AmericanConnection
AmericanConnection is a brand name used by three airlines feeding American Airlines's hub at Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport:
- Chautauqua Airlines, serving 14 cities with 15 Embraer ERJ-140 jets
- RegionsAir (formerly Corporate Airlines), serving 12 cities with 6 Jetstream 32 turboprops
- Trans States Airlines, serving 29 cities with 15 Embraer ERJ-145s, 13 Jetstream 41s
Like American Eagle, which feeds other AA hubs, AmericanConnection is part of the AMR Corporation (the parent company of American Airlines, however the carriers, are independent. The AmericanConnection carriers previously operated under a marketing agreement with Trans World Airlines as Trans World Express.
Together, the three carriers operate over 300 flights a day to 49 destinations. The AmericanConnection services are operated as an affiliate to the Oneworld airline alliance.
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Disasters
- Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashed on October 19, 2004 near Kirksville, Missouri killing 13 people, with two survivors.
Incidents
- An Embraer ERJ-145 en route Washington's Reagan National-St. Louis (Flight AA5526) was forced to make an emergency landing at the Pittsburgh International on June 12, 2006 after one of its hydraulic systems failed. The aircraft's alternate hydraulic system failed after landing and the jet was towed to the gate.
Destinations
Service to/from St. Louis, Missouri – Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport:
- Atlanta, Georgia – Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (CH, TS)
- Austin, Texas – Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (TS)
- Bloomington, Illinois – Central Illinois Regional Airport (TS)
- Boston, Massachusetts – Logan International Airport (CH)
- Burlington, Iowa – Southeast Iowa Regional Airport (RA)
- Cape Girardeau, Missouri – Cape Girardeau Regional Airport (RA)
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa – The Eastern Iowa Airport (TS)
- Champaign, Illinois – University of Illinois Willard Airport (TS)
- Charlotte, North Carolina – Charlotte/Douglas International Airport (TS)
- Cincinnati, Ohio – Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (TS)
- Columbus, Ohio – Port Columbus International Airport (TS)
- Dayton, Ohio – James M. Cox Dayton International Airport (CH)
- Decatur, Illinois – Decatur Airport (RA)
- Denver, Colorado – Denver International Airport (CH, TS)
- Des Moines, Iowa – Des Moines International Airport (TS)
- Fayetteville, Arkansas – Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (TS)
- Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri – Waynesville Regional Airport at Forney Field (RA)
- Indianapolis, Indiana – Indianapolis International Airport (TS)
- Jackson, Tennessee – McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport (RA)
- Jacksonville, Florida – Jacksonville International Airport (TS)
- Madison, Wisconsin – Dane County Regional Airport (TS)
- Marion, Illinois – Williamson County Regional Airport (RA)
- Memphis, Tennessee – Memphis International Airport (TS)
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin – General Mitchell International Airport (CH, TS)
- Minneapolis – Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (CH)
- Nashville, Tennessee – Nashville International Airport (CH, TS)
- New Orleans, Louisiana – Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (TS)
- Newark, New Jersey – Newark Liberty International Airport (CH, TS)
- Norfolk, Virginia – Norfolk International Airport (CH)
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Will Rogers World Airport (TS)
- Owensboro, Kentucky – Owensboro-Daviess County Regional Airport (RA)
- Peoria, Illinois – Greater Peoria Regional Airport (TS)
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Philadelphia International Airport (CH, TS)
- Quincy, Illinois – Quincy Regional Airport (RA)
- Raleigh, North Carolina – Raleigh-Durham International Airport (CH, TS)
- San Antonio, Texas – San Antonio International Airport (CH)
- Springfield, Illinois – Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (RA)
- Springfield, Missouri – Springfield-Branson Regional Airport (TS)
- Tampa, Florida – Tampa International Airport (CH)
- Washington, DC – Washington Dulles International Airport (CH)
- Wichita, Kansas – Wichita Mid-Continent Airport (CH)
- Windsor Locks, Connecticut – Bradley International Airport (TS)
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Categories
American Airlines | Oneworld affiliate members