US has the following subsidiaries operating its regional flights: Allegheny (formerly Suburban Airlines and Reading Air) Piedmont (formerly Henson Aviation) PSA Airlines (formerly Jetstream International and Vee Neal) There is also US Shuttle which operates, under the AOC (Aircraft Operating Certificate) of US the BOS/LGA/WAS shuttle David R http://home.attbi.com/~damiross http://home.attbi.com/~damiross/books.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alireza Alivandivafa" <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 22:48 Subject: Re: [AIRLINE] SF Gate: No-frills, low-cost airlines are fast gaining ground/'Regular' a... > In a message dated 8/10/2003 10:42:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > << I wasn't denying WN as being one of the big boys > > Republic was formed by the merger of North Central and Southern. A few > years later, it took over Hughes Airwest. Eventually, Republic was bought > by NW. > > Allegheny became USAir a few years after the merger with Piedmont. >> > > Then what is the regional US is setting up? >