Mesa Air Group to extend partnership with US Airways

Mesa Air Group has reached an agreement with US Airways to add an additional nine aircraft to its fleet of 38 CRJ-900 aircraft. The term of this new agreement is eight years. Under the agreement, Mesa will continue to provide US Airways Express service out of US Airways’ hubs in Phoenix, AZ and Charlotte, NC. Mesa currently operates a total of 62 aircraft with approximately 350 daily system departures to 88 cities, 34 states, the District of Columbia, Canada, and Mexico. Mesa operates as US Airways Express and United Express under contractual agreements with US Airways and United Airlines, respectively, and independently as go!. This operation links Honolulu to the neighbor island airports of Hilo, Kahului, Kona and Lihue.