RegionsAir was a 14 CFR Part 121

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based out of the Smyrna Airport in Smyrna, Tennessee,

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. The hub airports for RegionsAir were

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(STL) and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE). RegionsAir operated under a code-sharing agreement with

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and

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to provide flights to communities as

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from

, and as Continental Connection from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. RegionsAir ceased all operations on March 8, 2007, and furloughed all of its employees a month later.

History

RegionsAir was known as Corporate Express Airlines from 1996 to 1998, and then Corporate Airlines from 1998 to 2004. Operating as Corporate Express, it flew for

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providing feed until their first shutdown in 2001 and also flew for

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out of St. Louis. At that time, the airline was run by Chuck Howell, who is now the president at

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. The airline changed its corporate name to RegionsAir in May 2004 to end confusion with similarly named airlines. RegionsAir had been the air service provider for many small communities as part of the federally subsidized Essential Air Service (EAS) program. On October 7, 2005, Viva International, an aviation holding company, issued an irrevocable Letter of Intent to Purchase RegionsAir for an undisclosed sum, but nothing ever became of the LOI. RegionsAir operated under a code-sharing agreement with

to provide flights to communities as

from

until March 2007. At that time, the

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(FAA) grounded the airline, saying there had been problems with the airline's training and certification program.

Incidents and accidents

On October 19, 2004 Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashed on approach to

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. Thirteen people died and two were injured. The NTSB has determined pilot error to be the cause of this accident. On March 2, 2007, the local Airline's FSDO office, FAA officials in DC, and the airline got into a disagreement over wording in the airline's training manuals. The airline voluntarily ceased scheduled operations until the items could be clarified. FAA officials found no discrepancies when they went over all pilots records. In the end, about 35 of the airline's flights were canceled that Saturday.
Decatur Herald & Review On March 8, 2007, at 4:36pm the FAA again grounded RegionsAir due to discrepancies in the airlines training procedures for line-check airmen. As a result of this second grounding within one week, several regional airports serviced by RegionsAir announced intentions to replace the airline with other regional carriers.

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