). "Crown Airways Earns Its Wings With Commuters". Pittsburgh Press. p. D1.
- ^ Mesa Air Group web site. Retrieved July 9, 2013 Archived August 1, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Hagerstown Commuter". Airline History. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ "Travel Air Aviation". Airline History. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- Defunct companies based in Pennsylvania
- Defunct regional airline brands
- Defunct regional airlines of the United States
- Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
- US Airways Group
- Mesa Air Group
- Defunct airlines of the United States
- Airlines based in Pennsylvania
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