Freedom Airlines
A Nevada corporation,[2] it was headquartered in Irving, Texas and a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group.This earlier version of Freedom Airlines served the eastern U.S. including destinations in Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia including Washington D.C.[4][5] The airline was established in March 2002 and started operations in October 2002.[6] Delta attempted to terminate the ERJ-145 contract due to supposed failures to meet completion in 3 of the last 6 months.On May 29, 2008, a federal judge blocked Delta from terminating Freedom's regional flying contract which, according to parent company Mesa Air Group would have forced it to file for bankruptcy protection by July 20 and cut 700 jobs or 14 percent of its work force.[10] Mesa said in a statement that it may now have to lay off 500 workers at its Freedom Airlines subsidiary because 22 of its regional jets will be without work.