Airlines
U.S. Regional Airline Trans States to Close by Year-end
The St. Louis-based United Express partner succumbs to cost overruns and a shortage of captains.
A Trans States Airlines Embraer ERJ-145 taxis at Washington Dulles International Airport. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by airlines470)
A Trans States Airlines Embraer ERJ-145 taxis at Washington Dulles International Airport. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by airlines470)

St. Louis-based regional carrier Trans States Airlines will go out of business by the end of the year following an orderly “wind-down” of operations, company CEO Rick Leach told employees in a Monday memo. Operating 41 Embraer ERJ-145s as a United Airlines partner, Trans States has suffered mightily with cost overruns and a shortage of captains over the past 18 months, leading to a decision to shutter the business.