Midway Airlines was an airline in the

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based in

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, between

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and

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. The airline operated between 1993 and 2003.

History

Midway Airlines was formed out of Jet Express, a commuter air carrier that operated

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feeder services for

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(TWA) and

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during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Midway initially began in November 1993 with Chicago Midway-New York LaGuardia service with two Fokker 100s. This service grew to establish a small hub at Chicago

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by adding flights to Philadelphia, Boston, Allentown, Washington D.C., Orlando, Tampa, Dallas/Ft. Worth and Denver. A feeder operation was set up with Direct Air dba Midway Connection to serve many smaller regional cities from Chicago Midway Airport. Due to competition and limited gate space, Midway Airlines moved to

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, and set up a hub at

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(RDU) in early 1995. (Midway eventually moved its headquarters to

.) Midway's arrival at RDU coincided with the closure of an

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hub, as they focused their assets in MIA after taking over the former Eastern Airlines hub. For several years Midway partnered with American Airlines and offered American Airlines AAdvantage miles in the RDU market. American Airlines also worked Midway's Revenue Management behind the scenes. The two airlines severed relations in 2000 and Midway introduced its own frequent flyer program and Revenue Management was brought in house. At the height of its operations, Midway offered almost 200 flights daily from RDU to 33 destinations on the East Coast, and was used by many passengers travelling between the Northeast and Southeast. Midway used a variety of aircraft while hubbed at RDU. Initially, the fleet consisted only of the

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. Midway added

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s to fly longer routes into the Caribbean; hurricane damage forced those plans to change and the A320s were deployed elsewhere. Midway began service to SJU, CUN, LAS and LAX but these routes eventually became unprofitable and the A320s were disposed of. Midway then obtained a large number of Bombardier

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s for expansion. By late 2000, the F100s became expensive to maintain and operate, so Midway began to replace them with

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s. In November 2000, Midway expanded nonstop service from RDU to San Jose (SJC). Additionally, they started nonstop service to Denver (DEN) and seasonal service to Steamboat Springs via the

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(HDN), both in Colorado. Two regional carriers operating as Midway Connection via respective

agreements with Midway provided service between RDU and smaller markets with turboprop aircraft. The first was

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flying

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and Embraer 120 Brasilias from 1995 through 1997 followed by Corporate Airlines, which operated

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aircraft. The high-tech slump of 2000-01, as well as the commencement of operations at RDU by

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, hurt Midway, and the carrier filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on the evening of August 13, 2001. Thousands of employees were laid off immediately. Increasingly relying on the higher seating capacity of the 737-700s, Midway continued to fly during reorganization, but after the

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, Midway never restarted operations after airspace was shut down, and ceased operations on September 12 (the last flights were on the morning of September 11). Following $12.5 million in financial infusion from the US federal government, Midway resumed service using their fleet of 12 Boeing 737-700 aircraft from RDU under its own livery on December 19, 2001. It continued this service until US Airways offered to have Midway fly regional jets as US Airways Express. On July 17, 2002, Midway once again abruptly discontinued service and disposed of its fleet of 737s and again laid off all employees. They remained closed until February 2003. At that time, they commenced operations as US Airways Express, with limited service offered from hubs in both RDU and Washington Reagan National Airport (DCA). They operated with six regional CRJ-100s serving East Coast cities and some Midwest destinations. It finally ceased operations on October 30, 2003, through a Chapter 7 bankruptcy when it was unable to acquire enough capital to stay afloat despite a

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's infusions during the course of Midway's history.http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCOURTS-nceb-5_01-bk-02319/pdf/USCOURTS-nceb-5_01-bk-02319-0.pdf The same private equity firm Wexford Capital eventually became involved with

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after disposing of its interests in Midway Airlines along with National Airlines after the 9/11 terrorist attack, which affected the

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so drastically.

Destinations

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Frequent-flyer program

During its existence, Midway Airlines partnered with the following

frequent-flyer programs A frequent-flyer programme (FFP) is a loyalty program offered by an airline. Many airlines have frequent-flyer programmes designed to encourage airline customers enrolled in the programme to accumulate points (also called miles, kilometres, ...

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''AAdvantage'' (1993—2001) *

Continental Airlines Continental Airlines (simply known as Continental) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1934 until it merged with United Airlines in 2012. It had ownership interests and brand partnerships with several carriers. Continen ...

''OnePass'' (2001—2003) *

Northwest Airlines Northwest Airlines (often abbreviated as NWA) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1926 until it Delta Air Lines–Northwest Airlines merger, merged with Delta Air Lines in 2010. The merger made Delta the largest airline ...

''WorldPerks'' (2001—2003)

Fleet

Historical

Midway Airlines previously operated the following aircraft:

Midway Connection aircraft

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References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Midway Airlines (1993-2003) Defunct airlines of the United States Airlines established in 1993 Airlines disestablished in 2003 Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2001 Companies that filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2003 Companies that have filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Defunct companies based in North Carolina