HOME ABOUT US JOIN OUR TEAM PILOTS CUSTOMER INFORMATION CONTACT US HISTORY OUR HISTORY COMMUTAIR OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES CommutAir officially launches as a Part 135 operator in Plattsburgh, NY. Inaugural flights that summer in two Beech 1900s were suddenly going head to head with the largest regional airlines in the US. 1989 NEW PARTNERSHIP CommutAir changes code-share partners from US Airways to Continental, now United Airlines. 2003 UPGRADED FLEET In 2006 CommutAir upgraded to the Bombardier Dash-8 Q-200 (37 seats) with pressurized cabins, lavatories, overhead storage bins and flight attendants. 2006 RELOCATION TO CLEVELAND, OH CommutAir begins phasing out the Beech 1900 for the Bombardier Dash-8 200. The company relocates its operations and training center to Cleveland, OH to follow a strategic shift in flying with our code-share partner. 2007 GROWING THE FLEET CommutAir adds the 50 seat Dash-8 300 to the fleet. 2011 NEW AGREEMENT WITH UNITED AIRLINES CommutAir enters a Career Path Program agreement with United Airlines, and announces the company will begin operating the Embraer 145 aircraft. 2015 UNITED AIRLINES INVESTMENT AND JET FLEET GROWTH United Airlines purchases a 40 percent ownership stake in CommutAir stock, as part of a comprehensive recapitalization. CommutAir receives approval from the FAA for certification of the ERJ145 jet aircraft. CommutAir begins its growth plan under a new Capacity Purchase Agreement with United by taking the first ten of 40 jet deliveries. First CommutAir pilots begin to transition to United Airlines under a new Career Path Program (CPP). 2016 PLAN ANNOUNCED TO TRIPLE IN SIZE WITH ALL-JET FLEET CommutAir announces plans to retire its Dash-8 turboprop fleet and transition to an all-jet fleet, in conjunction with a new Memorandum of Understanding with United to take delivery of an additional 21 ERJ145 aircraft. As a result, the airline’s fleet will triple. CommutAir operates 900 weekly flights to 30+ destinations from bases in Newark and Dulles with 800+ employees. 2017 CELEBRATING 30 YEARS CommutAir celebrates its first flight (August 1, 1989) with 30th Anniversary parties in 5 cities: North Olmsted (Cleveland) headquarters, Dulles and Newark bases, and the Cincinnati training center, with the main event at C5’s Albany maintenance hangar. Today, CommutAir operates more than 1,000 weekly flights to 50+ cities (from Canada to Florida and from the Atlantic Coast to Missouri) using an all-jet fleet of ERJ145s. More than 1,200 employees are well-known in the industry for fostering a family culture and friendly work environment. 2019 NAMED UNITED'S SOLE ERJ-145 OPERATOR The Coronavirus pandemic brought air travel to a standstill, putting immense pressure on the industry, but CommutAir emerged as the exclusive operator of the Embraer 145 for United Airlines. Our new role in United's network required rapid growth, and we quickly began adding aircraft to our fleet and opened a crew base and maintenance hangar in Houston in October. 2020 GROWING OUR OPERATION Early in the year, CommutAir welcomed its first new hire class to be trained in our new 50,000 square foot training center in Houston. In March, the company opened its new base in Denver. With the opening of Denver, CommutAir doubled its footprint from two to four hubs in less than nine months. The fleet count had grown to 130 aircraft, with 56 in revenue service by the end of the first quarter. 2021 Employee Login / My Hangar About us Careers Contact us We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Cookie settingsACCEPT