( after American Eagle closed its hub in Nashville, TN. The company's headquarters and main maintenance base are located at the Smyrna Airport (MQY) in Smyrna, TN. It operates a fleet of ten BAE Jetstream 32s.
RegionsAir operates under a code-sharing agreement with
American Airlines , to provide flights to communities as
American Connection . This is not to be confused with
American Airlines other regional partner
American Eagle Airlines , a wholly owned subsidiary of AMR Corp.
RegionsAir was known as Corporate Express Airlines from 1996 through 1998, and then Corporate Airlines from 1998 through 2004. RegionsAir has been the air service provider for many small communities as part of the Federally-subsidized Essential Air Service (EAS) program.
The hub airport for RegionsAir is the St. Louis International Airport (STL). Formerly a
Trans World Airlines hub, STL became a mini
American Airlines hub or focus city. STL allows for customers in all RegionsAir markets to make convienent connections to just about anywhere in the world on
American Airlines or its codeshare partners.
On
October 19 ,
2004 Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashed on approach to Kirksville, MO. Thirteen individuals died and two were injured. The
NTSB has
determined pilot error to be the cause of this accident.
On October 7, 2005 Viva International, an aviation holding company, issued an irrevocable Letter of Intent to Purchase RegionsAir for an undisclosed sum.
Service to/from
St. Louis, Missouri –
Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport :
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Burlington, Iowa –
Southeast Iowa Regional Airport
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Cape Girardeau, Missouri –
Cape Girardeau Regional Airport
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Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri –
Waynesville Regional Airport At Forney Field
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Jackson, Tennessee –
McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport
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Kirksville, Missouri –
Kirksville Regional Airport
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Marion, Illinois –
Williamson County Regional Airport
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Nashville, Tennessee –
Nashville International Airport
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Owensboro, Kentucky –
Owensboro-Daviess County Regional Airport
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Paducah, Kentucky –
Barkley Regional Airport July 27
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Quincy, Illinois –
Quincy Regional Airport
