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{{Short description|US regional airline (1965–2008) bought by Mesa}}
{{about|the regional airline that was based in Wichita, KS|the article regarding the renamed Midwest Express (based in Milwaukee, WI)|Midwest Airlines}}
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{{Infobox airline
| airline          = Air Midwest
| image            = File:AirMidwest70s.png
| image_size       = 200
| alt              = 
| IATA             = ZV<ref>{{cite report|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/ien.35556029249984?urlappend=%3Bseq=58%3Bownerid=13510798902602187-62|hdl=2027/ien.35556029249984|title=List of U.S. Air Carriers|date=March 1977|publisher=[[Civil Aeronautics Board]]|location=Washington, DC|hdl-access=free}}</ref>
| ICAO             = AMW<ref name=contract75>{{cite report|title=Contractions|publisher=[[Federal Aviation Administration]]|date=1 June 1975|page=F-9|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/ufl.31262091395060?urlappend=%3Bseq=93%3Bownerid=118024734-101|hdl=2027/ufl.31262091395060|hdl-access=free}}</ref>
| callsign         = AIR MIDWEST<ref name=contract75/>
| founded          = 7 May 1965<br/><small>(as Aviation Services)</small>
| commenced        = {{Start date|1967|4|17|df=y}}
| ceased           = {{End date|2008|6|30|df=y}}
| aoc              = 
| bases            = 
| hubs             = [[Kansas City International Airport|Kansas City]]
| secondary_hubs   = 
| focus_cities     = 
| frequent_flyer   = MesaMax
| lounge           = 
| alliance         = 
| subsidiaries     = 
| fleet_size       = See [[#Fleet|Fleet]]
| destinations     = See [[#Destinations|Destinations]]
| company_slogan   = 
| parent           = [[Mesa Air Group]], Inc.
| headquarters     = 2230 Air Cargo Rd<br>[[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]], [[Kansas]]
| founder = {{nowrap|Gary Adamson<small> (President)</small>}}
| key_people       = {{nowrap|Jonathan G. Ornstein<small> (CEO)</small>}}<br>{{nowrap|Michael J. Lotz<small> (President & CFO)</small>}}
| website          = [http://www.mesa-air.com mesa-air.com]
}}
[[File:Beech Model 99.jpg|thumb|[[Beech 99]] 1975]]
[[File:Swearingen SA.227AC Metro III.jpg|thumb|[[Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner|Metro]] [[Wichita Airport|Wichita]] 1979]]
[[File:Beech 1900D, USAir Express (Air Midwest) AN1076504.jpg|thumb|[[Beech 1900D]] in [[US Airways Express|US Air Express]] livery, [[Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport|Fort Lauderdale]] 1997]]
'''Air Midwest, Inc.''', was a [[Federal Aviation Administration]] Part 121 certificated air carrier that operated under air carrier certificate number AMWA510A issued on May 15, 1965. It was headquartered in [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]], [[Kansas]],<ref>"[http://ows.doleta.gov/dmstree/uipl/uipl2k2/uipl_3002c2a3.html uipl_3002c2a3.html]." [[United States Department of Labor]]. Retrieved on May 26, 2009.</ref> [[United States]], and from 1991 was a subsidiary of [[Mesa Air Group]]. Besides initially flying as an independent air carrier, it later operated [[code sharing]] feeder flights on behalf of [[Eastern Air Lines]] as [[Eastern Air Lines|Eastern Air Midwest Express]], on behalf of [[American Airlines]] as [[American Eagle (airline brand)|American Eagle]], on behalf of [[Trans World Airlines]] ([[TWA]]) as [[Trans World Express]] and on behalf of [[US Airways]] as [[US Airways Express]].  It also operated feeder flights on behalf of [[Braniff (1983–1990)]] and [[Ozark Air Lines]] in addition to flying for [[Mesa Airlines]].  Air Midwest was shut down by its parent company, [[Mesa Airlines]], in June 2008.

==History==
Air Midwest was incorporated in [[Wichita, Kansas]], on May 7, 1965, by Gary Adamson as '''Aviation Services Inc'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sos.ks.gov/eforms/BusinessEntity/Search.aspx|website=www.sos.ks.gov|title=Search result for "Air Midwest" entity ID 41327|publisher=Kansas Secretary of State|language=en|access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref> Using a single [[Cessna 206]], Adamson transported human remains for area mortuaries. Later, Aviation Services held out for charter and on April 17, 1967, began scheduled service flying between Wichita and [[Salina, Kansas|Salina]].<ref>Book: "Pioneer of the Third Level" by I.E. Quastler</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/40716785 ''Air Service Opens Monday'', Salina Journal, April 16, 1967]</ref>

As [[Frontier Airlines (1950-1986)|Frontier Airlines]] downsized from the western Kansas market beginning in 1968, Aviation Services moved in to assume air service. In 1969, it changed its name to Air Midwest and ordered [[Beechcraft Model 99|Beech 99]] commuter turboprop aircraft to keep up with its expansion. In 1971, Frontier withdrew all service from Dodge City, Great Bend, and Hutchinson, KS allowing Air Midwest to assume service. In 1977, Frontier withdrew all service at Garden City, Goodland, and Hays, KS as well as Lamar, CO and Air Midwest began operating a fleet of six [[Swearingen Metroliner]] commuter propjets. By then Air Midwest was linking smaller cities throughout [[Kansas]] to Wichita, Kansas City, MO, and Denver, CO.

With airline deregulation in late 1978 Air Midwest saw many more expansion opportunities and made a bold move by ordering ten more Metroliners. On March 1, 1979, Air Midwest began operating several new routes in New Mexico formerly flown by [[Texas International Airlines]].  This new service to New Mexico was connected to the Kansas operations by serving 
[[Lubbock, Texas]] where Air Midwest partnered with [[Braniff Airways]].  From Lubbock, service was started to Hobbs, Roswell, Carlsbad, and Albuquerque, New Mexico as well as from Albuquerque to Clovis, NM.  Service was also started from Lubbock, to Garden City, Dodge City, and Wichita, Kansas.  In July 1979, service was inaugurated from Lubbock and Wichita, to Ponca City, Enid, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In 1980/1981 Air Midwest again expanded with new routes from Albuquerque to Alamogordo, Silver City, and Farmington, New Mexico as well as from Farmington to Phoenix, Arizona all formerly flown by the original [[Frontier Airlines (1950-1986)]].  A new link to Wichita was also created via Clovis and Amarillo. Routes were also expanded from both the [[Kansas City International Airport]] and the [[Kansas City Downtown Airport]] to new cities in Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, and Oklahoma. In 1982 all Lubbock service was discontinued and transferred to Midland/Odessa, Texas until 1984 when all Midland/Odessa service ended. In 1983 a marketing agreement was established with Frontier Airlines in which all Air Midwest flights at Denver would feed Frontier. Beginning in 1984, competitor Mesa Airlines began aggressive expansion throughout New Mexico and Texas and Air Midwest made the decision to discontinue all routes in this area on January 31, 1986. They then shifted their focus to building newly acquired code share relationships with major airlines listed below.<ref>Air Midwest timetables</ref>  Also in 1984, Air Midwest was independently operating nonstop flights from [[St. Louis Downtown Airport]] (CPS) to [[Chicago Midway Airport]] (MDW), [[Kansas City Downtown Airport]] (MKC), and [[Olathe, KS]] (via [[Johnson County Industrial Airport]] (LXT))  with Metro propjets.<ref>http://www.departedflights.com, Sept. 1, 1984 Air Midwest route map</ref>

On May 1, 1985, Air Midwest merged with '''Scheduled Skyways''', a [[Fayetteville, Arkansas]]-based commuter air carrier which later changed its name to '''Skyways''', in hopes of gaining a [[codeshare]] to feed [[Republic Airlines (1979-1986)|Republic Airlines]]' [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] hub. Air Midwest would expand by acquiring routes in [[Arkansas]] to complement its existing routes in the midwest. Both carriers operated Metro propjets, and Air Midwest had an opportunity to win a codeshare agreement with Republic.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}} However, Republic then picked a different air carrier to feed its Memphis hub. Meanwhile, Air Midwest subsequently discovered many hidden problems with the neglected fleet inherited from Scheduled Skyways, forcing the airline to perform a great deal of maintenance to keep the aircraft flying. The merger with Scheduled Skyways pushed Air Midwest to the verge of bankruptcy over the few years that followed.

On April 1, 1985, Air Midwest introduced the 30-seat [[Saab 340]] turboprop aircraft with flights from Kansas City to Wichita, Omaha, and Manhattan, KS. By the end of 1985 the airline was operating five Saab 340's and 24 Metroliners.

Although Air Midwest was unsuccessful in gaining a codeshare with Republic through the Scheduled Skyways merger, it was able to acquire codeshare agreements in 1985 with [[Eastern Airlines]] as '''Eastern Air Midwest Express''' at the Kansas City and Wichita hubs and in 1986 with [[Ozark Air Lines]] as '''Ozark Midwest''' at that carriers' St. Louis hub, as well as with [[American Airlines]] as part of the [[American Eagle (airline brand)]] at their newly created Nashville hub.

Continuing money problems forced Air Midwest to sell its [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] hub and [[Saab 340]] aircraft to American in 1987. [[Trans World Airlines]] ([[TWA]]) acquired [[Ozark Air Lines]] in 1986 and forced Air Midwest to surrender some of its [[St. Louis, Missouri|St Louis]] routes because TWA already had a code share partner in St Louis, [[Resort Air]] (later [[Trans States Airlines]]).  At the end of 1989, Air Midwest was operating [[Trans World Express]] service on behalf of TWA at its St. Louis hub with nonstop flights to [[Birmingham, AL]]; [[Bloomington, IL]]; [[Cape Girardeau, MO]]; [[Cedar Rapids, IA]]; [[Champaign, IL]]; [[Decatur, IL]]; [[Evansville, IN]]; [[Fayetteville, AR]]; [[Fort Leonard Wood, MO]]; [[Knoxville, TN]]; [[Lexington, KY]]; [[Marion, IL]]; [[Paducah, KY]]; [[Quincy, IL]]; [[Rochester, MN]]; [[South Bend, IN]]; [[Topeka, KS]] and [[Waterloo, IA]] operated with [[British Aerospace Jetstream|Jetstream 31]], [[Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia]], [[Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner]] and [[Saab 340]] turboprops.<ref>http://www.departedflights.com, Dec. 15, 1989 Official Airline Guide (OAG), St. Louis flight schedules</ref>  By 1990, the airline had added Trans World Express service between St. Louis and [[Fort Smith, AR]]; [[Manhattan, KS]] and [[Salina, KS]].<ref>http://www.departedflights.com, 1990 Air Midwest/Trans World Express route map</ref>

By June 1988, Air Midwest had built up the Kansas City hub with 89 flights per day to 20 cities, all operating as [[Eastern Express]]. Eastern then abruptly downsized its Kansas City hub operation thus leaving Air Midwest with no one to connect passenger traffic to. Air Midwest quickly negotiated a [[codeshare]] agreement with the second incarnation of [[Braniff (1983-1990)]], as Braniff was now building up Kansas City as a hub. The '''Braniff Express''' operation took over by October 1, 1988, however, just over one year later, Braniff once again went into bankruptcy and suspended operations on November 6, 1989.

After the collapse of Braniff, Air Midwest went back to operating under their own branding at Kansas City until yet another new codeshare agreement was negotiated, this time with [[USAir]] to feed their small Kansas City hub as [[USAir Express]] beginning on January 15, 1991. USAir changed its name to [[US Airways]] in 1997 and the [[US Airways Express]] operation at Kansas City continued until June 30, 2008.

[[Mesa Airlines]] began attempts to purchase Air Midwest in 1989. It succeeded in 1991 and replaced the Air Midwest metroliner fleet with newly acquired [[Beechcraft 1900D]] aircraft. In 2001 all Mesa Airlines flights operating with Beech 1900D's at the Albuquerque and Phoenix hubs were transferred to the Air Midwest certificate.<ref name="nytbiz">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/25/business/company-news-air-midwest-gets-mesa-bid.html |title=Air Midwest Gets Mesa Bid |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 25, 1991 |access-date=February 2, 2019}}</ref>

A book on the history of Air Midwest entitled "Pioneer of the Third Level" was written by Dr. [[Imre E. Quastler]], an authority on regional airlines. This book thoroughly covers the early years of Air Midwest from 1965 through 1980.

===Operations under Mesa Air Group===
[[Mesa Air Group]] acquired Air Midwest in 1991.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20030404012410/https://www.mesa-air.com/amw.html Air Midwest, Inc.]" [[Mesa Air Group]]. April 4, 2003. Retrieved on May 26, 2009.</ref>
From 1991 until 1997, Air Midwest operated twelve [[Beechcraft 1900C]] commuter turboprops flying from its Kansas City hub as [[US Airways Express|USAir Express]]. In 1997, Mesa Air Group underwent a corporate reorganization: Mesa Airline's [[Mesa Airlines#FloridaGulf Airlines|FloridaGulf]], [[Mesa Airlines#Liberty Express Airlines|Liberty Express]], and Independent divisions were merged into Air Midwest.

Air Midwest operated to many smaller cities for [[Essential Air Service]] including an [[America West Express]] operation in [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] and [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]] under an agreement with [[America West Airlines]]. Also independent operations were run as ''Mesa Airlines'' [[brand]] with divisions out of [[Albuquerque]], [[Chicago]], and [[Dallas/Fort Worth]]. The America West Express operation was transferred to [[US Airways Express]] with the merger of America West and US Airways in 2007. Air Midwest further operated as US Airways Express at the major carriers' hubs in [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]], and [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]] and with smaller operations at [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]], [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]], and [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]].

On January 8, 2003, Air Midwest had its first fatal accident when [[Air Midwest Flight 5481]] operating as [[US Airways Express]] and departing out of Charlotte for Greenville-Spartanburg crashed 37 seconds after takeoff. All 19 passengers and two crewmembers were killed in the accident.

For a period of three weeks in August 2006, Air Midwest operated as [[Delta Connection]], flying three Beechcraft 1900D from [[John F. Kennedy Airport]] to [[Providence, Rhode Island]], and [[Windsor Locks, Connecticut]], as a stop-gap measure for [[Freedom Airlines]], another subsidiary of [[Mesa Air Group]], until it was relieved by [[Chautauqua Airlines]].

On February 1, 2007, Air Midwest began operations at [[Chicago Midway International Airport]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]], to three Illinois airports: [[Decatur Airport|Decatur]], [[Williamson County Regional Airport|Marion]], and [[Quincy Regional Airport|Quincy]]. However, just nine months after beginning this service, [[Mesa Airlines]] announced that Air Midwest would end all service from Illinois on November 9, 2007.

In May 2007, Air Midwest, operating as America West Express on behalf of America West Airlines, requested that the FAA allow it to withdraw service from the regional airport in [[Vernal, Utah]], (a service that had started only one year prior) as soon as a replacement carrier was approved. On Oct. 4, 2007, the federal Department of Transportation announced that [[Great Lakes Airlines]] would replace Air Midwest as the [[Essential Air Service]] carrier at the Utah airports in Vernal and [[Moab, Utah|Moab]]. At the same time, the Department of Transportation announced that [[SkyWest Airlines]] would replace Air Midwest as the [[Essential Air Service]] carrier at [[Cedar City, Utah|Cedar City]].

A report published in ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' on January 14, 2008, included a statement from Mesa CEO [[Jonathan G. Ornstein]] that the company had decided to shut down Air Midwest, citing significant losses stemming from increased maintenance and fuel costs. All cities served by Air Midwest received notices of intention to end service, except for Prescott and Kingman, Arizona.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB120031367971488305|title=Mesa Air Swings to a Loss Amid Surging Fuel Prices|first=Donna|last=Kardos|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=2008-01-14|access-date=2008-01-04}}</ref> Mesa later announced plans to completely shut down the Air Midwest subsidiary, with all services to be terminated by June 30, 2008.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mesa Air Group grounds Air Midwest, citing fuel costs|url=http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/05/12/daily29.html|work=[[Phoenix Business Journal]]|first=Adam|last=Kress|date=2008-05-14|access-date=2008-05-14}}</ref> At the time of its shutdown, there were 20 airplanes in service, down from a high of 118.

The last two flights flown by Air Midwest were Flights 4679 and Flights 4681. Both departed on June 30, 2008, at 10:40pm from Kansas City International (MCI) to Joplin, Missouri (flt. 4679) and Columbia, Missouri (flt. 4681).

==MesaMax==
{{Unreferenced section|date=May 2009}}
'''MesaMax''' applied to Mesa Airlines flights that were operated by Air Midwest. It consisted of a card, upon which flights were recorded with a stamp. Once 16 stamps had been recorded, the card could have been redeemed for a single round-trip ticket on Mesa Airlines flights.

==Fleet==
''World Airline Fleets 1979'' (copyright 1979) shows Air Midwest with:<ref name="fleets79">{{cite book|title=World Airline Fleets 1979|last=Endres|first=Günter G.|publisher=Airline Publications and Sales|location=Hounslow (UK)|page=196|isbn=0905117530|date=1979|url=https://archive.org/details/worldairlineflee0000unse}}</ref> 
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* 5 [[Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner|Swearingen Metroliner II]]
* 1 [[Cessna 206]]
{{col div end}}
''1987-88 World Airline Fleets'' (copyright 1987) shows Air Midwest with:<ref>{{cite book|title=1987-88 World Airline Fleets|first=Günter G. |last=Endres |date=1987 |publisher=Browcom Publishing|location=Feltham, Middlesex, UK|isbn=0946141304|page=130}}</ref>
{{col div}}
*4 [[Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia|Embraer EMB-120]]
*5 [[Saab 340]]
*51 [[Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner|Swearingen Metroliner II]]
{{col div end}}
As of February 2008, Air Midwest operated the following turboprop aircraft type:
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Air Midwest Fleet
|- 
!Aircraft
!Total
!Passengers
!Routes
|-
|[[Beechcraft 1900|Beechcraft 1900D]]
|11
|19
|All
|}
Other aircraft operated by Air Midwest included:
{{col div}}
*[[Beechcraft 99]]
*[[Beechcraft 1900|Beechcraft 1900C]]
*[[British Aerospace]] [[BAe Jetstream 31]]
*[[Cessna 402]] 
{{col div end}}
All of the above are twin turboprop aircraft with the exception of the Cessna 206 which is a single-engined piston aircraft and the Cessna 402 which is a twin engine piston powered aircraft.

==Destinations==
===In 1970===
Air Midwest was serving the following destinations as an independent commuter air carrier in 1970:<ref>http://www.departedflights.com, Jan. 1, 1970 Air Midwest route map</ref>
{{col div}}
* [[Colby, KS]]
* [[Colorado Springs, CO]]
* [[Denver, CO]]
* [[Dodge City, KS]]
* [[Garden City, KS]]
* [[Great Bend, KS]]
* [[Hays, KS]]
* [[Hutchinson, KS]]
* [[Kansas City, MO]] - '''Focus city'''
* [[Liberal, KS]]
* [[Omaha, NE]]
* [[Pueblo, CO]]
* [[Topeka, KS]]
* [[Wichita, KS]] - '''Hub & airline headquarters'''
{{col div end}}

===From 1979 through early 1985===
Air Midwest independently served the following destinations between 1979 and early 1985 (prior to the merger with Skyways) with all flights being operated with [[Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner]] (Metro II SA-226 model) commuter propjets at this time:<ref>http://www.departedflights.com, June 1, 1981 Air Midwest system timetable</ref>

{{col div}}
* [[Alamogordo, NM]]
* [[Albuquerque, NM]] - '''Focus city'''
* [[Amarillo, TX]]
* [[Carlsbad, NM]]
* [[Clovis, NM]]
* [[Columbia, MO]]
* [[Denver, CO]] - '''Focus city'''
* [[Des Moines, IA]]
* [[Dodge City, KS]]
* [[Enid, OK]]
* [[Farmington, NM]]
* [[Garden City, KS]]
* [[Goodland, KS]]
* [[Grand Island, NE]]
* [[Great Bend, KS]]
* [[Hays, KS]]
* [[Hobbs, NM]]
* [[Hutchinson, KS]]
* [[Joplin, MO]]
* [[Kansas City, MO]] - [[Kansas City Downtown Airport]] - '''Focus airport'''
* [[Kansas City, MO]] - [[Kansas City International Airport]] - '''Hub'''
* [[Lamar, CO]]
* [[Liberal, KS]]
* [[Lincoln, NE]]
* [[Lubbock, TX]]
* [[Manhattan, KS]]
* [[Midland, Texas|Midland]]/[[Odessa, TX]]
* [[Minneapolis]]/[[St. Paul, MN]]
* [[Moline, IL]]
* [[Oklahoma City, OK]]
* [[Omaha, NE]]
* [[Parsons, KS]]
* [[Phoenix, AZ]]
* [[Ponca City, OK]]
* [[Roswell, NM]]
* [[St. Louis, MO]]
* [[Salina, KS]]
* [[Silver City, NM]]
* [[Sioux City, IA]]
* [[Springfield, MO]]
* [[Topeka, KS]]
* [[Tulsa, OK]]
* [[Wichita, KS]] - '''Hub & airline headquarters'''
{{col div end}}

In 1984 Air Midwest briefly operated new service from the [[St. Louis Downtown Airport]] to [[Chicago, IL]] (via [[Midway Airport]]), and [[Olathe, KS]] (via [[Johnson County Industrial Airport]]) outside Kansas City, as well as the [[Kansas City Downtown Airport]].<ref>http://www.departedflights.com, Feb. 20, 1983 & Sept. 1, 1984 Air Midwest route maps</ref>

==Incidents and accidents==
* May 24, 1984, Air Midwest Flight 513 - a [[Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner]] model SA-226AC Metro II en route from the [[Roswell International Air Center]] in [[Roswell, New Mexico]] to the [[Albuquerque International Sunport]] was forced to make a belly landing at Albuquerque after the right main landing gear would not lock into position. All 15 passengers and the two pilots deplaned with no injuries.
* January 8, 2003, [[Air Midwest Flight 5481]] - a [[Beechcraft 1900|Beechcraft 1900D]] operated by Air Midwest as [[US Airways Express]] under a franchise agreement, crashed into an airport hangar and burst into flames 37 seconds after leaving [[Charlotte Douglas International Airport]] in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], for [[Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport]] near [[Greer, South Carolina]]. All 19 passengers and two pilots aboard died in the accident.<ref>"[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20030108-0 ASN Aircraft accident Beechcraft 1900D N233YV Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, NC (CLT)]." Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on May 26, 2009.</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of defunct airlines of the United States]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
{{refbegin}}
*{{cite journal|last=Henderson|first=Danna|title=Robert Priddy's $1 million Midwest Gamble|journal=Air Transport World|issue=98|date=1989-05-01}}
*{{cite journal|author=various|title=Mesa Airlines Company Reports 1991-1993|publisher=The Investext Group|date=1991–1993|type = PDF}}
*{{cite journal|author=Mesa Air Group|title=1995-2005 Annual Reports|date=1995–2005}}
*{{cite news|website=Pacific Business News (Honolulu) |title=Mesa delays financial report to January |date=December 28, 2007 |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/othercities/pacific/stories/2007/12/24/daily22.html?b=1198521999^1569919 |access-date=2008-01-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018010059/http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/othercities/pacific/stories/2007/12/24/daily22.html?b=1198521999%5E1569919 |archive-date=October 18, 2015 }} 
*{{cite journal|author=Bruce Drum|title=Mesa to sell off Air Midwest, delays financial results|date=December 29, 2007|url=http://www.jetphotos.net/news/index.php?blog=1&title=mesa-to-sell-off-air-midwest-delays-fina&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1|access-date=2008-01-06}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
*[http://www.mesa-air.com/ Mesa Air Group]

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