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United Airlines reverses course: You can still fly to Los Angeles from ... (The San Diego Union-Tribune)

More than a month after announcing it would suspend its daily nonstop to LAX, United said it has reconsidered and will now add a second flight beginning ...

Roughly 66 percent of the total available seats — 54,460 — were occupied. Both flights will be on an Embraer 175 operated by United Express partner, SkyWest Airlines. King said at the time that the airline regularly reviews its schedules and makes “adjustments as needed.”

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ExpressJet Airlines, formerly under United, files for bankruptcy (CNN)

ExpressJet Airlines, which calls itself a "reboot" of the company formerly flying as Delta Connection and United Express, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ...

United finally sold its 49.9% stake in ExpressJet parent company ManaAir in June. Over the past six months, ExpressJet has been flying as low-cost Aha! After acquiring the company from SkyWest Airlines in 2018, United Airlines decided in 2020 to end its flights with the airline amidst pandemic cutbacks.

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ExpressJet Airlines Goes Bankrupt in Wake of Split From United (Bloomberg)

ExpressJet Airlines, a small regional carrier that was once among the world's biggest by fleet size, filed for bankruptcy with plans to liquidate after ...

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Flip-flop: United re-adds service on LAX's 2nd-shortest route (The Points Guy)

The Chicago-based carrier filed plans over the weekend to continue serving the 109-mile shuttle between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and San Diego ...

Plus, earn 3 ThankYou points per $1 at gas stations, restaurants, supermarkets and on air travel and hotels. (At just 89 miles, the shortest route from LAX is to Santa Barbara.) Without the LA flight, San Diego-based flyers would need to connect in either San Francisco, Houston or Denver for transpacific flights. We don’t know the exact data that was used to sway United’s decision. (Until then, the airline is currently flying the route on a once-daily basis.) Terms apply to the offers listed on this page.

Former United Shuttle ExpressJet Shuts Down, Plans Liquidation (Bloomberg Law)

ExpressJet Airlines, a small regional carrier that was once among the world's biggest by fleet size, filed for bankruptcy with plans to liquidate after ...

It shut down for about a year after losing the deal, then ... ExpressJet laid off most of its workforce prior to filing for bankruptcy, according tocourt papers. The carrier struggled to scale its operations after losing a contract to fly forUnited Airlines Holdings Inc.in 2020, court papers show.

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ExpressJet Airlines Files for Bankruptcy After Loss of United Contract (The Wall Street Journal)

The regional air carrier has ceased operations and will liquidate its remaining assets.

Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del., by ExpressJet’s President, John Greenlee. The College Park, Ga.-based regional air carrier ceased operations Monday in advance of its chapter 11 filing and is now planning to sell off its remaining assets, according to a declaration filed with the U.S. Regional air carrier ExpressJet Airlines LLC filed for bankruptcy Tuesday and will shut down its business, unable to rebound from the loss of its contract with United Airlines.

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