San Diego Air Express

San Diego Air Express (SDAE) is a sub-airline of San Diego Air, and operates flights to smaller, regional destinations rather than larger, international airports, which are operated by San Diego Air. To be able to fly to small airports, SDAE only operates short haul, regional aircraft, such as Embraers and ATRs. SDAE was founded in 1987 in preparation for the acquisition of Pacific Southwest Airlines, and at the time of founding had no gates. SDAE was pre-designated to handle regional airports, and flights began just 5 months after existing gates at Pacific Southwest Airports were given to San Diego Air Express and San Diego Air.

San Diego Air
San Diego Air

San Diego Air Express is wholly owned by San Diego Air. All flight expenses and incidents are managed by San Diego Air.

Destinations
List of San Diego Air Express Destinations

San Diego Air Express handles mostly regional airports, however SDAE also flies to the major airports that San Diego Air flies to. SDAE has 262 destinations.

Fleet
San Diego Air Express Fleet

As of December 2018, SDA has a total fleet of 701 aircraft, all of which are regional and short haul aircraft, as the SDAE mainly flies to domestic destinations.