AmericanConnection was an American flight connection service

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for the spoke-hub of U.S. mainline carrier

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, under which regional airline operator Chautauqua Airlines operated feeder flights for

at its

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hub. American Airlines also uses affiliated companies (

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under common ownership) operating under the American Eagle

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to provide regional service to its other hubs in addition to the AmericanConnection service that was operated by Chautauqua Airlines. On April 6, 2010, American moved all existing AmericanConnection operations to Chicago–O'Hare as part of its restructuring plan, eliminating service by AmericanConnection at St. Louis. At one time AmericanConnection operated over 180 flights a day to 21 destinations.

History

Most of the AmericanConnection carriers previously operated under a marketing agreement with

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(TWA) as Trans World Express carriers and later as Trans World Connection during the merger transition between TWA and American.

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operated as AmericanConnection until March 2007 and Trans States Airlines operated as AmericanConnection until May 2009. Though not associated with TWA as many of former AmericanConnection airlines were, Business Express Airlines was yet another air carrier which flew under the AmericanConnection marketing banner. Prior to its acquisition by AMR Corporation and its integration into the American Eagle destinations route network, Business Express linked many smaller localities directly to American Airlines's expansive national and worldwide route network.

Discontinuation of the marketing brand

On September 12, 2012 AMR Corporation, announced it was discontinuing the AmericanConnection marketing brand and reverting to using the sole marketing brand of American Eagle for its feeder services to small cities it contracts regional airlines to perform.Sky Talk: Eagle won't fly American feed out of LAX, closing pilot and flight attendant base
. Blogs.star-telegram.com (2012-09-12). Retrieved on 2013-08-16. However, in 2014 an announcement was made that Chautauqua, the last airline operating under the brand, would not seek renewal of its AmericanConnection contract and all flying would end by August 19, 2014. AmericanConnection Flight 5329 from White Plains to Chicago–O'Hare was the final flight.

Accidents and incidents

* Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashed on October 19, 2004, near Kirksville,

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, killing 13 people, with two survivors.

References

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History

Discontinuation of the marketing brand

Accidents and incidents

See also

References