Trans States Airlines is the thirteenth largest American regional airline based in St. Louis, Missouri. It operates as American Connection for American Airlines, United Express for United Airlines and US Airways Express for US Airways.
By 1985 the company acted as a Trans World Express carrier to feed Trans World Airlines flights at Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport. It began operations as Resort Air in 1982 and changed its name to Trans States Airlines in 1989.
The call sign "Waterski" and the ICAO 3-letter identifier "LOF," which stands for 'Lodge of the Four Seasons', are from the early days when the company was operated as Resort Air and took visitors to the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri.
Trans States Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Trans States Airlines, also owns GoJet Airlines.
Trans States Airlines, will furlough 58 additional pilots by the end of next month and reduce its fleet to 43 aircraft from 50, a spokesperson told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It let 45 pilots go in June and will employ 422 this fall. Trans States serves 46 destinations and is headquartered in St. Louis, with crew bases in St. Louis and Richmond, VA.
Trans States Airlines is headquartered in St. Louis where its main crew domicile, training facility, and maintenance facility are located. The same is also operated in Richmond, VA as the east coast operations where US Airways Express is predominately operated. It operates hubs for AmericanConnection in St. Louis at Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport, for United Express in Chicago at O'Hare International Airport and Washington, DC at Washington Dulles International Airport, and in Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh International Airport.
| Aircraft | Total | Passengers |
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| Embraer ERJ 145EP | 12 | 50 |
| Embraer ERJ 145LR | 38 | 50 |
Many of the ERJ-145s operating as United Express are the only ERJ-145s in America operating without thrust reversers in an effort to save weight and money. These aircraft were purchased from Swissair.
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