was a Part 121 regional
Airline started in
1996 after
American Eagle closed its hub in
Nashville, Tennessee . Its headquarters / maintenance base was located at the
Smyrna Airport in
Smyrna, Tennessee . The hub airports for RegionsAir were
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport (STL) and
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE).
RegionsAir operated under a code-sharing agreement with
American Airlines to provide flights to communites as
AmericanConnection from
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport , and as
Continental Connection from
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport .
RegionsAir was known as
On
October 7 ,
2005 Viva International, an aviation holding company, issued an irrevocable Letter of Intent to Purchase RegionsAir for an undisclosed sum, but nothing ever became of the LOI.
RegionsAir operated under a code-sharing agreement with
American Airlines to provide flights to communities as
AmericanConnection from
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport until March
2007 . At that time, the
Federal Aviation Administration grounded the airline, saying there had been problems with the airline's training and certification program.
AMR Press Release
The airline is presently undergoing a massive restructuring and hopes to resume services soon. Many past employees and some management have been contacted regarding a return to work.
On
October 19 ,
2004 Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashed on approach to
Kirksville, Missouri . Thirteen people died and two were injured. The
NTSB has determined pilot error to be the cause of this accident
NTSB
On
March 2 ,
2007 the local Airline's FSDO office, FAA officials in DC, and the airline got into a disagreement over wording in the airline's training manuals. The airline voluntarily ceased scheduled operations until the items could be clarified. FAA found no discrepancies when they went over all pilots records. In the end, about 35 of the airline's flights were canceled that Saturday.
Journal Register Article [http://www.herald-review.com/articles/2007/03/04/news/local_news/1021591.txt Decatur Herald & Review.
On
March 8 ,
2007 at 4:36pm the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) again grounded RegionsAir due to discrepancies in the airlines training procedures for line-check airmen. As a result of this second grounding within one week, several regional airports serviced by RegionsAir have announced intentions to replace the airline with other regional carriers.
{Link without Title} The Southern Illinoisan Article
The airline is presently working under new ownership and management to return to the skies.
