Xtra Airways

Xtra Airways
Founded	1987
AOC #	BJNA472B
Hubs	San Antonio International Airport;
Fleet size	4
Destinations	Varied
Company slogan	"Beyond what is expected."
Parent company	TEM Enterprises
Headquarters	Boise, Idaho, USA
Key people	Lisa Dunn, President; Joshua Weinshank, Dir Ops; Marv Morrill, Dir MX; Ryan Montgomery, CI; Brian Felter, Chief Pilot; Brad Hutchings, Dir Sales
Website	xtraairways.com

"Casino Express" redirects here. For the former Finnish passenger ferry, see MS Casino Express.

Xtra Airways is an ARGUS [1] Platinum Rated charter airline based in Boise, Idaho, USA.^[1] The airline is certificated by the FAA to conduct Domestic, Flag, and Supplemental operations with Boeing 737 aircraft.

History [edit]

Established in 1987 as Casino Express Airlines; started operations in 1989 using Boeing 737-200 aircraft flying exclusively for the Red Lion Hotel and Casino. Casino Express operated B737 jet service from Elko, Nevada (EKO) nonstop to many cities in the U.S.
Casino Express Airlines operated one (1) Boeing 737-200 jetliner for new start-up airline Tahoe Air which provided scheduled passenger air service from the South Lake Tahoe Airport (TVL} nonstop to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in southern California and also nonstop to San Jose International Airport (SJC) in northern California.
Quickly expanded its customer base to include sports teams, government agencies, foreign dignitaries, press corps, other gaming properties, and other types of public and private charters.
Changed its name to Xtra Airways on December 8, 2005, to better reflect its broader focus.
Moved its headquarters in June, 2010, to Boise, Idaho, to better position itself for sustained growth.^[2]
Featured use in House_(TV_series) in the Swan Song", a special retrospective episode of House that preceded the series' final episode, Everybody_Dies_(House) in 2012...shows interior shot of plane as a fully first-class seated airline.

Destinations [edit]

Xtra Airways operates charters to airports in the conterminous United States, Caribbean, Alaska, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, and operates flights for a wide variety of clients to a myriad of locations in the Western Hemisphere.