Endeavor Air
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Endeavor Air is an American regional airline headquartered at the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The airline is a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines and staffs, operates and maintains aircraft used on Delta Connection flights that are scheduled, marketed and sold by Delta Air Lines.
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Founded | 1985; 39 years ago (1985) (as Express Airlines I) | ||||||
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Commenced operations | August 1, 2013 (2013-08-01) (as Endeavor Air) | ||||||
AOC # | REXA257A | ||||||
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Frequent-flyer program | SkyMiles | ||||||
Alliance | SkyTeam (affiliate) | ||||||
Fleet size | 142 | ||||||
Destinations | 145 | ||||||
Parent company | Delta Air Lines | ||||||
Headquarters | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | ||||||
Key people | Jim Graham (President & CEO) | ||||||
Employees | 5,000 | ||||||
Website | www |
The airline was founded as Express Airlines I in 1985[1] and was renamed Pinnacle Airlines in 2002. In 2012, Pinnacle's parent company filed for Chapter 11 reorganization, then emerged as a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines.[2][3] The airline was renamed Endeavor Air on August 1, 2013.[4]
Its corporate headquarters are located in Delta Air Lines Building C, on the property of Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport.[4][5] It has hubs in Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, and New York's LaGuardia and JFK airports.[5] Until the restructuring, Endeavor also operated a hub in Memphis.[6]