Alaska Airlines (Seattle/Tacoma) will end the Seattle/Tacoma-Long Beach route on January 6, 2015 per Airline Route. The route is operated twice-daily under contract by SkyWest Airlines with their Bombardier CRJ700 regional jets under the Alaska SkyWest banner.
Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing/AirlinersGallery.com. SkyWest Airlines’ Bombardier CRJ700 (CL-600-2C10) N225AG (msn 10033) lands in Long Beach.
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American Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth) is resuming service from New York’s LaGuardia Airport to Atlanta starting on January 6, 2015. The restored daily route will probably be operated by Envoy Air under the American Eagle brand with Bombardier CRJ700s according to Airline Route.
Copyright Photo: Ken Petersen/AirlinersGallery.com. Envoy Air’s Bombardier CRJ700 (CL-600-2C10) N543EA arrives in Raleigh-Durham.
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American Airlines Group (Dallas/Fort Worth) has decided to transfer all 47 Bombardier CRJ700s (and the associated flying) from subsidiary Envoy Air (formerly American Eagle Airlines) (Dallas/Fort Worth) to subsidiary PSA Airlines (2nd) (Dayton). This will leave Envoy Air as an Embraer ERJ operator. AAG is likely to continue phasing out its smaller regional jets. The pilots of Envoy Air and the AAG failed to agreed on a new contract. Will Envoy Air follow the same path as Delta’s Comair?
Bill Sprague, representing the Envoy Air pilots, issued this statement to its member pilots:
The MEC is outraged by this announcement by AAG that all 47 of our CRJ700 aircraft will be transferred to PSA. This action obviously and significantly punishes Envoy pilots for refusing to accept the additional concessions demanded by the company in exchange for larger aircraft. We are not aware of any plans to bring additional aircraft to Envoy. Therefore the companyโs recent commitment to keep 200 aircraft on the property for the foreseeable future is no more credible than their promise to re-fleet Envoy as part of the bankruptcy contract.
We are evaluating the details related to the transfer of these aircraft to PSA. This action will eliminate the highest levels of compensation available under our contract.
Once again, we find ourselves wondering what the future holds for our carrier. The company has already announced their intention to park the remaining Embraer 140s. Barring any additional aircraft, we will only be operating a fleet of 118 Embraer 145s. This would require roughly 48% fewer pilots than are active on our seniority list today. We will provide you the companyโs draw down schedule when they provide it to us.
The company has indicated that moving these aircraft to PSA is necessary to more efficiently focus operations on a single aircraft type. In reality, managementโs decision clearly exploits the lower costs afforded by the 10 year agreement ratified last fall by our colleagues at PSA.
We understand this is a very stressful time for all of us. Many of you have inquired about the status of our previously advertised career progression resources. The MEC will receive a briefing next Tuesday, the 9th, from ALPA National regarding the rollout of these resources, and details will be communicated as we get them.
Bill Sprague
MEC Chairman
Copyright Photo: Ken Petersen/AirlinersGallery.com. Bombardier CRJ700 (CL-600-2C10) N543EA (msn 10323) departs from the runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport (LGA).
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United Airlines (Chicago) will start twice-weekly United Express service, operated by SkyWest Airlines (St. George, UT) CRJ700s, between its San Francisco hub and Montrose, CO on December 20 per Airline Route.
Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing/AirlinersGallery.com. Bombardier CRJ700 (CL-600-2C10) N763SK (msn 10228) of SkyWest Airlines departs from Los Angeles.
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American Eagle Airlines, Inc. (2nd) (Dallas/Fort Worth) yesterday (April 15) officially changed its name to Envoy Air, Inc.
Envoy Air Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines Group (Dallas/Fort Worth) operating more than the 220 aircraft on about 1,300 daily flights to more than 170 destinations. The companyโs more than 14,000 employees provide regional flight service to American Airlines under the American Eagle brand and livery and ground handling services for approximately 15 airlines, including American.
The company was founded in 1998 as American Eagle Airlines, Inc. following the merger of several smaller regional carriers to create one the largest regional airlines in the world. Envoy is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas with hubs in New York, Chicago O’Hare, Miami, Dallas/Fort Worth and Los Angeles. On April 15, 2014 the company changed its name to Envoy Air, Inc to distinguish the company for the American Eagle brand, under which several carriers operate regional flight service for American.
The carrier currently operates 47 Bombardier CRJ700s (CL-600-2C10s), 58 Embraer ERJ 140s and 118 Embraer ERJ 145s.
Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing/AirlinersGallery.com. Bombardier CRJ700 (CL-600-2C10) N511AE (msn 10107) of Envoy Air departs from Los Angeles International Airport.
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United Airlines (Chicago) will introduced a new daily Bombardier CRJ700 route from the Houston (Bush Intercontinental) hub and Boise, Idaho starting on August 19 per Airline Route.
Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing/Airlinersgallery.com. Bombardier CRJ700 (CL-600-2C10) N765SK (msn 10231) of SkyWest Airlines climbs away from Los Angeles International Airport.
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American Eagle Airlines’ (Envoy) (subsidiary of the American Airlines Group) (Dallas/Fort Worth) pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), have rejected by a 70-30 percent margin the “concessionary contract”. ALPA issued this statement:
American Eagle pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Intโl (ALPA) expressed their collective will and on March 28 rejected a concessionary contract proposed by American Airlines Group (AAG). With 92 percent of the eligible pilots casting their ballots, 70 percent voted against ratification of the contract.
โThe Eagle pilots made a clear choice today, and it was not an easy one,โ said Capt. Bill Sprague, chairman of the Eagle ALPA Master Executive Council. โDespite threats from AAG management that they would seek other express carriers to conduct our flying, todayโs vote demonstrates that the demands for contract concessions were not acceptable. Todayโs vote clearly shows that pilots can, and will, vote against any agreement that is not in their best interests.โ
The proposed contract changes were a combination of pay freezes, reductions in per diem, and increased health-care costs in exchange for a promise to refleet the airline and enhance the existing agreement to transfer pilots to American Airlines. These concessions were in addition to the $43 million the pilots gave the company during bankruptcy last year.
Having previously worked under a 16-year contract that concluded with AMRโs bankruptcy filing, the American Eagle pilots have not seen meaningful contractual gains since 2004. New-hire pilot pay begins at less than $23,000 per year. Had the contract been approved, first officers would have been capped at about $38,000 per year after four years of service.
โManagement has said many times to us that this agreement is their โbottom lineโ offer and believe that they will be able to get the same cost savings from another provider,โ Sprague said. โWe question whether any regional airline is able to attract and retain pilots by offering poverty-level wages. American Eagle already has a career progression arrangement with American, and yet, due to a lack of pilots, itโs unable to perform the regional flying that American Airlines desires. Other airlines are experiencing the same problem.โ
According to Reuters, American Eagle (Envoy) will shrink.
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Copyright Photo: TMK Photography/AirlinersGallery.com. Will American Eagle Airlines (soon to be Envoy) go the same way as Comair? CEO Doug Parker, with the looming pilot shortage, now has a difficult decision to make as the pilot unions and members are drawing a line on wages and benefits concessions. The next move is from AAG management. The likely outcome is to gradually downsize Envoy and move large regional jet operations to other American Eagle carriers and gradually phase out the 50-seat ERJs currently operated by American Eagle. Bombardier CRJ700 (CL-600-2C10) N536EA (msn 10315) of American Eagle (Envoy) arrives at Toronto (Pearson).
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American Eagles Airlines (2nd) (subsidiary of American Airlines Group) (Dallas/Fort Worth), previously announced and reported on January 14, 2014, will officially changed its name to simply “Envoy”(ENY) ย on April 15. The carrier will continue to operate under the American Eagle brand. The name change was destined when other carriers started adopting and operating under the American Eagle brand.
The current American Eagle Airlines (2nd) (becoming Envoy) was created on May 15, 1998 when Simmons Airlines was merged with Flagship Airlines and Wings West Airlines. American Eagle retained the Part 121 AOC and MQ (for the Marquette, MI base of Simmons) code of Simmons.
Metroflight (Metro Airlines) and the first airline to operate under the American Eagle name and brand.
Copyright Photo: Brian McDonough/AirlinersGallery.com. Bombardier CRJ700 (CL-600-2C10) N509AE (msn 10078) approaches the runway at Washington’s Reagan National Airport.
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Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) continues to fill-in the void left by United Airlines (Chicago) at the slowly disappearing Cleveland hub. Delta will launch Delta Connection Bombardier CRJ700 service from Hartford/Springfield to Cleveland with one daily flight starting on June 5 per Airline Route. The operator is not specified, although GoJet Airlines is a likely candidate.
Copyright Photo: Ken Petersen/AirlinersGallery.com. Bombardier CRJ700 (CL-600-2C10) N390CA (msn 10106) of GoJet Airlines operating as a Delta Connection carrier taxies at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU).
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United Airlines (Chicago) in June will add four new United Express routes from the Chicago (O’Hare) hub per Airline Route. Daily Chicago-Bangor flights will be added on June 5 as an United Express (CRJ700) route along with Chicago-Erie (ERJ 145) and Chicago-Flint (ERJ 145) on the same day.
Finally on June 22, United Express service will be added to Cody, Wyoming with a weekly flight (CRJ700).
Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing/AirlinersGallery.com. Bombardier CRJ700 (CL-600-2C10) N744SK (msn 10200) of SkyWest Airlines climbs away from Los Angeles International Airport.
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