Republic Airways CEO going ‘Undercover’
Bryan Bedford, CEO, president and chairman of Indianapolis-based Republic Airways, will appear in an episode of “Undercover Boss” this season, CBS-TV announced.
Bryan Bedford, CEO, president and chairman of Indianapolis-based Republic Airways, will appear in an episode of “Undercover Boss” this season, CBS-TV announced.
Federal regulators say Republic delayed filing financial reports for subsidiaries Chautauqua Airlines, Republic Airline and Shuttle America. it is the second proposed sanction levied against the Indianapolis-based carrier this year.
The 2009 acquisition of Frontier and Midwest airlines more than doubled second-quarter revenue for Indianapolis-based Republic
Airways Holdings Inc., the company said late Tuesday, but profit fell because of additional expenses.
One-time events influenced bottom lines of some of the few companies that made more money in 2009.
Few escaped the Great Recession unscathed, and unusual circumstances helped some appear as though they did.
Republic Airways Holdings Inc., which operates Frontier Airlines and does regional flying for other carriers, said Thursday
its planes were much more crowded than a year ago.
Indianapolis-based carrier took an $11.5 million charge to write off the Midwest Airlines brand name. Republic is combining Milwaukee-based Midwest with Denver-based Frontier Airlines.
Federal aviation officials want to fine Chautauqua Airlines $348,000 for allegedly flying regional jets thousands of times
without performing required safety inspections.
Indianapolis-based Republic Airways Holdings Inc., owns both Midwest Airlines and Frontier Airlines, says it will begin using
the Frontier name for the operations of both carriers.
The federal agency says Frontier Airlines used the wrong sign to guide passengers toward one of the emergency exits on its
planes.
The union for mechanics at Frontier Airlines is going to court over Republic Airways Holdings Inc.’s plans to shift their
work to Milwaukee.
Republic has agreed to buy 40 Bombardier Inc. CS300 regional jets valued at $3.06 billion, the largest order for the aircraft
since its introduction in 2008.
CEO Bryan Bedford remains at the helm, but shares of Republic Airways have fallen nearly 30 percent following the departure
of an executive deemed key to the operation
of the regional airline’s first two branded carriers, Frontier Airlines and Midwest Airlines.
Indianapolis-based Republic Airways Holdings Inc. will shut down Lynx Aviation, a regional flying unit that operates Bombardier
Q400 propeller planes. The changes will mean 175 people will lose their jobs.
Republic, which bought Frontier Airlines and Midwest Airlines last year, says it will move all of its executives to its headquarters
in Indianapolis.
For the head of an 11,000-employee company, Bryan Bedford has all the profile around these parts as a participant in the
federal witness protection program.
After 36 years of flying smaller planes painted in the colors of the major airlines for which it flies under contract,
Republic Airways Holdings in 2009 became a branded airline operator of its own.
Republic Airways Holdings Inc. said Tuesday afternoon it will create as many as 300 jobs in Indianapolis next year by bringing
Frontier Airlines’ Operation Control Center to the city.
Locally based Republic Airways Holdings Inc. on Tuesday afternoon said it still might bring jobs to Indianapolis as part of
the digestion of its newly acquired Frontier Airlines and Midwest Airlines subsidiaries. But it looks like Milwaukee has wound
up as the biggest beneficiary.
Republic Airways reported a much smaller third-quarter profit as Midwest Airlines, purchased on July 31, lost money right
away.