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Newly Named 'SureJet' May Be Responsible for Your Next Flight Delay

July 18, 2011 at 9:40 AM | by | Comments (0)

This might not be the most interesting piece of airline merger news, but we’re thinking that you’ll want to know who to be mad at the next time your flight is delayed. That’s because a couple of regional airlines are shacking up into one combination airline, and we all know how regional airlines are when it comes to comfy flights and on-time arrivals.

Late last year SkyWest bought ExpressJet, and now they’re in the process of combining the operations of ExpressJet with their other half of their regional airline family—Atlantic Southeast Airlines. They’re hoping to get approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly under one operating certificate by the end of the year. Once they get the necessary paperwork from Uncle Sam they’re planning to rename their combined operations "SureJet"; however, the SkyWest arm of the airline will still do its own thing under its own name.

Kind of confusing, sure. To recap, Atlantic Southeast Airlines plus ExpressJet now equals SureJet, and this is all owned by SkyWest—but they’re keeping their name. All airlines under the SkyWest umbrella provide regional routes to big carriers like United Airlines and Delta. Most of the time you won’t really even notice that you’re flying one of these airlines, as the major carriers sell their flights under their own branding. However, sometimes on your boarding pass you’ll notice a little note that spells out that the flight is actually operated by a regional carrier doing business as United or Delta.

We understand that even though they’re usually not the most pleasant routes that they are necessary. After all, without little planes and regional airlines it’s probably pretty difficult to get to the airport that sucks more than all the others. Just remember SureJet, as we’re sure that at some point you’ll be blaming your delay on their jets.

[Photo of an ASA plane: JL Johnson | User 47]

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