GP Express Airlines

GP Express Airlines was a scheduled passenger commuter air carrier with its headquarters located in Grand Island, Nebraska The parent corporation of the airline began on-demand air charter operations in December 1975. In December 1985 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 order to conduct these operations under 14 CFR Part 135.

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• Continental Express service from Denver in 1995
• Accidents
• References

By 1992, the airline had expanded to provide air service with many flights being operated under EAS contracts to Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina, Service in the southern U.S. began on June 6, 1992. By 1993 the airline was operating several Cessna 402 twin prop aircraft in addition to eight Beechcraft Model 99 turboprops and five Beechcraft 1900C turboprops with the latter being introduced in 1990.

GP Express operated as a Continental Connection carrier in association with Continental Airlines at the major carrier's hub in Denver (DEN) beginning in mid-1994. GP Express replaced Britt Airways at Denver as Continental was disbanding its hub operation there. By October 30, 1994, Continental was down to only serving Denver from its three hub airports while GP Express was continuing to run a full Continental Express operation at DEN. Over the next two years, GP Express discontinued all operations at Denver. The carrier began feeder services in support of new Continental Lite operations at Greensboro, NC and Tampa, FL in 1995 but filed for bankruptcy and then ceased operations a year later.