Industry Aviation Founded 1982 Type of business Privately held company | Website TransStates.net Key person Richard A. Leach | |
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Key people Hulas Kanodia (Chairman & CEO)
Richard A. Leach (President) Headquarters Bridgeton, Missouri, United States Subsidiaries Trans States Airlines, GoJet Airlines, Compass Airlines | ||
Trans States Holdings, Inc. is a privately owned holding company for three regional airlines: Compass Airlines, GoJet Airlines and Trans States Airlines. The holding company is headquartered in Bridgeton, Missouri near the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.
Trans States Airlines was originally formed in 1982 as Resort Air, entering into an agreement with Trans World Airlines to operate feeder services in the states of Missouri and Illinois under the Trans World Express brand name. In 1989 the company changed its name to Trans States Airlines. GoJet Airlines was formed in 2005 by Trans States Holdings to operate feeder service for United Airlines under the United Express brand name using a fleet of Bombardier CRJ700 70–seat regional jets. In July 2010, Delta Air Lines sold Compass Airlines to Trans States Holdings as part of a cost reduction scheme, which included the sale of Mesaba Airlines to the Pinnacle Airlines Corp. at the same time.
Fleet
Trans States Holdings operates an all narrow-body regional jet fleet, totaling 156 aircraft, with 100 additional on order, as of February 2017.
Trans States Holdings has operated a number of different turbo-prop aircraft since its inception, but has operated an all regional jet fleet since 2006.