Articles tagged “mesa airlines”

United Airlines took a nearly 10 percent stake in its regional partner Mesa Air Group in a deal unveiled after markets closed. The transaction is worth an estimated $10.5 million…

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at a new hotel design trend, United's deal with Mesa Air, and a rare big non-gaming deal in Macau.

American's own pay raise for pilots as part of its pilot shortage strategy is what precipitated Mesa's eventual deal with United. A bit of irony as Mesa had originally followed American's lead on pay.

Regional carrier Mesa Airlines CEO Jonathan Ornstein is clear who is to blame for the U.S. pilot shortage: Congress. Rules implemented to make the skies safer have created the situation, he claims, crippling most regional airlines.

Mesa Airlines CEO Jonathan Ornstein sees a clear villain in the U.S. pilot shortage, and it's not low wages or the high cost of flight schools. Regulators' onerous training requirements created the shortage as he sees it, and more small cities are likely to lose air service as a result.

Electric aircraft are an inevitable step for commercial aviation with the heightened focus on carbon emissions. Numerous companies are vying to develop this new technology but, with engines still in the works and a lengthy certification runway ahead, when is everyones' guess.

United is raising eyebrows with its drive to cut carbon emissions. The carrier has committed to the as yet untested realm of electric helicopter-like aircraft with plans to introduce as many as 200 of them within five years — a surprisingly ambitious goal for a traditionally conservative airline.

With regional airlines and their major-airline benefactors fighting over the recruitment of pilots, Mesa's hiring binge will exacerbate the tussle. Mesa's new agreement with United is a game-changer for the airline, which will increase its pilot ranks by nearly 50%.