Crown Airways

♦  Nil further information about Crown Airways except its assets were purchased by Mesa Air Group. and relaunched as Liberty Express

[ – Crown Airways started as feeder airline for Allegheny Commuter in Mar1969. After Allegheny Commuter became USAir Express, Crown Airways was taken over in a leveraged buyout in 1990 by two of its executives, Albert Beiga and Philip Burnaman. Crown Airways ceased to exist as an independent entity in 1994 when its assets were purchased by Mesa Air Group. and relaunched as Liberty Express. Using the acquired assets, Mesa established Liberty Express with its hub in Pittsburgh and a codeshare with US Airways. In 1997, it was merged into Air Midwest (i) ]

[ – Air Midwest (i) was a Commuter airline formed as Aviation Services (i) (1967-1969) by Gary M. Adamson on 01May1965, It commenced operations in Apr1967 and renamed in 1969. Air Midwest (i) merged with Scheduled Skyways, a Fayetteville, Arkansas-based air carrier (1953-1985). Air Midwest (i) was shut down by its parent company, Mesa Airlines on 30/Jun/2008
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