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Champlain Enterprises, Inc., operating as CommutAir, is an American regional airline with its headquarters in South Burlington, Vermont, its operations center in North Olmsted, Ohio, and its principal maintenance base in Albany, New York.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CommutAir.com )〕 It operates under the name United Express for United Airlines, with its main hubs at Washington Dulles Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport. It flies to destinations mainly in the Midwest and Northeast United States. In 1979, a commuter airline using the name Commutair operated intercity shuttle service in the Houston, Texas area between Hobby Airport (HOU) and Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and also between Sugarland Airport (SGR) and Intercontinental Airport (IAH) with de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter and Beechcraft twin turboprop aircraft.〔http://www.departedflights.com, Nov. 15, 1979 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Houston Intercontinental schedules〕 == History == The airline was established in 1989, with headquarters at Clinton County Airport in Plattsburgh, New York. Operations began on August 1, 1989 as a marketing affiliate of US Airways.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CommutAir.com History )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Plattsburgh West CDP )〕 The airline changed affiliations to Continental Airlines in December 2000, when US Airways decided not to renew the codeshare agreement. In July 2001, the company announced plans to downsize its fleet and workforce by approximately half and change the route structure of the airline. In early 2002, the company began a "micro-hub" operation based in Albany, New York. At its high point in 2003 and 2004 the hub served 15 cities within the Northeast and Canada with a fleet of Beechcraft 1900s. Service was also provided out Boston's Logan International Airport to several Northeast cities. In January 2003, CommutAir announced an agreement with Continental to feed the latter's Cleveland, Ohio hub. Service commenced on March 16, 2003 serving Kalamazoo, Michigan and Elmira, New York. Two cities were added the following month and by August 2003, CommutAir served 12 cities from the Cleveland hub. CommutAir leased sixteen Bombardier Q200 aircraft from Horizon Air in 2006. The following year, the Beech 1900s were phased out. On October 30, 2007, the company moved all remaining operations from Clinton County Airport, due to the closure of the airport. All operations were then conducted out of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. On October 2, 2008, the company began operations out of Newark Liberty International Airport, following Continental Airlines plan to adjust to the softening industry.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= CommutAir Dodges Bullet )〕 Commutair's pilot group voted for union representation by the Air Line Pilots Association in 2008. That same year, Continental Airlines announced that it would cut flights and more than 3,000 jobs. Subsequently, it was announced that some of CommutAir's flights would be eliminated as part of Continental's cutbacks. In 2011, United Airlines asked CommutAir to obtain five Bombardier Q300s. Two of the aircraft were allocated to Cleveland services and three aircraft were allocated to Newark services. In 2012, CommutAir opened a hub at Washington-Dulles International Airport. In July of 2014, CommutAir closed its pilot base in Cleveland Hopkins International Airport after United Airlines withdrew its Cleveland hub. Nov. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- CommutAir announced that it has reached an agreement with United Airlines to significantly increase the number of airplanes flown under the United Express brand by adding Embraer E145 jet operations to the company's existing fleet of Bombardier turbo-prop aircraft. The agreement is subject to government approval. 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「CommutAir」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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