Republic Airways and Mesa Air MESA5.40%increase; green up pointing triangle Group agreed to merge, creating a publicly traded regional-airline giant. The deal is the latest move in a long-running ...

Regional airlines Republic Airways Holdings Inc. and Mesa Air Group Inc. agreed to combine in an all-stock deal that will bolster their operations in the face of sudden demand challenges across ...

Republic, started in 1974, has a fleet of more than 240 Embraer 170/175 aircraft and carried about 17.5 million passengers on more than 300,000 flights last year.