GP Express Airlines

♦ In Dec1985 the Department of Transportation notified GP Air (the parent corporation) that its bid to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) service in the Midwest had been accepted, GP AIR subsequently created subsidiary GP Express. In 1994, GP Express began operating as a Continental Connection carrier at Continental’s Denver hub. Shortly after this arrangement began, however, Continental drastically downsized the size of their Denver hub. GP Express remained a Continental Connection carrier but switched its focus to feeding Continental’s new Greensboro hubGP Express Airlines went into Chapter 11 in Jan1995 and ceased operations the following year
< scheduled passenger and cargo carrier that was based in Grand Island Nebraska > ♦