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ExpressJet Airlines is a Regional Airline based in Houston , Texas , USA . It operates Continental Express services for Continental Airlines offering over 1000 daily departures to more than 125 cities from hubs at George Bush Intercontinental Airport , Houston, Newark Liberty International Airport , Newark, New Jersey and Hopkins International Airport , Cleveland, Ohio .


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HISTORY


The airline was established in 1986 and started operations in 1987 . Its origins were in a group of small commuter airlines bought up by Continental Airlines. These included Bar Harbor Airlines in Maine , Provincetown-Boston Airline, Inc. (PBA) in New England , Rocky Mountain Air from Denver, Colorado and Britt Airways from Terre Haute, Indiana . ExpressJet still operates under the original Federal Aviation Administration Part 121 certificate issued to Britt. It began operations as Continental Express in April 1987 and was later acquired by Continental Airlines. It became ExpressJet and subsequently the operating subsidiary of ExpressJet Holdings, Inc following an initial public offering in April 2002 . It is wholly owned by ExpressJet Holdings. It has 6,100 employees (at January 2005 ). ExpressJet Airlines trades on the NYSE under the symbol XJT; Jim Ream is the President and CEO.


SERVICES


See full article: Continental Express Destinations .


FLEET


The ExpressJet fleet consists of the following aircraft (at October 2005):


The average fleet age of ExpressJet Airlines is 4.5 years old in March 2006.


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