Compass Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul), a wholly owned subsidiary of Trans States Holdings, Inc., will start operating for American Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth) as a new American Eagle carrier on March 29 per ch-aviation.

Previously American Airlines announced Compass would operate 20 new 76-seat Embraer ERJ 175 aircraft owned by American Airlines, Inc. Compass expects to begin taking delivery of the aircraft in March. The agreement also provides American the option to place additional ERJ 175 aircraft it owns with Compass in the future.

American Airlines, a subsidiary of American Airlines Group Inc., announced in December 2013 it had signed agreements with Embraer S.A. to purchase 60 new 76-seat ERJ 175 regional jets, with options for up to 90 additional aircraft.

The addition of these 20 American aircraft will increase the fleet size of Compass Airlines to 62 aircraft, all of which are either Embraer ERJ 175 or ERJ 170 aircraft.

Compass currently operates Embraer ERJ 170 and ERJ 175 regional jets for Delta Air Lines as a Delta Connection carrier.