ALPA’s Pilot Groups

AirTran
Number of Crewmembers: 1,631
Base: Atlanta, Ga.
Corporate Headquarters: Orlando, Fla.

Air Transat
Number of Crewmembers: 312
Operations: 90 destinations in 25 countries; specializes in charter flights from several Canadian and European cities to vacation destinations, mainly in the southern U.S. during the winter months and in Europe and Canada during the summer. Air Transat links Canada’s major cities year round.
Corporate Headquarters: Dorval, Quebec
Alliances: Air Transat is a wholly owned subsidiary of Transat A.T. Inc., an integrated company specializing in organizing, marketing and distributing vacation travel and packages.

Air Transport International
Number of Crewmembers: 170
Joined ALPA: 2009
Operations: Passenger, military, and cargo operations around the world.
Base: Home-based
Hub Cities: Toledo, Ohio; Miami, Fla.
Corporate Headquarters: Little Rock, Ark.

Air Wisconsin
Number of Crewmembers: 667
Joined ALPA: 1982
Operations: Nearly 500 departures per day to 31 states and two Canadian provinces
Hub Cities: AWAC brings passengers from their hometowns, both large and small, to United’s hubs in Norfolk, VA; Philadelphia, PA; and Washington, D.C. (Dulles).
Corporate Headquarters: Appleton, Wisc.

Alaska
Number of Crewmembers: 1,452, including 105 currently furloughed
Joined ALPA: 1947
Operations: 421 daily departures to 60 destinations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico
Bases: Anchorage, Ala.; Los Angeles, Calif.; Seattle, Wash.
Corporate Headquarters: Seattle, Wash.
Alliances: American Airlines; American Eagle; Big Sky Airlines; Continental Airlines; Era Aviation; Hawaiian Air; KLM Royal Dutch Airlines; LanChile Airlines; Northwest Airlines; PenAir; Qanta.

American Eagle
Number of Crewmembers: 2,765
Joined ALPA: 1995
Operations: 1,700+ daily flights to 150+ destinations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the Bahamas; point-to-point service; sister company with American Airlines under the AMR Corporation.
Bases:
Chicago, Ill.; Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas; Los Angeles, Calif.; Miami, Fla.; New York, N.Y.; San Juan, Puerto Rico
Hub Cities: New York, N.Y. (JFK and LaGuardia); Raleigh/Durham, N.C.; Boston, Mass.; Miami, Fla.; San Juan, P.R.; Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas; Los Angeles, Calif.; Chicago, Ill. (O’Hare)
Corporate Headquarters: Ft. Worth, Texas
Alliances: Wholly-owned subsidiary of American Airlines

ASTAR Air Cargo
Number of Crewmembers: 493
Operations: ASTAR Air Cargo serves as an integral part of the DHL network, which links more than 120,000 destinations in 228 countries and territories
Hub Cities: Cincinnati, Ohio
Gateways: San Francisco, Calif., Los Angeles, Calif.; Miami, Fla.; New York, NY
Corporate Headquarters: Miami, Fla.
Alliances: DHL Worldwide Express and the U.S. Air Force

Atlantic Southeast
Number of Crewmembers: 1,737
Joined ALPA: 1987
Airports Currently Served: 144 airports in 27 U.S. states, the Bahamas, and Canada.
Pilot Base: Atlanta, Ga.
Corporate Headquarters: Atlanta, Ga.

Bearskin
Number of Crewmembers: 63
Operations: Daily scheduled passenger service between Flin Flon, Man.; Kitchener Waterloo, Ont.; Ottawa, Ont.; Winnipeg, Man.; and communities in between.
Pilot Bases: Thunder Bay, Ont.; Winnipeg, Man.; Sioux Lookout, Ont.
Corporate Headquarters: Sioux Lookout, Ont.

Calm Air
Joined ALPA: 1997
Number of Crewmembers: 91
Operations:
Scheduled passenger and cargo service in northern Manitoba and Nunavut, the newest and largest territory in northern Canada, including destinations along the western shores of Hudson Bay and into the high Arctic.
Bases: Winnepeg, M.B. and Thompson, M.B.
Corporate Headquarters: Thompson, Man.

CanJet
Number of Crewmembers: 113
Joined ALPA:
2006
Operations: Provides subcontracting services to vacation charter airlines.
Base: Halifax, N.S.
Headquarters: Halifax, N.S.

Capital Cargo
Number of Crewmembers: 129
Joined ALPA: 2007
Operations: Capital Cargo is an Air, Crew, Maintenance, and Insurance (ACMI) carrier that provides airport to airport transportation services both domestically and internationally.
Hub Cities: Toledo, Ohio, and Miami, Fla.
Corporate Headquarters: Orlando, Fla.

Colgan
Number of Crewmembers: 428
Joined ALPA: December 17, 2008
Operations: Colgan Air operates as Continental Connection, United Express, and US Airways Express, offering daily scheduled service to 53 cities in the United States and Canada.
Hub Cities:
Houston, Texas; Newark, N.J.; Washington, D.C. (Dulles)
Corporate Headquarters: Memphis, Tenn.

Comair
Number of Crewmembers: 902 active, 265 furloughed
Joined ALPA: 1983
Operations: Comair serves 79 cities in the United States, Canada and the Bahamas
Pilot Domiciles: Cincinnati, Ohio, and New York, N.Y. (JFK)
Corporate Headquarters: Erlanger, Ky.
Alliances: Comair is wholly owned by Delta Airlines and is part of the Delta Connection

CommutAir
Number of Crewmembers: 127
Joined ALPA: 2008
Operations: A Continental Connection carrier since 2000, CommutAir provides scheduled service to 21 cities in 9 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada. The airline has hubs at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport.
Corporate Headquarters: Plattsburgh, New York

Compass
Number of Crewmembers: 360
Joined ALPA: 2007
Operations: Compass flies more than 150 domestic flights daily
Bases: Detroit, Mich.; Memphis, Tenn; Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
Hub Cities: Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis-St. Paul
Headquarters: Minneapolis, Minn.

Continental
Number of Crewmembers: 4,264 active, 145 furloughed
Joined ALPA: 2001
Operations: Continental Airlines is the world’s sixth-largest airline with more than 2,900 daily departures throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. Continental serves
149 domestic and 119 international destinations, more than any other airline in the world, and nearly 200 additional points are served via code share partner airlines. With 42,000 employees, the airline carries approximately 51 million passengers per year.
Hub Cities: Cleveland, Ohio; Houston, Texas; Newark, N.J.; Tamuning, Guam
Corporate Headquarters: Houston, Texas
Alliances: A member of the Star alliance, Continental also has additional alliances with more than 17 other air and rail carriers.
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Delta
Number of Crewmembers: 12,687
Joined ALPA: Delta—1934, Northwest—1932
Operations: Delta and its Northwest subsidiary fly domestically and internationally with 355 destinations in 64 countries (includes Delta Connection carriers).
Bases:
Atlanta, Ga.; Detriot, Mich.; Los Angeles, Calif.; Memphis, Tenn.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Salt Lake City, Utah; Seattle, Wash.; Cincinnati, Ohio; New York, N.Y.
Hub Cities: Atlanta, Ga.; Salt Lake City, Utah; Cincinnati, Ohio
Corporate Headquarters: Atlanta, Ga.
Alliances: A member of the SkyTeam Alliance and additional alliances with other air carriers
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Evergreen
Number of Crewmembers: 212
Joined ALPA: 2007
Operations: Operating a fleet of Boeing 747s, EIA specializes in charter and contract freighter operations around the globe.
Hub Cities: New York (JFK); Charleston, S.C.; Travis AFB, Calif.; Everett, Wash.
Corporate Headquarters: McMinnville, Ore.

ExpressJet
Number of Crewmembers: 2,801, including 347 on furlough (before recall)
Joined ALPA: 2004 (the former Continental Express was split from Continental and two separate MECs were established—Continental and ExpressJet).
Operations: Flies more than 40,000 passengers per day to 130 destinations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean with approximately 1,100 departures daily.
Hub Cities: Houston, Tex.; Cleveland, Ohio; Newark, N.J.
Corporate Headquarters: Houston, Tex.

FedEx
Number of Crewmembers: 4,571
Joined ALPA: June 1993-1996; rejoined ALPA in June 2002
Operations: The world’s largest express transportation company, serving more than 220 countries
Bases: Anchorage, Ala.; Los Angeles, Calif.; Memphis, Tenn.; Hong Kong, PRC
Hub Cities: Anchorage, Ala.; Fort Worth, Texas; Indianapolis, Ind.; Memphis, Tenn.; Miami, Fla.; Newark, N.J. and Oakland, Calif.; Toronto, Ont., Canada; Paris, France; Subic Bay, Philippines
Corporate Headquarters: Memphis, Tenn.

First Air
Number of Crewmembers: 152
Joined ALPA: 2008
Operations: First Air is the largest airline serving northern Canada. Wholly owned by the Inuit community through the Makivik Corporation, First Air provides scheduled and charter service to 29 communities in Alberta, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, and the Yukon, including many communities that are otherwise inaccessible.
Pilot Bases: Edmonton, Alb.; Ottawa, Ont.; Yellowknife, NT; and Iqaluit, NU
Corporate Headquarters: Kanata, Ont.

Hawaiian
Number of Crewmembers: 439
Joined ALPA: 1948
Operations: As the only transpacific carrier based in the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaiian’s widebody fleet flies to 17 destinations throughout the South Pacific and the West Coast, including Tahiti, Samoa, Australia, and the Philippines. The interisland fleet provides essential service for kama’aina (Hawaiian residents) and visitors alike between the islands of Oahu, Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii.
Base: Honolulu, Hawaii
Corporate Headquarters: Honolulu, Hawaii
Alliances: Alaska Airlines; America West Airlines; American Airlines; American Eagle; Continental Airlines; Island Air; Northwest Airlines; Virgin Atlantic Airways

Island Air
Number of Crewmembers: 58, including 9 on furlough
Joined ALPA: 1989
Operations: Approximately 36 daily flights plus charter service to all eight major airports in Hawaii. Island Air is Hawaii’s leading regional carrier, serving airports on all major Hawaiian Islands with approximately 250 weekly flights between the islands of Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Kauai, and the island of Hawaii.
Base:
Honolulu, Hawaii
Corporate Headquarters: Honolulu, Hawaii
Alliances: In 1987, Princeville Airways was purchased by Aloha Airgroup, the parent company of Aloha Airlines and renamed Aloha Island Air, Inc. In 1992, the company applied to register as “Island Air” as its distinctive trade name.

Jazz
Number of Crewmembers: 1,508
Operations: Jazz carries approximately 8.8 million passengers per year on 800+ flights daily to more than 86 destinations across Canada and the United States.
Pilot Bases: Halifax, N.S.; Vancouver, B.C.; Calgary, A.B.; Toronto, Ont.; Montreal, Q.C.
Corporate Headquarters: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Kelowna Flightcraft
Number of Crewmembers: 126
Joined ALPA: 1997 (became an ALPA-represented pilot group when CALPA merged with ALPA)
Operations: Operates a Canada-wide cargo service for Purolator Couriers; engages in charter flight operations between Montreal and destinations in Florida and the Caribbean; and operates a joint venture service with Excel Airlines in the U.K.
Bases: Hamilton, Ont.; Vancouver, B.C.; Halifax, N.S.; Thunder Bay, Ont.; Regina, Sask.; Calgary, Alb.; Kelowna, B.C.
Corporate Headquarters:
Kelowna, B.C.

Mesa Air Group
Number of Crewmembers: 1,403 (219 on furlough)
Joined ALPA: 1987
Operations: Mesa Air Group includes Mesa, go!, and Freedom Airlines and operates as Delta Connection, US Airways Express, and United Express under contractual agreements, and independently as Mesa Airlines and go! Serves 126 cities, 40 states, Canada, and Mexico with approximately 800 daily departures.
Bases: Charlotte, N.C.; Chicago, Ill.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Denver, Colo.; Grand Junction, Colo.; Honolulu, Hawaii; Kahului, Hawaii; Kona, Hawaii; Lihue, Hawaii; Phoenix, Ariz.; Washington, D.C.
Hub Cities: Phoenix, Ariz.; Los Angeles, Calif.; San Francisco, Calif.; Denver, Colo.; Washington, D.C.; Chicago, Ill.; Las Vegas, Nev.; Charlotte, N.C.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Pittsburgh, Pa.
Corporate Headquarters: Phoenix, Ariz.
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Mesaba
Number of Crewmembers: 1,155 total (104 on furlough)
Joined ALPA: 1987
Bases: Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn.; Detroit, Mich.; Memphis, Tenn.
Hub Cities: Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn.; Detroit, Mich.; Memphis, Tenn.
Corporate Headquarters: Eagan, Minn.

North American Airlines
Number of Crewmembers: 183
Joined ALPA: 2009
Pilot Base: New York (JFK)
Corporate Headquarters: Jamaica, N.Y.
Operations: North American Airlines provides worldwide charter operations for the U.S. military, tour operators, government agencies, sports teams, and other airlines.

Piedmont
Number of Crewmembers: 472
Joined ALPA: 1952
Operations: Piedmont carries more than three million passengers a year to 49 destinations throughout the Eastern United States, Canada and the Bahamas.
Pilot Domiciles: New Bern, N.C.; Charlottesville, Va.; Roanoke, Va.; New York, N.Y. (LGA); Harrisburg, Pa.; Salisbury, Md.
Hub Cities: Charlotte, N.C.
Corporate Headquarters: Salisbury, Md.
Alliances: A wholly-owned subsidiary of US Airways Group, Inc. and one of nine airlines doing business as US Airways Express

Pinnacle
Number of Crewmembers: 1,281
Joined ALPA: 1988 (as Express Airlines before changing its name to Pinnacle in 2002)
Operations: Pinnacle Airlines, Inc., operates more than 740 Delta Connection flights daily to 120 airports across the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America.
Pilot domiciles: Atlanta, Ga.; Detroit, Mich.; Memphis, Tenn.; and Minneapolis, Minn.
Corporate Headquarters: Memphis, Tenn.

PSA
Number of Crewmembers: 517 (40 on furlough)
Joined ALPA: 1988 (PSA was previously called Jetstream. The airline changed its name to PSA in 1996.)
Operations: Serves 65 airports within the US Airways route network.
Bases: Dayton, Ohio; Charlotte, N.C.; Knoxville, Tenn.
Corporate Headquarters: Dayton, Ohio
Alliances: Flies under the name US Airways Express for US Airways

Ryan
Number of Crewmembers: 242 active (99 on furlough)
Joined ALPA: 1998
Operations: Ryan International (not to be confused with Irish RyanAir) provides scheduled and charter services for customers around the world, including substantial flying for the U.S. Department of Defense.
Pilot Base: Rockford, Ill. (RFD)
Corporate Headquarters: Rockford, Ill.

Spirit
Number of Crewmembers: 518
Joined ALPA: 1996
Pilot Domiciles: Atlantic City, N.J.; Detroit, Mich.; Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Corporate Headquarters: Miramar, Fla.

Sun Country
Number of Crewmembers: 157 (32 on furlough)
Joined ALPA: 1995
Operations: Based in Mendota Heights, Minn., Sun Country flies to 33 destinations throughout the Caribbean, the United States, and Mexico. Of these destinations, eight cities are served year-round. Known primarily as a vacation getaway airline, Sun Country is expanding its charter business.
Bases: Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn.
Hub Cities: Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn.
Corporate Headquarters: Mendota Heights, Minn.

Trans States
Number of Crewmembers: 438
Joined ALPA: 1993
Operations: More than 300 daily flights to 46 cities, serving more than 3.4 million passengers annually while flying as United Express and US Airways.
Pilot domiciles:
St. Louis, Mo.; Richmond, Va.; Washington Dulles
Corporate Headquarters: St. Louis, Mo.

United
Number of Crewmembers: 7,675 (1,419 on furlough)
Joined ALPA: 1932
Bases: Chicago O’Hare, Ill.; Denver, Colo.; Seattle, Wash.; San Francisco, Calif.; Los Angeles, Calif.; New York, N.Y. (John F. Kennedy); Washington, D.C. (Dulles); Denver, Colo. (Training Center)
Hub Cities:
Chicago, Ill.; Denver, Colo.; San Francisco, Calif.; Los Angeles, Calif.; Washington, D.C. (Dulles)
Corporate Headquarters: Chicago, Ill.
Alliances: As a member of the Star Alliance, United has U.S. domestic alliances and international alliances worldwide.
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Wasaya
Number of Crewmembers: 97
Joined ALPA: 2008
Operations: Charter, cargo, and scheduled passenger services to 25 First Nation communities in northwestern Ontario and Timmins, Ont.
Bases: Thunder Bay, Ontario; Red Lake, Ontario; Timmins, Ontario; Sioux Lookout, Ontario; and Winnipeg, Man.
Corporate Headquarters: Wholly owned by a First Nations consortium and based in Thunder Bay, Ont.

Data current as of the printing of the Jan./Feb. 2010 issue of Air Line Pilot.

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