Delta Connection
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Delta Connection is the name under which five regional airlines operate routes for mainline carrier, Delta Air Lines.
SkyWest, Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Comair, Chautauqua Airlines, and the American Eagle codeshare flights out of Los Angeles International Airport operate under this name.
On November 2, 2004 Atlantic Coast Airlines ended service as a Delta Connection Carrier. Atlantic Coast Airlines reinvented itself as a low fare carrier called Independence Air based at Washington Dulles Airport.
On December 22, 2004, Delta Air Lines announced that Republic Airways would order and operate 16 Embraer 170 aircraft under the Delta Connection banner. Since then, it has been anounced that Republic Airways subsidiary, Shuttle America, would operate the flights. The initial flight is scheduled for September 1, 2005.
On May 4, 2005, Delta Air Lines announced that Mesa Airlines subsidiary Freedom Airlines would operate up to 30 Bombardier CRJ-200 aircraft under the Delta Connection banner beginning in October 2005. Now, Freedom Airlines will operate the Embraer Regional Jet for Delta Connection instead of the CRJ.
| Type | Number |
| ATR 72 | 12 |
| Bombardier Canadair CRJ-100/200 | 243 |
| Bombardier Canadair CRJ-700 | 62 |
