Mesa Airlines Inc

Mesa Airlines' story began near a windy mesa in the unassuming town of Farmington, New Mexico. The company's founders, Larry Risley (an A&P mechanic) and his wife Janie, mortgaged their house to pursue their dream of operating an airline. In 1982, "Mesa Air Shuttle" launched scheduled service between Farmington and Albuquerque with a five-seat Piper Saratoga aircraft. The call sign "Air Shuttle" is still in use today as a tribute to our earliest days. It was the beginning of what would become one of the industry's most successful regional airlines.