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Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation (AWAC) is a regional airline based at Appleton International Airport in the town of Greenville,〔"(Zoning Map )." Town of Greenville. June 17, 2009. Retrieved on June 17, 2009.〕 Wisconsin, United States,〔"(Contact Air Wisconsin )." ''Air Wisconsin''. Retrieved on May 19, 2009.〕 near Appleton.〔Mader, Becca. "(Appleton's Air Wisconsin cuts costs to remain competitive )." ''The Business Journal of Milwaukee''. May 17, 2004. Retrieved on May 19, 2009.〕 Air Wisconsin is the largest privately held regional airline in the United States. It operates regional jet flights as American Eagle under contract to US Airways, serving 69 cities in the US and Canada with hubs at Philadelphia International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The airline is also a ground-handler for United Express at 17 locations and for American Eagle at 3 locations. On November 20, 2014 it was reported that Air Wisconsin is nearing an agreement with Delta Air Lines to fly as a Delta Connection carrier, beginning in January 2015. Under the terms of the deal, 26 Bombardier CRJ-200 aircraft will be transferred to Air Wisconsin from Endeavor Air. As of January 2015, Air Wisconsin had expressed that negotiations had ended and they did not want to fly under the Delta brand. 〔http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/air-wisconsin-nearing-deal-with-delta-for-26-crj200s-406334/〕 == History == In 1963 investors from the Fox Cities raised $110,000 ($ according to inflation) to start a new airline.〔"(Air Wisconsin: Commuter Success Story )." ''Flight International''. October 21, 1978. p. 1464.〕 The airline was established in 1965 and started operations on August 23, 1965 using a single de Havilland Dove with 9 passenger seats. It was founded to connect Appleton, Wisconsin with Chicago. In September 1978 the airline was certified by the Civil Aeronautics Board as an air carrier. In October 1978 it had over $10 million in assets.〔 Joining Air Wisconsin in 1965 as traffic manager and eventually becoming president, Preston H. Wilbourne's leadership oversaw Air Wisconsin grow to an airline serving 29 cities in an 11 state area with 32 aircraft boarding over 10,000 passengers daily. Air Wisconsin gained the nicknames "Air Willy" and "Rag Tag"〔 and more recently "Air Wisky". Air Wisconsin pioneered the concept of code sharing as an United Express carrier and rapidly became the nation's largest regional airline in the 1980s. In 1985 it merged with Mississippi Valley Airlines (MVA) and continued to operate under the Air Wisconsin name. In 1990 it acquired Denver-based Aspen Airways and was itself bought by United Airlines a year later. At one point, Air Wisconsin operated British Aerospace (BAe) ATP turboprop aircraft as well as BAe 146-100, BAe 146-200 and BAe 146-300 jet aircraft on United Express services. These were all large aircraft types when compared to other regional aircraft in operation at the time. Air Wisconsin was the only U.S. operator of the BAe ATP turboprop and also the BAe 146-300, which is the largest member of the BAe 146 family of jet aircraft. United Airlines sold Air Wisconsin and the BAe 146 fleet to CJT Holdings in 1993. Air Wisconsin was then renamed Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation (AWAC) as UAL retained the rights to the Air Wisconsin name and logo. In April 1995 during the late ski season, Air Wisconsin was operating British Aerospace BAe 146 jet shuttle service as United Express on the former Aspen Airways route between Aspen, Colorado and Denver with at least fourteen daily nonstop flights in each direction.〔departedflights.com. April 2, 1995 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Denver flight schedules〕 In February 1998 AWAC acquired the assets of Mountain Air Express including Dornier 328 turboprop aircraft and expanded operations in the west.〔 In the fall of 2003 AWAC acquired 10 aircraft from bankrupt Midway Airlines and became a feeder for AirTran Airways under the name AirTran JetConnect, but this relationship was discontinued in July 2004. Towards the end of the contract with United Airlines Air Wisconsin was unable to secure a long-term deal or extension to continue providing regional service for UAL. United failed to renew its contract with AWAC allowing it to expire in April 2005, and the last flight under the United flag operated on April 16, 2006 using the BAe 146. During 2005 AWAC invested $175 Million into US Airways for their bankruptcy exit financing in exchange for a long term contract operating as US Airways Express. Since 2005 AWAC has flown all of its CRJ 200s as a US Airways Express carrier with flight crew bases located in Philadelphia, New York LaGuardia, Washington DC Reagan National and Norfolk, VA. Air Wisconsin also handles ground operations in certain locations for United Express and for US Airways Express. AWAC employs 2,700 staff as of November 2014.〔airwis.com accessed on 2014-11-23〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Air Wisconsin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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