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Multi-Aero, Inc., doing business as (d/b/a) Air Choice One, is an American airline with its headquarters in Concord, Missouri in Greater St. Louis.〔"(Facebook - Info ).". Retrieved on July 19, 2011. "12300 Old Tesson Road Suite 200-F St. Louis 63128"〕 It acts as a regional airline offering commuter flights from Lambert-St. Louis International Airport and O'Hare International Airport to smaller regional airports, subsidized under the Essential Air Service program. ==History== Multi-Aero was founded in 1979 under the name Multi-Aero Corporation. In October 2009 Air Choice One won the EAS contract to serve Decatur, Illinois〔Freeman, Huey. (Decatur a step closer to restoring air service to O'Hare ), ''Herald & Review'', October 23, 2009, Retrieved 2009-10-23〕 and Burlington, Iowa.〔Crippes, Christina (Regional airport gets choice of new carrier ), ''The Hawk Eye'', October 23, 2009, Retrieved 2009-10-27〕 In December 2011, Air Choice One was awarded a 1-year EAS contract to replace〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Air Choice One to fly into Jonesboro as new EAS carrier )〕 SeaPort Airlines in Jonesboro, AR with the date to begin service set at February 13, 2012〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Air Choice One JBR Flight Schedule )〕 In January 2013 the DOT granted Air Choice One a 3-year contract extension for both Decatur, Illinois〔Voyles, Ryan (Way cleared for Air Choice One to serve Decatur for three more years ), ''Herald Review'', January 8, 2013, Retrieved 2013-02-24〕 and Burlington, Iowa.〔(Air Choice One has been granted a three-year extension to its current Department of Transportation Essential Air Service Contract which provides air service for the community of Burlington ), ''Fort Madison Daily Democrat'', January 11, 2013, Retrieved 2013-02-24〕 As a stipulation for obtaining both extensions Air Choice One implemented systems for electronic ticketing and baggage agreements via WorldSpan (a part of the global distribution system, or GDS) in December 2012.〔 This allows passengers to book tickets with connections to and from other major airlines on popular travel websites in a "one-click" process, as opposed to buying tickets at one airline and then having to book tickets with another on two separate confirmations. In February 2014 Air Choice One was awarded by the DOT a 4-year extension on their Jonesboro, Arkansas EAS contract. In the same month, there were three proposals sent out by them to the following cities for EAS service: Ironwood, Michigan, Fort Dodge, Iowa, and Mason City, Iowa. In March 2014 there has been interest from Muscle Shoals, Alabama as city and airport leaders visited the Air Choice One headquarters to get some insight into their operations for use in re-bidding for a carrier in April. On April 18, 2014 the DOT awarded Air Choice One a 2-year contract to serve Ironwood, Michigan with service to and from Chicago, Illinois. They began service in the summer of 2014. On August 19, 2014, Air Choice One was awarded a 2- year contract from the DOT to serve Mason City, Iowa with service to and from Chicago, Illinois. They began service on November 17, 2014. 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 Choice One」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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