MetroJet (American airline)

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This article is about the 1998–2001 US Airways brand. For other uses, see Metrojet (disambiguation).
MetroJet
IATA
ICAO
Callsign
US USA US AIR
FoundedJune 1, 1998 (1998-06-01)
Ceased operationsDecember 2001 (2001-12)
(re-integrated into
Arlington, Virginia, United States
Key peopleS. Michael Scheeringa (Vice President)

MetroJet was a no-frills airline brand operated as a wholly owned division of US Airways from 1998 until 2001.

History

A MetroJet Boeing 737-200

After the conclusion of painstaking labor negotiations in 1997, US Airways sought to head off burgeoning competition from

frequent flyer program and other systems.[3]

MetroJet was launched on June 1, 1998, flying from its base at

Washington Dulles International Airport and several point-to-point operations,[5][6] with an emphasis on connecting Northeastern passengers to destinations in Florida.[7]

MetroJet operations did not improve US Airways's loss-making record. Many of MetroJet's passengers were cannibalized from other US Airways operations, such as its major presence at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Its aircraft were among the oldest and least fuel efficient in US Airways's fleet, and like its parent its labor costs were among the highest in the industry. Meanwhile, it faced cutthroat competition with Southwest, its main competitor at BWI.[8] In an October 28, 2001 interview with Business Travel News, CEO David Siegel revealed that MetroJet's average cost per available seat mile was 8 cents, compared to 6 cents for Southwest and 10 cents for mainline US Airways.

After the

Washington National Airport
's extended closure. The resulting financial disaster precipitated the closure of the airline's MetroJet network, which led to the closing of the subsidiary's primary operating base at Baltimore-Washington International Airport and the furloughing of thousands of employees.

US Airways invoked a

Piedmont Airlines.[11] Once the largest carrier there, its number of scheduled flights had fallen by 60 percent by the time the last MetroJet 737 was retired in December.[citation needed
]

Destinations

Fleet

MetroJet fleet included:

  • 49
    Boeing 737-200

See also

References

  1. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  2. ISSN 0190-8286
    . Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  3. ^ a b "Low-cost MetroJet in, old US Airways out at BWI". Biz Journals. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  4. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  5. ^ "U.S. Airways MetroJet Service Comes to Dulles". mwaa.com. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  6. ISSN 0190-8286
    . Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  7. ^ "US Airways Adds MetroJet Points, Names New Executives | Aviation Week Network". aviationweek.com. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  8. ^ "US Airways trying to fly out of danger". Baltimore Sun. 14 April 2002. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  9. ^ "AIRLINES FACING BUMPY RIDE". Sun Sentinel. 25 September 2001. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  10. ISSN 0190-8286
    . Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  11. ^ "US Air plan to cut MetroJet would deliver blow to BWI". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2022-04-06.

Further reading

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