Pioneer Airways

== History ==
Pioneer Airways, Inc. ("Pioneer"; NYSE: PIO) (commonly referred to simply as "Pioneer") was an American major airline that ceased to operate independently when the Federal Aviation Administration granted a single operating certificate (SOC) for Pioneer and National Airlines on November 13, 2016. Publicly, the two carriers appeared to merge when their reservations systems and booking processes were merged on December 5, 2016; however, other systems were still separate at that time. The airline had an extensive international and domestic network, with 190 destinations in 24 countries in North America, South America, Europe and the Middle East. The airline was a member of the Sky1, before National became an affiliate member of Global in July 2017. 
 Pioneer operated out of seven airline hubs in the continental United States, Tahiti, and Germany. After moving from Chicago-O'Hare to Minneapolis -St. Paul in 2016, MSP became its largest hub in terms of daily departures and capacity. The company employed over 65,000 people while maintaining its headquarters in Chicago's Pioneer Center. Pioneer Holdings was publicly traded under NYSE: PIO with a market capitalization of over $20 billion as of September, 2014.[13]
Pioneer's main competitors in its domestic market were Liberty Air Lines, Capital Airlines, Flagship Airways and National Airlines. 
As of November 2013, Pioneer Jetlink was awarded $12,120,012 in annual federal subsidies for Essential Air Services that they provided through SkyNorth Airlines and MetroJet Airlines to rural airports in the U.S. that would otherwise be uneconomical to serve.[14]
==Fleet==
Aircraft 	# in fleet	Orders
Airbus A319 	1 	67
Airbus A320 	167 	0
Airbus A320NEO 	0 	130
Airbus A321 	0 	30
Boeing 737-800 	6 	0
Boeing 737 MAX 8	0 	71
Boeing 737-900ER	67 	33
Boeing 737 MAX 9	0 	20
Boeing 787-8 	6 	26
Boeing 777-200ER	137 	0
Boeing 777-300ER	0 	13
TOTAL 	384 	390
Pioneer JetLink Fleet
Aircraft 	# in fleet	Orders
Bombardier CRJ-700 	75 	0
Bombardier CRJ-900NextGen	85 	5
Embraer ERJ-175 	50 	0
TOTAL 	210 	5