Republic Airways Holdings has its roots in the 1973 founding of Chautauqua Airlines. The company pioneered codesharing, a practice which allows airlines to sell tickets on each other’s flights to expand their roots, when it partnered with Allegheny Airlines, predecesor of USAirways.
In 1998, after changing hands several times, the company organized into a holding company named Republic Airways Holdings. The same year the company was acquired by investment company Wexford Management.
Today Republic Airways Holdings has three subsidiaries: Chautauqua Airlines, Republic Airlines, and Shuttle America. The company offers passenger flight service to both major and smaller airports in 145 cities in the US. The company has a fleet of 285 Embraer regional jets and Airbus narrow body jets.
Republic Airways Holdings is traded publicly on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol RJET, is a member of the Russell 2000, is #819 in the Fortune 1000, has 5,935 employees, and had $1.38 billion in revenue in 2014.
Republic Airways HoldingsRepublic Airways Holdings has its roots in the 1973 founding of Chautauqua Airlines. The company pioneered codesharing, a practice which allows airlines to sell tickets on each other’s flights to expand their roots, when it partnered with Allegheny Airlines, predecesor of USAirways.
In 1998, after changing hands several times, the company organized into a holding company named Republic Airways Holdings. The same year the company was acquired by investment company Wexford Management.
Today Republic Airways Holdings has three subsidiaries: Chautauqua Airlines, Republic Airlines, and Shuttle America. The company offers passenger flight service to both major and smaller airports in 145 cities in the US. The company has a fleet of 285 Embraer regional jets and Airbus narrow body jets.
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Republic Airways Holdings is traded publicly on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol RJET, is a member of the Russell 2000, is #819 in the Fortune 1000, has 5,935 employees, and had $1.38 billion in revenue in 2014.