private company industry aviation founded 1982 as resort air headquarters bridgeton missouri united states 1 key people hulas kanodia chairman & ceo 2 richard a. leach president 1 subsidiaries compass airlines gojet airlines trans states airlines website transstates.net a compass airlines erj 175 a gojet crj 700 a trans states airlines erj 145 trans states holdings inc. is a privately owned holding company for three regional airlines compass airlines gojet airlines and trans states airlines . the holding company is headquartered in bridgeton missouri near the lambert st. louis international airport . trans states airlines was originally formed in 1982 as resort air entering into an agreement with trans world airlines to operate feeder services in the states of missouri and illinois under the trans world express brand name . 3 in 1989 the company changed its name to trans states airlines . gojet airlines was formed in 2005 by trans states holdings to operate feeder service for united airlines under the united express brand name using a fleet of bombardier crj700 70 seat regional jets . 4 in july 2010 delta air lines sold compass airlines to trans states holdings as part of a cost reduction scheme which included the sale of mesaba airlines to the pinnacle airlines corp. at the same time . 5 fleet edit trans states holdings operates an all narrow body regional jet fleet totaling 117 aircraft with 100 additional on order as of july 2014 . trans states holdings fleet aircraft total orders passengers operated by operated for f j y total bombardier crj 700er 47 6 6 28 32 66 gojet airlines 25 as united express 22 as delta connection embraer erj 145 lr & er 58 0 0 50 50 trans states airlines 47 for united express 11 for american eagle embraer erj 170 6 7 9 0 60 69 compass airlines delta connection embraer erj 175lr 36 7 20 12 0 64 76 compass airlines delta connection american eagle embraer e175 e2 0 8 50 76 tba mitsubishi mrj 90 0 9 50 70 90 trans states holdings has operated a number of different turbo prop aircraft since its inception but has operated an all regional jet fleet since 2006 . former fleet aircraft operated reference fairchild swearingen metro ii 1985 2006 no later than 3 10 fairchild swearingen metro iii 1985 2006 no later than 3 10 atr 42 1986 2003 3 11 jetstream j32 1989 2000 3 embraer emb 120 brasilia 1991 1995 3 atr 72 1991 2003 3 11 british aerospace advanced turbo prop 1993 2006 no later than 3 10 bae jetstream j41 1995 2006 3 10 bombardier crj200 2007 12 13 references edit a b trans states holdings inc. private company information . bloomberg businessweek . bloomberg l.p. fy 2010 . retrieved 8 october 2010 . check date values in date help trans states airlines names leach president . nevada daily mail . 1 august 2003 . retrieved 9 october 2010 . a b c d e f g h i trans states airlines tsa history . trans states airlines . retrieved 9 october 2010 . mclaughlin tim 29 june 2005 . gojet is all set up with noplace to go startup airline still must clear hurdles set up by regulators . st. louis post dispatch . newsbank . retrieved 9 october 2010 . schlangenstein mary 1 july 2010 . delta sells regional carriers to focus on main routes . bloomberg l.p. retrieved 9 october 2010 . go jet airline certificate information detail view . federal aviation administration . retrieved 9 october 2010 . a b compass airlines airline certificate information detail view . federal aviation administration . retrieved 9 october 2010 . trans states holdings orders 50 embraer e175 e2s . airchive.com . retrieved 14 july 2014 . de freytas tamura kimiko 2 october 2009 . japan s passenger jet lands big order . the sydney morning herald . sydney australia fairfax media . retrieved 8 october 2010 . a b c d trans states airlines implements all jet fleet plan by fall 2006 press release . trans states holdings . 8 february 2006 . retrieved 9 october 2010 . a b mesa specifies 70 seaters for us airways flights . flight international . reed business information . 17 december 2002 . retrieved 9 october 2010 . northwest reveals plans for new regional subsidiary . the business journal of milwaukee . milwaukee wi american city business journals . 30 march 2006 . retrieved 9 october 2010 . freed joshua 17 august 2007 . northwest subsidiary to launch new embraer 175 on tuesday . usa today . gannett company . retrieved 9 october 2010 . external links edit aviation portal companies portal missouri portal wikimedia commons has media related to compass airlines gojet airlines and trans states airlines . official website v t e airline holding companies of the united states current alaska air group allegiant travel company american airlines group atlas air worldwide holdings delta air lines inc. hawaiian holdings mesa air group republic airways holdings skywest inc. southern air holdings southwest airlines co. trans states holdings united continental holdings former airtran holdings amr corporation amtran atlantic coast holdings inc. america west holdings bia cor holdings inc. icahn & co. flyi frontier airlines holdings global aero logistics global aviation holdings mair holdings midwest air group metro airlines northwest airlines corporation pan am corporation pan am systems pinnacle airlines corp. texas air corporation trans world corporation tpg capital transamerica corporation ual corporation us airways group see also list of airline holding companies this united states transportation corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title trans states holdings & oldid 743818730 categories airline holding companies of the united statescompanies based in missouriunited states transportation company stubshidden categories cs1 errors datesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 11 october 2016 at 12 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view