{"id":6653,"date":"2019-11-15T23:26:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T05:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=6653"},"modified":"2019-11-15T23:26:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T05:26:34","slug":"expressjet-begins-assigning-crew-to-chicago-e175-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=6653","title":{"rendered":"ExpressJet Begins Assigning Crew to Chicago E175 Base"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ATLANTA,\u00a0Nov. 15, 2019\u00a0\/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0ExpressJet Airlines, a United Express carrier, began assigning pilots to its Embraer\u00a0E175\u00a0aircraft base of operations at Chicago O&#8217;Hare International Airport, in advance of a\u00a0January 1, 2020\u00a0open.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/it\/api\/res\/1.2\/G7aP6fqGzxu_9m.K.hgFog--~A\/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7c209MTt3PTgwMA--\/http:\/\/globalfinance.zenfs.com\/en_us\/Finance\/US_AFTP_PRNEWSWIRE_LIVE\/ExpressJet_Airlines_a_United_Express-6dcf92b78e7d2dab580a4f5d70efc912\" alt=\"(PRNewsfoto\/ExpressJet Airlines)\"\/><figcaption>(PRNewsfoto\/ExpressJet Airlines)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Chicago&#8217;s&nbsp;size and central location makes it a highly desirable location for commuter pilots and locals alike,&#8221; said&nbsp;Scott Hall, Vice President of Flight Operations. &#8220;Opening the E175 crew base in&nbsp;Chicago&nbsp;is a natural outcome of ExpressJet&#8217;s growth trajectory.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The E175 base will be in addition to ExpressJet&#8217;s existing ERJ145 pilot, flight attendant, and maintenance bases in&nbsp;Chicago. This is ExpressJet&#8217;s second E175 base, after the first base opened at&nbsp;Houston&#8217;s&nbsp;George Bush Intercontinental Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About ExpressJet Airlines<br><\/strong>ExpressJet Airlines operates as United Express, on behalf of United Airlines (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"UAL (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/q?s=ual\" target=\"_blank\">UAL<\/a>), to serve more than 100 airports across\u00a0the United States,\u00a0Canada\u00a0and\u00a0Mexico, with over 3,300 weekly flights from bases in\u00a0Chicago,\u00a0Cleveland,\u00a0Houstonand\u00a0Newark. ExpressJet&#8217;s fleet includes more than 100 aircraft, including the Embraer ERJ145 and 25 new Embraer E175 aircraft. ExpressJet pilots enjoy top-tier pay and quality of life and can choose the Aviate career path to United Airlines. ExpressJet\u00a0is a subsidiary of ManaAir, LLC. ManaAir is majority-owned by KAir Enterprises and minority-owned by United Airlines. For further information, contact 404-856-1199,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:corpcomm@expressjet.com\">corpcomm@expressjet.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/embraer_jet_right_aspect_E175_left-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/embraer_jet_right_aspect_E175_left-2.png 940w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/embraer_jet_right_aspect_E175_left-2-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/embraer_jet_right_aspect_E175_left-2-768x262.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ExpressJet Airlines, a United Express carrier, began assigning pilots to its Embraer E175 aircraft base of operations at Chicago O&#8217;Hare International Airport, in advance of a January 1, 2020 open. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[797,4813,3965,89,5637,5992,6875,2203,5500,1397,868,1103],"tags":[3634,1649,539,464,118,92,8270,535,3748,160,1002,841,274,1925,4202,82,3087,3627,3353,8271,692,168,4877,1243,575,2840,1483,660,840,3469,1883,8022,348,2725,672,199,5222,8272,6946,2510,4072,2842,2687,883,423,412,3966,2603,1557,6582,187,2452,588,3076,2164,6787,1691,1658,444],"class_list":["post-6653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airline-news","category-airplane-news","category-airport-news","category-aviation-news","category-business-news","category-economic-news","category-embraer-news","category-finance-news","category-frequent-flyer-news","category-stock-news","category-transportation-news","category-travel-news","tag-3634","tag-1649","tag-air","tag-aircraft","tag-airlines","tag-airport","tag-assigning","tag-atlanta","tag-attendant","tag-aviation","tag-base","tag-bush","tag-canada","tag-carrier","tag-central","tag-chicago","tag-cleveland","tag-commuter","tag-crew","tag-desirable","tag-e175","tag-embraer","tag-enterprises","tag-erj","tag-express","tag-expressjet","tag-fleet","tag-flight","tag-george","tag-georgia","tag-growth","tag-highly","tag-houston","tag-illinois","tag-intercontinental","tag-international","tag-kair","tag-locals","tag-location","tag-maintenance","tag-majority","tag-manaair","tag-members","tag-mexico","tag-newark","tag-news","tag-ohare-2","tag-open","tag-operations","tag-owned","tag-pilots","tag-prnewswire","tag-size","tag-states","tag-subsidiary","tag-trajectory","tag-transport","tag-transportation","tag-united"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6655,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6653\/revisions\/6655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}