From an AA company newsletter, and also reported in Bloomberg, American Airlines will not renew contracts with Trans States Airlines (18 E145s) nor Expressjet (12 CRJ700s) and flying will terminate by April 2019.
American’s contracts with regional carriers ExpressJet and Trans States to end next year
In an effort to improve consistency for our customers and simplify our regional operation, we have decided not to renew our contracts with ExpressJet and Trans States when they expire in April 2019. The changes will not affect our capacity or service levels in any of our markets, and we will work closely with all impacted partners to ensure smooth and gradual transitions from ExpressJet and Trans States to other existing American Eagle partners. Once the wind-down of these agreements is completed, American will have seven regional partners, down from 10 we had at the beginning of this year.
Bloomberg reports that the Expressjet flying will be transitioned to parent company SkyWest.
In other news, AA has purchased 15 E175s and 15 CRJ900s which will be operated by Envoy and PSA respectively (plus 15 options of each type).