Flight 3407 was operated by now-defunct Colgan Air. Similarly, American Airlines flight 5342 was ... "The chief thing had been one transparency as to who the carrier would be for the the airlines." ...

The fallout from Colgan Air’s demise continues to benefit its rivals, with United Airlines’ Express division passing ground-handling contracts at nine stations to a subsidiary of American ...

It's been more than two decades since American Airlines, the nation's largest carrier, was involved in a deadly crash. ... On Feb. 12, 2009, Colgan Air, a regional air carrier, ...

Last month's mid-air collision near Washington, D.C., was the first fatal American commercial air disaster since shortly after 10 p.m. on February 12, 2009, when Colgan Air Flight 3407 fell out of ...

The agency is under pressure to modernize outdated air traffic control systems that have contributed to a series of outages, ...

American Airlines crash into helicopter marks a rare fatal incident in U.S. aviation history. ... Feb. 12, 2009: A Colgan Air plane crashed near Buffalo, New York, ...

It's because most major airlines enter into so-called code-share agreements with smaller regional airlines (see a 1999 US Airways-Colgan agreement which FRONTLINE obtained).

Feb. 14, 2013 — -- intro:While a merger between US Airways and bankrupt American Airlines would be good for shareholders, it is likely to cause headaches for consumers and their wallets.

American Airlines said on social media that it was "aware of reports that American Eagle flight 5342, ... when 49 people aboard a Colgan Air flight crashed in New York state.

On Feb. 12, 2009, Colgan Air, a regional air carrier, ... In November 2001, American Airlines 587 crashed shortly after takeoff from New York's Kennedy International Airport.