Airline Name
Midwest Airlines
IATA: YX / ICAO: MEP / Callsign: MIDEX
Country of Origin
Aircraft Types Used (from those available in WoA)
E190 (Embraer 190) (12 operated),E170 (Embraer 170) (11 operated),
Not in-game,
B712 (717-200/MD95) (25 operated),
MD81 (McDonnell Douglas MD-81) (8 operated),
MD82 (McDonnell Douglas MD-82) (3 operated),
MD88 (McDonnell Douglas MD-88) (4 operated),
DC91 (Douglas DC 9-10) (4 operated, never left old livery before being removed in 2004)
DC93 (Douglas DC 9-30) (16 operated until 2004, 1 till 2006, not repainted in new livery),
Midwest Connect,
CRJ2 (CRJ 200) (17 operated),
E175 (Embraer 175) (11 operated) (Same 11 as above but both liveries would be cool. Transferred in 2008 after takeover by Republic),
Not in-game,
E135 (Embraer 135) (5 operated),
D328 JET (Dornier 328 JET-300) (11 operated),
Why should this airline be added?
The airline was founded in 1984 as Midwest Express Airlines, changing its name to Midwest Airlines in 2003, to make itself not look like a regional airline. In December 2006, Air Tran tried to purchase Midwest but was outbid by a group of investors including Northwest Airlines, who took over the airline in 2008. In June 2009, the airline was again purchased, this time by Republic Airways, who by 2012 had decided to merge the airline with Frontier, who they also owned. Frontier was then sold by Republic and became the ultra low-cost no frills airline it is today.The airline would be fantastic to add to the game, irl operating into both MSY and IAD regularly. It operated from Milwaukee and had focus cities in Kansas City and Omaha. It also had a fantastic livery looking both modern and 70s with the cheatline and they served baked on-board cookies. Plus, it is rumoured to be coming back with investors hoping to have got it to a point where relaunch was possible in 2020, but we know how that turned out.