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ID 28717 Views: 534 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Continental Connection (Regions Air) Saab 340 A	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, July 7, 2006	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N108PX (cn 340A-012) Freshly painted at the time, this was one of Regions Air's three Saab 340's that it operated for a brief time on EAS services out of Cleveland.

ID 27788 Views: 428 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Continental Connection (Regions Air) Saab 340 A	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, May 26, 2006	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N148SD (cn 340A-148) Looking sharp here in Continental colors, this was one of four Saab 340's operated for a short time out of Cleveland by Region's Air.

ID 25845 Views: 500 Photo Comments: 2	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Continental Connection (Regions Air) Saab 340 A	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, July 28, 2006	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N112PX (cn 340A-025) Regions Air operated a trio of Saab 340A's briefly on behalf of Continental Airlines operating to several EAS (Essential Air Service) cities out of Cleveland. This one never received the Continental livery like the other two, instead it operated in these basic Fina Air colors.

ID 20480 Views: 440 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Continental Connection (Regions Air) Saab 340 A	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, November 25, 2006	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N148SD (cn 340A-148) (View at 1152.) For a while, Regions Air operated EAS (Essential Air Service) routes out of Cleveland using a very small fleet of Saab 340A's, but they ceased operations some six months after this photo.

ID 19209 Views: 403 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Continental Connection (Regions Air) Saab 340 A	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, May 18, 2006	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N108PX (cn 340A-012) They sure looked good, but RegionsAir Saab's were plagued with maintenance issues ever since they were introduced on EAS services out of Cleveland, and may have contributed to the airlines' eventual demise shortly thereafter.

ID 17674 Views: 428 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Continental Connection (Regions Air) Saab 340 A	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, June 13, 2006	Doug McElroy Contact
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	N148SD (cn 340A-148) This aircraft now flies for Pacific Coast Airlines out of Vancouver

ID 17497 Views: 460 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Continental Connection (Regions Air) Saab 340 A	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, March 5, 2007	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N108PX (cn 340A-012) Regions Air had a short lived EFS service out of Cleveland, but sadly, the service and the airline both folded after only a few months.

ID 16873 Views: 444 Photo Comments: 1	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Continental Connection (Regions Air) Saab 340 A	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, May 27, 2006	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N108PX (cn 340A-012) (View at 1152 size.) One of a small fleet of Saab 340's operated out of Cleveland by Regions Air on Essential Air Service (EAS) routes under the colors of Continental Airlines. EAS routes are government subsidized routes to smaller communities that otherwise wouldn't see air service. Regions Air would be grounded by the FAA in 2007, and they folded shortly thereafter.

ID 13038 Views: 401 Photo Comments: 2	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Continental Connection (Regions Air) Saab 340 A	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, December 2, 2006	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N112PX (cn 340A-025) These guys sure didn't last long after they came to Cleveland. The Saab 340 was a new type for Regions Air, and I don't think the older model A's they received ever performed the way they had hoped them to. This particular aircraft wears the colors of its previous operator, the defunct Fina Air of Puerto Rico. It never did get a new coat of paint before Regions Air themselves folded.

ID 11462 Views: 372 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Continental Connection (Regions Air) Saab 340 A	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, July 30, 2006	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N112PX (cn 340A-025) Region's Air Saab service was a short-lived experiment for the company where they used several rather used Saab's on EAS (services) from Cleveland. After several months, their entire operation was shut down and all the aircraft were parked including this example still wearing the basic colors of its former operator, Fina Air.

ID 10965 Views: 366 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Continental Connection (Regions Air) Saab 340 A	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, July 17, 2006	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N112PX (cn 340A-025) Still wearing the basic colors of previous operator Fina Air of Puerto Rico, this was the the first of the Regions Air Saab 340's to arrive in Cleveland for what turned out to be a very short tenure performing EAS services on behalf of Continental Airlines and the US Government.

ID 10558 Views: 428 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Continental Connection (Regions Air) Saab 340 A	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, September 21, 2006	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N108PX (cn 340A-012) A brief blip in Hopkins history, Regions Air operated a small fleet of four Saab 340's for a time on EAS services out of Cleveland. Pictured landing on 06L is N108PX.

ID 8525 Views: 455 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Continental Connection (Regions Air) Saab 340 A	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, July 17, 2006	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N112PX (cn 340A-025) Another view of this Region's Air Saab as it sits awaiting its first assignment as a Continental Connection carrier while still wearing the basic colors of defunct Puerto Rican carrier Fina Air.

ID 8523 Views: 437 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Continental Connection (Regions Air) Saab 340 A	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, July 17, 2006	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N112PX (cn 340A-025) Parked outside of Commutair's hangar at the northeast corner of the airport, this is one of a small handful of Saab's that were operated by Region's Air as a Continental Connection carrier to several cities in the US government's EAS (Essential Air Service) program. Still dressed in the basic colors of defunct Puerto Rican carrier Fina Air, this Saab never did get painted into CO colors before Region's Air folded operations.

ID 8497 Views: 463 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Continental Connection (Regions Air) Saab 340 A	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, May 18, 2006	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N108PX (cn 340A-012) No longer in business, Regions Air operated a small fleet of Saab 340's out of Cleveland on Essential Air Service (EAS) contracts to several smaller airports lacking in regular scheduled airline services. Saab 340's in Continental colors were but a blip on the screen of Hopkins history.

ID 3332 Views: 508 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Continental Connection (Regions Air) Saab 340 A	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, - -, 2006	ORDgal Contact
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	N108PX (cn 340A-012) Landing rwy 6L.

ID 2626 Views: 644 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Continental Connection (Regions Air) Saab 340 A	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, - -, 2006	ORDgal Contact
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	N140CQ (cn 340A-140) Landing rwy 6L. Spotlight Edit: A very nice photo of the short-lived Regions Air experiment. This is one of three Saab 340 aircraft that Regions Air were operating on Essential Air Service contracts out of Cleveland. The Saabs were new to the all Jetstream-31 carrier and became Regions Airs undoing, and they ultimately went out of business soon after.

ID 2019 Views: 376 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Continental Connection (Regions Air) Saab 340 A	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, - -, 2006	E. Jones Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N108PX (cn 340A-012)

ID 2008 Views: 428 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Continental Connection (Regions Air) Saab 340 A	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, - -, 2006	E. Jones Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N108PX (cn 340A-012)

ID 1990 Views: 475 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Continental Connection (Regions Air) Saab 340 A	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, December 20, 2006	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N140CQ (cn 340A-140) This ex-Shuttle America and Canadian Regional Saab is headed out for a trip to Morgantown West Virginia, with a CommutAir Beech 1900D following closely behind. December 20, 2006.