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70-503: XJ may refer to: Mesaba Airlines (IATA airline code XJ, 1974-2012) Thai AirAsia X (IATA airline code XJ since 2014) Jaguar XJ , a car series made by Jaguar XJ music , a collaborative instrument for ambient music production Jeep Cherokee (XJ) , an internal vehicle code used by Jeep Yamaha XJ650 Maxim , a motorcycle series made by Yamaha Xinjiang , an autonomous region of China (Guobiao abbreviation XJ) Topics referred to by

140-739: A Northwest Airlink carrier on behalf of Northwest Airlines . Mesaba began feeder service from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to small airports across the east and midwest utilizing Fokker F27 and Fairchild Metroliner turboprop aircraft in 1988. Maintenance bases were established both in Detroit and Wausau, Wisconsin . The same year, Mesaba managed to add an additional 325 employees. It also expanded its network to four new routes including Cleveland , Dayton and Akron in Ohio, and Erie, Pennsylvania . In 1991, Mesaba built two new hangar facilities, in Detroit and Wausau, Wisconsin, and added

210-494: A jet fleet. Mesaba also became the first regional airline to have a first class seating option via the Avro RJ85 jet, with this British-built four-engine aircraft being approximately twice as large as the 50-passenger regional jets manufactured by Canadair and Embraer . Eventually, as Pinnacle transitioned to an Bombardier CRJ regional jet fleet, Mesaba took over Northwest Airlink Saab 340 turboprop operations. In 2000,

280-404: A result of the expenses of services to children from immigrant families. The increase was three times as high as the increase in an adjacent school district without a large immigrant population. By 1994 Wausau had 4,200 refugees. By 1996 the number of Hmong students in the school district was over 2,000. In 1998 this number reached its peak, 2,214. The city experienced some social upheaval following

350-569: A seasonal basis. Mesaba was a small independent commuter air carrier at this time in June 1981 operating Beechcraft 99 turboprop aircraft on just one linear route: Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN - Brainerd, MN - Grand Rapids, MN . Mesaba was operating Northwest Airlink code sharing flights in June 1986 for Northwest Airlines (which was operating as Northwest Orient at this time) with 19-passenger Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner ("Metro III" model) and 48-passenger Fokker F27 turboprops serving

420-424: A steady growth in job creation and economic viability among manufacturers and service providers alike. Wausau has 12 banks with 41 branch locations, three trust companies and three holding companies in the metropolitan area. There are also 13 open membership credit unions with 18 branch locations. The Wausau area is a center for cultivation of American ginseng , and is also known for its red granite , which

490-1120: A strong commitment to building quality safety and loss prevention programs. Mesaba was the unanimous selection out of an entry pool of more than 650 companies. Over the years, Mesaba grew to operate a fleet of turboprop and turbofan powered airliners from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport , Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport , Memphis International Airport , John F. Kennedy International Airport , Salt Lake City International Airport and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on code sharing flights primarily to small-to-medium-sized cities on behalf of its major airline partners. Mesaba began operating as US Airways Express on behalf of US Airways in March 2011, replacing Colgan Air service, with seven Saab 340 aircraft to eight destinations served from New York LaGuardia Airport : Charlottesville, VA ; Manchester, NH ; Ithaca, NY ; Syracuse, NY ; Providence, RI ; and Washington Dulles , as well as Martha's Vineyard, MA and Nantucket, MA with both of these destinations being served on

560-475: A subsidiary of the new company. A portion of the Saab 340 fleet was relocated to Atlanta. Delta also allocated five more CRJ900 regional jets to Mesaba to be operated out of Delta's Salt Lake City hub. In 2009, several routes were added, utilizing the new CRJ900s and the existing Saab 340 aircraft. On November 24, 2009, Mesaba was one of three airlines, including Continental Airlines and ExpressJet , fined by

630-457: A wholly owned subsidiary. Tentative agreements concerning the sale were made; however, the merger could not have been approved without going through bankruptcy board proceedings and approvals of regulators and various interest groups. On April 24, 2007, Mesaba Airlines emerged from bankruptcy protection and was officially acquired by Northwest Airlines. With the merging of Northwest Airlines into Delta Air Lines, Mesaba underwent numerous changes as

700-658: Is a city in and the county seat of Marathon County, Wisconsin , United States, along the Wisconsin River . As of the 2020 census , it had a population of 39,994. It is the core city of the Wausau metropolitan area , which includes all of Marathon County and had a population of 138,013 in 2020. The city's suburbs include Schofield , Weston , Mosinee , Maine , Rib Mountain , Kronenwetter , and Rothschild . This area has for millennia changed hands between various indigenous peoples . The historic Ojibwe (also known in

770-502: Is a county park within the Wausau city limits. During the winter, tubing takes place on hills that have vertical drops of up to 133 feet (41 m). Marathon Park, another county park in the city of Wausau, is the location of the Wisconsin Valley Fair. The park includes camping grounds, two hockey rinks, a curling barn, playgrounds, an obstacle course, an amphitheater, a bandstand, a grandstand, exhibition buildings,

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840-530: Is also home to the Wausau Curling Club, with an eight-sheet ice surface. A new curling facility was finished in February 2013. The new curling facility is located next to the former Holtz-Krause Landfill. The new facility has an Olympic size ice rink and will allow for curling tournaments, national and world championship games. In the summers local softball teams come together to play softball at

910-534: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mesaba Airlines Mesaba (from the Ojibwe language , misaabe : "Soaring Eagle") was founded in 1944 by Gordy Newstrom in the Mesabi Range city of Coleraine, Minnesota and started operations in the same year under the name of Mesaba Aviation. It had one airplane, a Piper Cub purchased for $ 1,300, and it

980-416: Is exactly halfway between the equator and the north pole and a quarter of the way around the world from the prime meridian . Wausau's climate is classified as warm summer humid continental ( Dfb ). It is built on or around a hemiboreal forest, which has some of the characteristics of a boreal forest and shares some of the features of the temperate zone forests to the south. Coniferous trees predominate in

1050-579: Is on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Andrew Warren Historic District . When the railroad arrived in 1874, Wausau became more accessible to settlers and industry. This enabled the city to develop alternatives to the lumber industry, which was in decline since the clear-cutting of many forests. By 1906 the lumber was gone, but the city continued to grow and flourish. Other villages and towns in

1120-785: Is quarried nearby. Entertainment available in the city includes Exhibitour, Concerts on the Square, Market Place Thursdays, Screen on the Green and the Hmong New Year. Wausau is home to the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum , which houses the "Birds in Art" collection as well as Leigh Yawkey Woodson's collection of decorative glass. The Grand Theater is located in downtown Wausau. The theater hosts local and national shows. The Wausau Woodchucks baseball team of

1190-519: Is relatively little Hmong-language media because, for much of its history, the Hmong language was not written. Nearly one-third of the Marathon County economy is based in manufacturing, with the balance in the service industry. Prominent industries include paper manufacturing, insurance, home manufacturing, and tourism. The Wausau region has a lower-than-average unemployment rate and continues

1260-539: Is the highest skiable mountain in the state and one of the highest vertical drops in the Midwest. It first became a ski area in 1937, when Wausau residents cleared six runs by hand, installed the nation's longest ski lift, and built a chalet with stone quarried nearby. Granite Peak has 74 runs and seven ski lifts. Wausau hosts the annual Badger State Winter Games . Wausau is home to a kayak course which has hosted numerous regional, national, and world competitions over

1330-539: The Hmong people were the largest ethnic minority group in Wausau, with about 11% of the population. As of the 2020 census , the population was 39,994. The population density was 2,081.1 inhabitants per square mile (803.5/km ). There were 18,605 housing units at an average density of 968.1 units per square mile (373.8 units/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 78.3% White , 11.9% Asian , 1.7% Black or African American , 0.7% Native American , 1.8% from other races , and 5.6% from two or more races. Ethnically,

1400-621: The Memphis International Airport (MEM) with Avro RJ85 jet aircraft with these Northwest Jetlink destinations noted in bold : Another regional air carrier, Express Airlines I , was also operating code sharing flights at this time from Memphis for Northwest utilizing turboprop aircraft for its Northwest Airlink service. According to the Official Airline Guide (OAG), by October 1999 Mesaba had extended its Northwest Jetlink Avro RJ85 service from

1470-952: The Northwoods League , an NCAA summer baseball league, plays home games at the Athletic Park in Wausau. The Wausau Woodchucks were formerly known as the Wisconsin Woodchucks. Woody Woodchuck is the mascot of the Woodchucks. The Wausau River Hawks baseball team of the Dairyland League, a Wisconsin Baseball Association summer baseball league, plays home games at Athletic Park in Wausau. The Wausau River Hawks were formerly known as Wausau Precision. Granite Peak Ski Area offers downhill skiing at nearby Rib Mountain. The 700-ft mountain

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1540-585: The Official Airline Guide (OAG), by October 1999 Mesaba had extended its Northwest Jetlink Avro RJ85 service from the Northwest hub in Detroit to Flint, MI , Lexington, KY , Saginaw, MI , South Bend, IN and Traverse City, MI in addition to the destinations listed above in bold. The Mesaba Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of September 7, 2011): Wausau, Wisconsin Wausau ( / ˈ w ɔː s ɔː / WAW-saw )

1610-490: The Official Airline Guide (OAG), by October 1999 Mesaba had extended its Northwest Jetlink Avro RJ85 service from the Northwest hub in Minneapolis/St. Paul to Green Bay, WI , Kalamazoo, MI , La Crosse, WI , Rochester, MN and Saginaw, MI in addition to the above destinations listed in bold. In May 1999, Mesaba was operating all of its Northwest Airlines code sharing flights from the Northwest hub located at

1680-635: The US Department of Transportation (DOT) for delaying passengers from deplaning for over six hours overnight in Rochester, MN on August 8, 2009. Mesaba's civil penalty was US$ 75,000, 50% more than the fine for Continental and ExpressJet. It was the first fine ever from the DOT for misconduct related to passengers' being held in planes on the tarmac for an extended time. When the ExpressJet flight

1750-617: The United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 20.33 square miles (52.7 km ), of which 19.22 square miles (49.8 km ) is land and 1.11 square miles (2.9 km ) is water. The city is located at an altitude of 1,195 feet (364 m). Wausau is close to the center of the northern half of the Western Hemisphere. Just west of Wausau, 45°N meets 90°W ( 45°N 90°W  /  45°N 90°W  / 45; -90 ), which

1820-689: The Vietnam War . According to the 1980 U.S. Census , the Wausau SMSA had fewer than 1% non-White people. There were several dozen immigrants in 1978. By 1980 Wausau had 200 immigrants. This increased to 400 in 1982 and 800 in 1984. In 1981 there were 160 Hmong students in the Wausau School District and in 1991 1,010. In a period ending in 1994 the tax rate of the Wausau School District rose by 10.48% as

1890-517: The fall of Saigon , Hmong refugees from Southeast Asia who fought alongside the CIA immigrated to Wausau at the end of the 1970s. Wausau church organizations (Catholic and Lutheran ) helped Hmong refugees adapt to American life. In 1983, the Wausau Center shopping mall opened. By the mid- to late-1990s, the Wausau began to purchase and develop parts of West Industrial Park to meet the needs of

1960-519: The Avro jet fleet, which comprised about half of Mesaba's revenue. They were inefficient and aging, according to Northwest. However, Mesaba was able to negotiate a deal with Northwest which enabled the Avro fleet to remain in service. In 2005, Mesaba began receiving fifteen new Canadair CRJ regional jets that would eventually replace the larger Avro jets. On September 14, 2005, Northwest Airlines filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection. Subsequently,

2030-663: The Great Lakes region following construction of the Erie Canal in New York State. This provided a route for products from the region to the large New York and other eastern markets. The area had been called "Big Bull Flats" or "Big Bull Falls" by French explorers, who were the first Europeans here. They named it for the long rapids in the river, which created many bubbles, called bulle in French. By an 1836 treaty with

2100-610: The Hmong arrival. Some schools in Wausau had a minority of English speakers and some were predominantly Hmong students. Some native-born American families in Wausau criticized the crime and expenses in social services. As of 2003, "Sixty percent of Hmong families are homeowners. Although more than half of the workforce is earning less than $ 8 an hour, the welfare rate has dropped to less than 5 percent. More people are going to college. And test scores and graduation rates of Hmong public school students are steadily rising." In Wausau there

2170-511: The Mesaba fleet would be cut in half by the end of the year. Twelve Avro RJ85 jets had already been removed from the fleet, and the balance would be grounded by the end of the year. Ten Saab 340 "B" model aircraft were returned to Pinnacle Airlines (from whom they were leased) during January 2006 while the three remaining "A" model Saab 340's and the two Bombardier CRJ regional jets that had been delivered to Mesaba prior to bankruptcy would leave

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2240-688: The Northwest hub in Memphis to Grand Rapids, MI and Raleigh / Durham, NC . Those destinations noted in bold were served in May 1999 by Mesaba with Avro RJ85 jet aircraft operating as Northwest Jetlink code sharing flights from the Northwest hub located at the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) with Northwest Airlink code share service from DTW to other destinations being operated by Mesaba with Saab 340 turboprop aircraft as this time: According to

2310-543: The Sunnyvale Softball Complex which possesses five softball fields and two volleyball courts. Men's, Women's, JO, and Slow and Fast pitch are played at the softball complex. In the beginning of 2012, Wausau bought the former Holtz-Krause landfill for plans to build a soccer complex. Building of the soccer complex is expected in 2013 and should be open by 2014 in the fall. The city's 37 city parks, which total 337 acres (136 ha), are maintained by

2380-588: The United States as the Chippewa) occupied it in the period of European encounter. They had a lucrative fur trade for decades with French colonists and French Canadians. After the French and Indian War this trade was dominated by British-American trappers from the eastern seaboard. The Wisconsin River first drew European-American settlers to the area during the mid-19th century as they migrated west into

2450-468: The United States, the Ojibwe ceded much of their lands in the area to federal ownership. It was sold to non-Native peoples. Wausau , from Ojibwe “waasa”, means "a faraway place". George Stevens, the namesake of the city of Stevens Point south of Wausau, began harvesting the pine forests for lumber in 1840 and built a saw mill. Lumbering was the first major industry in this area, and other sawmills along

2520-464: The Wausau and Marathon County Parks, Recreation, and Forestry Department. Oak Island Community Park and Fern Island Community Park are located next to each other on the Wisconsin River. Oak Island has a wide range of activities: tennis courts, two playgrounds, a baseball diamond, one enclosed shelter with a kitchen, two open shelters, and a walking bridge to Fern Island. Fern Island Park hosts

2590-502: The Wausau area. Kickbusch founded the A. Kickbusch Wholesale Grocery Company, a family business carried on by his grandson, August Kickbusch II. In 1917, August Kickbusch II purchased a modest four-square-style house at 513 Grant Street. He undertook extensive additions, adding two sun rooms , arcaded windows, a tiled porch in the Mediterranean style, a formal classical entrance, and ornate custom-designed chimney crowns. The home

2660-418: The Wisconsin River were quickly constructed by entrepreneurs. By 1846, Walter McIndoe arrived and took the lead in the local business and community. His efforts helped to establish Marathon County in 1850. Word of Stevens's success in the region spread across the country throughout the logging industry. By 1852, Wausau had been established as a town and continued to grow and mature. German immigration into

2730-518: The Year for 1997" award. Saab AB painted two new Saab 340 aircraft in special commemorative liveries celebrating both the award and Mesaba's 25th anniversary of scheduled airline service. On August 31, 2005, Mesaba Airlines was named the winner of the 2005 Operational Excellence Award by AIG Aviation , a U.S. based underwriter of aviation insurance. The award has been presented only four times since its creation in 1998 and recognizes clients that exhibit

2800-890: The actions by Mesaba personnel constituted an "unfair and deceptive practice" because they had agreed to deplane the passengers. Continental and ExpressJet were fined because they did not follow their own internal procedures and passenger commitments, and were ultimately responsible for the passengers' welfare. Since the incident, the ramp personnel in Rochester along with other ground stations handled by Mesaba, Comair , and Compass, have since been merged and renamed Regional Elite Airline Services (REAS). On July 1, 2010, Delta Air Lines sold Mesaba to Pinnacle Airlines Corporation for $ 62 million. The same day, Pinnacle Airlines Corporation announced that they intended to have Mesaba Airlines operate an all-turboprop fleet, whereas sister company, Pinnacle Airlines , would remain an all-jet operator. It

2870-637: The airline withheld over US$ 25 million in payments from their regional partners, Mesaba and Pinnacle . Northwest proceeded to announce plans to ground the entire Avro jet fleet by Q1 2007, ten Saab 340B aircraft by January 2006, and also halt the delivery of the 13 remaining CRJs, leaving Mesaba with an awkward and expensive fleet of two aircraft types. Facing rising fuel costs, downsizing plans, and lack of income from Northwest, Mesaba filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy on October 13, 2005. In an interview in January 2006, Mesaba President John Spanjers announced that

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2940-571: The annual Big Bull Falls Blues Festival in August, as well as the annual Beer and Bacon Fest. Athletic Park , a baseball stadium on the east side of Wausau, is home to the Wausau Woodchucks baseball team. Whitewater Park contains a third of a mile of Class I-II+ rapids along the Wisconsin River in downtown Wausau. It has bleachers facing whitewater rapids where recreational whitewater kayaking and canoeing take place. Sylvan Hills

3010-405: The area declined because of over-harvesting of the forests and lumber mills closed down. Wausau's favorable location on the Wisconsin River was partly responsible for its survival. The economy was diversified in the early 20th century, led by Employers Insurance of Wausau, now a part of Liberty Mutual . Its logo, first introduced in 1954, was the downtown Milwaukee Road railroad depot set against

3080-704: The area following the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states brought more people, and by 1861, the settlement was incorporated as a village. Churches, schools, industry and social organizations began to flourish. The state granted the city a charter in 1872, and elections are held the first Tuesday in April. The residents elected August Kickbusch as their first mayor in 1872. Five years earlier, Kickbusch had returned to his homeland of Germany and brought back with him 702 people, all of whom are believed to have settled in

3150-446: The backdrop of the community's skyline. The Wall Street Crash of 1929 had a major effect on the Wausau area. Many industries were forced to cut back by laying off and dismissing workers or by closing altogether. After decades of growth, the city virtually ground to a halt. But after World War II —Wausau was significantly modernized—and it continued to grow in industry, education, recreation, and retail, more than in population. After

3220-579: The city was $ 36,831, and for a family was $ 47,065. Males had a median income of $ 33,076 versus $ 24,303 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 20,227. About 7.2% of families and 11.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.1% of those under age 18 and 8.4% of those age 65 or over. As of 2003 the Hmong Americans are the largest ethnic minority in Wausau. Churches and social service agencies settled refugees, most of them Hmong with some Vietnamese and Lao, in Wausau after

3290-420: The city. The population density was 2,330.7 people per square mile (899.9 people/km ). There were 16,668 housing units at an average density of 1,011.0 units per square mile (390.3 units/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 85.91% White, 0.54% Black or African American, 0.59% Native American, 11.41% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.30% from other races, and 1.21% from two or more races. About 1.04% of

3360-687: The company public in 1982 as the airline began flying to destinations in Minnesota , North Dakota and South Dakota with Beechcraft Model 99 commuter turboprops. In 1983, Mesaba became a codeshare partner of Republic Airlines , flying regional and commuter turboprop aircraft from small regional communities to the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport . In 1986, after the merger of Republic Airlines and Northwest Orient Airlines, Mesaba transitioned its codeshare partnership and began operations as

3430-495: The company took delivery of its final Avro RJ85 jet, along with eleven new Saab 340 turboprop aircraft. This made Mesaba the operator of the largest fleet of Avro RJ85 aircraft in the world with 36 of the type, and the second-largest operator of the Saab 340. After the September 11 terrorist attacks , Mesaba was forced to reduce its workforce by 400 employees to achieve cost savings. In the fall of 2003, Northwest wanted to retire

3500-426: The end of October 2006, all three of the major unions representing the pilots , flight attendants , and mechanics reached tentative agreements that still needed to be approved by the membership. On November 27, 2006, the three unions announced that their membership had ratified the new agreements. In December 2006, Northwest Airlines planned to purchase Mesaba Airlines from owner MAIR Holdings and operate it as

3570-645: The end of the 20th century, Wausau began to implement the Wausau Central Business District Master Plan, which included redevelopment and economic restructuring of downtown Wausau. The tallest commercial building in Wisconsin outside of Milwaukee is in Wausau: the 241-foot Dudley tower . Wausau is located at 44°57′N 89°38′W  /  44.950°N 89.633°W  / 44.950; -89.633 . According to

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3640-422: The expanding economy and companies. In the late 1990s, the city demolished a number of aging buildings on a square in the center of downtown, creating what is known locally as the 400 Block, an open, grassy block with paved sidewalks crossing it. The square is a focal point for summer festivals. In recent years Wausau has redone the 400 Block, adding a permanent stage and other renovations that cost $ 2 million. By

3710-593: The first of 25 de Havilland Canada Dash 8 turboprop aircraft, leased from Northwest Airlines. In 1995, Mesaba and Northwest reached an agreement to provide service with Saab 340 turboprop aircraft. By 1997, Mesaba added additional flights to several new cities including Aspen, Colorado , Bozeman, Montana and Montreal in Canada. In 1999, Forbes placed Mesaba at number 41 on their list of Top 200 Small Companies in America. The Northwest Airlines hub in Memphis

3780-652: The fleet before mid-year. These changes left Mesaba with a fleet of 49 Saab 340 turboprops. On April 14, 2006, the company announced reductions of the Avro RJ85 fleet, at Northwest Airlines' direction. The RJ85 jets ceased flying out of Memphis on June 8, Minneapolis/St. Paul on October 31, and Detroit on December 4, 2006. Separately it was announced that one of the two 50-seat CRJ200 regional jets operated by Mesaba would be transferred to Northwest in order to initiate flying operations (expected in late 2006) for newly formed Northwest Airlines subsidiary Compass Airlines . By

3850-500: The following destinations: Those destinations noted in bold were served in May 1999 by Mesaba with a Avro RJ85 jet aircraft operating as Northwest Jetlink code sharing flights from the Northwest hub located at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) with Northwest Airlink code share service from MSP to other destinations being operated by Mesaba with Saab 340 turboprop aircraft at this time: According to

3920-581: The hemiboreal zone, but a significant number of deciduous species are found there, as well. Wausau is the larger principal city of the Wausau–Merrill CSA, a Combined Statistical Area that includes the Wausau metropolitan area (Marathon County) and the Merrill micropolitan area ( Lincoln County ), which had a combined population of 155,475 at the 2000 census . In 1996, a US census estimate found

3990-596: The last two decades. Nine Mile Recreation Area hosts many running, skiing, biking, and other outdoor events each year. The annual 24 hour mountain biking race has served as the USA Cycling 24-Hour Mountain Bike National Championships in past years. Ragnar relay began hosting a trail event at Nine Mile Recreation Area in 2016. Downhill flow machine built mountain bike trails were constructed and opened in 2017 at Sylvan Hill County Park. Wausau

4060-578: The population was 4.1% Hispanic or Latino of any race. As of the census of 2010, there were 39,106 people, 16,487 households, and 9,415 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,082.3 inhabitants per square mile (804.0/km ). There were 18,154 housing units at an average density of 966.7 units per square mile (373.2 units/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 83.7% White , 1.4% African American , 0.8% Native American , 11.1% Asian , 0.9% from other races , and 2.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.9% of

4130-419: The population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Of the 15,678 households, 27.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.7% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.5% were not families. About 33.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

4200-441: The population. There were 16,487 households, of which 28.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.7% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 42.9% were non-families. 35.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

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4340-423: The service that was being operated by Colgan Air . Ultimately Colgan's Bombardier Q400 turboprops were never transferred to Mesaba as they were retired from service by United Express , whom they operated for on a code sharing basis on behalf of United Airlines , before the transition from Colgan to Mesaba took place. On January 4, 2012, Mesaba was folded into Pinnacle Airlines. Mesaba's operating certificate

4410-425: Was 2.31 and the average family size was 3.02. The median age in the city was 36.8 years. 23.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 10% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.9% were from 25 to 44; 24.7% were from 45 to 64; and 15.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.1% male and 50.9% female. As of the census of 2000, 38,426 people, 15,678 households, and 9,328 families resided in

4480-405: Was 2.37 and the average family size was 3.08. In the city, the population was distributed as 25.4% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.3 males. The median income for a household in

4550-583: Was also announced that Pinnacle's other subsidiary, Colgan Air , would cease to exist, and Mesaba would inherit the Colgan fleet of Saab 340s and Bombardier Q400s . In time, all aircraft and personnel were transferred to Pinnacle Airlines. In 2011, Mesaba Airlines began operating flights out of New York City 's LaGuardia Airport for US Airways under the US Airways Express brand. This codeshare service utilized Saab 340 aircraft and replaced

4620-513: Was diverted to Rochester due to bad weather in Minneapolis , Mesaba personnel in the Rochester terminal agreed in advance to help deplane the passengers. However, when the plane landed, Mesaba personnel reneged , stating that there were no TSA personnel in the terminal. The DOT stated that the rules for such circumstances allow passengers to be deplaned and kept in a secure area, even when there are no TSA personnel available. The DOT ruled that

4690-467: Was exclusively served by Airlink partner Express Airlines I , which later operated as Pinnacle Airlines and is now Endeavor Air , until 1997 when Mesaba initiated its first jet aircraft service using the Avro RJ85 , the first jetliner type to be flown by either Airlink airline. The Avro RJ85 jetliner, which was a later model version of the BAe 146-200 featuring an improved cabin and more efficient engines,

4760-407: Was operated on Northwest Jetlink flights with the aircraft being configured with 16 first class seats and 53 coach seats. This marked the first time a regional airline had offered first class as well as a coach on a regional jet aircraft. Mesaba was split off at this time into Airways Corporation in order to address objections from mainline pilots flying for Northwest concerning Mesaba's operation of

4830-569: Was surrendered on July 31, 2012. Mesaba Airlines ended operations as one of the world's safest air carriers with no fatalities recorded during its 68 years of operations. In early 1998, in recognition of the successful introduction of two new airliner types to the fleet (the Saab 340 and the Avro RJ85 ) while maintaining excellent operating performance, Mesaba Airlines was presented with the Air Transport World (ATW) "Regional Airline of

4900-607: Was used to shuttle employees of the Blandin Paper Mill Company from Grand Rapids, Minnesota to Minneapolis . In 1950 Newstrom moved the company to Grand Rapids. In 1973, the Halverson family of Duluth, Minnesota , bought Mesaba from Newstrom. Subsequently, they started regularly scheduled airline services serving Spencer, Iowa , Ely, Virginia , and Duluth. The Swenson family of Thief River Falls, Minnesota , purchased Mesaba Aviation in 1977. They took

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