Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation Orders 75 CRJ200 Regional Jets; Company Amends Marketing Agreement With United Airlines To Allow Aircraft Order and Extend Until 2011.Business Editors APPLETON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 2001 Air Wisconsin Air Wisconsin is an airline based in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation, or AWAC, is the largest privately held regional and commuter airline which operates regional jet flights as US Airways Express under contract to US Airways, serving around 70 Airlines Corporation ("AWAC") today announced that it has reached agreement with Bombardier Aerospace for the acquisition of up to 150 CRJ CRJ Canadair Regional Jet CRJ Chiropractic Research Journal CRJ Commission for Racial Justice CRJ Cylinder Reduction Jumper 200 aircraft including 75 orders (51 firm and 24 conditional) plus 75 options. The order is valued at $1.68 billion, excluding options, and could push the regional carrier to over 100 aircraft by 2004. Additionally, AWAC announced that it has amended its marketing agreement with its major airline partner, United Airlines, allowing the regional jets to be flown in the United Express regional feed system. The revised agreement results in an agreement similar in structure to the agreement that United has with its two other primary United Express regional carriers, Atlantic Coast Airlines Atlantic Coast Airlines (IATA: DH, ICAO: BLR, and Callsign: Blue Ridge) was an airline based in the United States owned by Atlantic Coast Holdings, Inc.. It operated as United Express for United Airlines and Delta Connection for Delta Air Lines. and SkyWest Airlines. The aircraft are to be used to feed United's hubs at Denver and Chicago. The deliveries will begin in October of this year and the first 51 will be delivered by December of 2003. The conditional orders, which could be firmed up later this year, would be delivered in 2004. AWAC currently operates 9 of the 50 seat CRJ200 aircraft. In addition to the CRJ, AWAC operates 18 86-100 seat British Aerospace 146 aircraft and 23 Dornier 328 high-speed turboprop turboprop: see turbine. turboprop Hybrid engine that provides jet thrust and also drives a propeller. It is similar to the turbojet except that an added turbine, behind the combustion chamber, works through a shaft and speed-reducing gears to turn a aircraft. "The CRJ gives us the performance necessary to operate effectively and economically in the challenging high altitude environment of Denver as well as the difficult air traffic control environment of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport O'Hare International Airport is an airport located in Chicago, Illinois, United States, 17 miles (27 km) northwest of the Chicago Loop. It is the largest hub of United Airlines (whose headquarters is in downtown Chicago) and the second-largest hub of American Airlines (after . Our customers appreciate the speed and comfort of the aircraft on the increasing longer stage lengths that are becoming a significant part of our network," stated Geoff Crowley, AWAC's Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Our revised agreement with United, confirms our position as the primary feeder of customers to United's two largest hubs. We are pleased to extend the longest relationship that United has ever had with one of its regional partners." AWAC, a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. based in Appleton, Wisconsin, serves 44 cities in 20 states. The company's 3000 employees operate more than 350 departures daily. The airline feeds United Airlines at its two largest hubs of Chicago and Denver. |
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