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HISTORY Charles J. Colgan founded Fixed Base Operator Colgan Airways Corporation at Manassas Airport in 1965 . It began scheduled service under contract with IBM in 1970 between Manassas, Washington, D.C. and Poughkeepsie, New York . It expanded over the next decade and a half and was sold in 1986 to Presidential Airlines. After Presidential went defunct in 1991 , Colgan and his son, Michael J., restarted the service under the name Colgan Air. It was established and started operations on December 1 , 1991 . On July 1 , 1997 it became a feeder for Continental Airlines, operating under the name Continental Connection . On December 11 , 1999 Colgan left the Continental system and became exclusively a US Airways Express carrier, focusing its routes around major US Airways stations such as LaGuardia, Pittsburgh , and Boston. On January 25 , 2005 it announced it would acquire additional Saab 340 aircraft and resume service as Continental Connection out of Houston. On October 4 , 2005 Colgan Air started providing flights for United Express flights out of Washington's Dulles International Airport . Initially serving Charleston, WV, and Westchester County Airport in White Plains, NY, Colgan has expanded its service to include State College, PA; Charlottesville, VA; Allentown, PA; and Binghamton, NY. DESTINATIONS Northeastern United States Colgan Air serves the following destinations in the Northeastern United States : Connecticut Maine
Massachusetts New Hampshire New York
Ohio Pennsylvania
Rhode Island Southern United States District of Columbia
Louisiana Texas
Virginia
West Virginia FLEET The Colgan Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2006): EXTERNAL LINKS |
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