American Connection
American Connection is a brand name used by three airlines feeding American Airlines's hub at Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport:
- Chautauqua Airlines, serving 14 cities with 15 Embraer ERJ-140 jets
- Corporate Airlines, serving 13 cities with 12 Jetstream 31 turboprops
- Trans States Airlines, serving 29 cities with 15 Embraer ERJ-145s, 13 Jetstream 41s, one ATR-42 and one ATR-72.
Unlike American Eagle, which feeds other AA hubs, American Connection is independently owned and operated. The American Connection carriers previously operated under a marketing agreement with Trans World Airlines as "TWExpress."
Together, the three carriers operate over 300 flights a day to 49 destinations.
Disasters
- Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashed on October 20 near Kirksville, Missouri killing 13 people, with two survivors.
Destinations
- Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport (CH, TS)
- Austin Bergstrom International Airport (TS)
- Bloomington, Illinois (TS)
- Boston Logan International Airport (CH)
- Burlington, Iowa (CP)
- Cape Girardeau, Missouri (CP)
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa (TS)
- Champaign, Illinois (TS)
- Charlotte Douglas International Airport (TS)
- Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport (TS)
- Colorado Springs Airport (TS)
- Columbia, Missouri (TS)
- Columbus Port Columbus International Airport (TS)
- Dayton James M. Cox International Airport (CH)
- Decatur, Illinois (TS)
- Denver International Airport (CH, TS)
- Des Moines, Iowa (TS)
- Evansville, Indiana (CP)
- Fayetteville, Arkansas (TS)
- Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri (CP)
- Hartford Bradley International Airport (TS)
- Indianapolis International Airport (TS)
- Jackson, Tennessee (CP)
- Jacksonville International Airport (TS)
- Joplin, Missouri (TS)
- Kirksville, Missouri (CP)
- Madison, Wisconsin (TS)
- Marion, Illinois (CP)
- Memphis International Airport (TS)
- Milwaukee General Mitchell International Airport (CH, TS)
- Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (CH)
- Nashville International Airport (CH, CP, TS)
- New Orleans International Airport (TS)
- Newark International Airport (CH, TS)
- Norfolk, Virginia (CH)
- Oklahoma City Will Rogers World Airport (TS)
- Orlando International Airport (CH)
- Owensboro, Kentucky (CP)
- Paducah, Kentucky (CP)
- Peoria, Illinois (TS)
- Philadelphia International Airport (CH, TS)
- Quincy, Illinois (CP)
- Raleigh-Durham International Airport (CH, TS)
- San Antonio International Airport (CH)
- Springfield, Illinois (TS)
- Springfield, Missouri (TS)
- Tampa International Airport (CH)
- Washington Dulles International Airport (CH)
- Washington Reagan National Airport (TS)
- Wichita, Kansas (CH)