(ASA) is an
Airline based in
Atlanta, Georgia ,
USA flying to over 100 destinations. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of
SkyWest, Inc. All flights are operated as Delta flights with a 4000-series flight number. ASA operates nearly 900 flights each day from its hubs at
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) and
Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC). ASA also operates from
Cincinnati ,
Ohio and
Orlando ,
Florida .
The airline was established in March
1979 and started operations in June 1979. In
1999 Delta Air Lines increased its stake in Atlantic Southeast Airlines from 28% to 100%. It employs 5,809 staff (at January
2005 ). On August 15, 2005, Delta announced that it had entered into an agreement to sell ASA to SkyWest, Inc. for $425 million, and on September, 8, 2005, SkyWest announced that the acquisition had been completed.
Atlantic Southeast Airlines operates the following services (as of April 2005):
- Domestic scheduled destinations: Aguadilla (starts June 1, 2006), Akron / Canton , Albany , Alexandria , Allentown / Bethlehem / Easton , Appleton , Asheville , Atlanta , Augusta , Austin , Baton Rouge , Birmingham , Bloomington , Brunswick , Buffalo , Charleston , Charlotte , Charlottesville , Chattanooga , Chicago , Cincinnati , Cleveland , Columbia , Columbus , Corpus Christi , Dallas / Fort Worth , Dayton , Daytona Beach , Des Moines , Detroit , Dothan , Evansville , Fayetteville , Flint , Florence , Fort Wayne , Gainesville , Grand Rapids , Greensboro / High Point , Greenville , Gulfport / Biloxi , Harrisburg , Hickory , Houston , Huntsville , Indianapolis , Jackson , Kansas City , Key West , Kinston , Knoxville , Lafayette , Las Vegas , Lexington , Little Rock , Long Island MacArthur Airport , Los Angeles , Louisville , Lynchburg , Macon , Manchester , McAllen , Melbourne , Memphis , Meridian , Minneapolis / St. Paul , Mobile , Monroe , Montgomery , Myrtle Beach , Naples , Nashville , New York , Newport News , Oklahoma City , Omaha , Ontario , Palm Springs , Panama City , Pensacola , Peoria , Phoenix , Pinehurst / Southern Pines (Starts June 22, 2006), Pittsburgh , Ponce (starts June 1, 2006), Portland , Reno , Richmond , Roanoke , Rochester , Sacramento , Salt Lake City , San Antonio , San Francisco , San Jose , Santa Ana , Sarasota / Bradenton , Seattle , Shreveport , South Bend , St. Croix , St Louis , Syracuse , Tallahassee , Tampa , Toledo , Tupelo , Tulsa , Valdosta , Washington DC , Westchester County , Wichita , Wilkes-Barre , Wilmington, North Carolina and Wilmington, Delaware (starts June 29, 2006).
The Atlantic Southeast Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2006):
- 12 ATR 72 -210
- 103 Bombardier CRJ 200ER
- 39 Bombardier CRJ 700-701ER
(additional CRJs are on order)
In March 2006, the average age of Atlantic Southeast Airlines fleet is 4.8 years
- Atlantic Southeast Airline's former callsign, Candler, is probably derived from the last name of a former mayor of Atlanta, Asa Candler , due to Atlanta's airport being a hub for ASA and the similarity of the acronym ASA and former mayor Candler's first name.
- Acey replaced Candler as ASA's callsign on March 15, 2006.
