Mesa Airlines

Mesa Air Group has brokered deals to sell 18 Embraer E175s to United Airlines and 15 CRJ-900s to a third party as it works to transition to an all-Embraer fleet

Both transactions come as the mainline carrier voices its continued intent to serve smaller communities with a mixture of regional and mainline jets.

Too little space between an arriving Mesa CRJ-900 and a departing SkyWest E170 caused the two aircraft to come within about 1,700 ft. of each other.

Mesa has now reduced its total debt by $221.5 million, or 36%, over the past year.

Mesa signed the forward purchase agreement for 100 TriFans in February 2022.

Due to reduced demand, Mesa and DHL agreed to wind down cargo operations as of February; pilots from Mesa's cargo operation are transitioning to its E175 fleet.

Aviation Week ranks the 15 leading companies in the nascent eVTOL market.

Mesa has taken steps to pay down debt and shore up revenue through aircraft sales and an increase in the amount United pays its regional partner per block hour.

Bristow Group has secured early delivery slots for five of U.S. startup Elroy Air’s Chaparral hybrid-electric VTOL cargo aircraft.

Mesa Air Group is focused on maximizing block hours, hiring pilots and reducing its inventory of surplus Bombardier CRJ900s.

Mesa Air Group is still actively working on getting its European subsidiary Flite up and running, after its first customer “backed off,” executives say.

Mesa Air Group sees opportunity ahead for underserved rural markets.

In a supply and production-constrained environment, maintenance providers are finding themselves challenged to get parked or retired aircraft back into service.

Mesa Air Group is seeing improvement in pilot attrition but remains cautious as cockpit staffing continues to be a challenge for the U.S. aviation industry.