American Connection is an umbrella name for three small airlines that provide regional service for American Airlines. Chautauqua Airlines, RegionsAir Inc. and Trans States Airlines provide commuter flights out of the American Connection hub in St. Louis, Missouri. Here's how to book flights on American Connection.
Use the American Airlines Web site for American Connection online booking (see Resources below). Choose American Connection when asked to designate a carrier. Check in online and print out your boarding pass 24 hours before arriving at an airport.
Phone reservations are made through American Airlines. Call ticket agents 24/7 at (800) 433-7300.
If you're in the airport in St. Louis, the American Connection hub, the ticket counter is open from 4:30 a.m. until 8:30 p.m.
From the American Connection hub in St. Louis, Chautauqua Airlines flies to 18 cities, including Wichita, Minneapolis, San Antonio and Philadelphia on 44-passenger Embraer 140 aircraft.
RegionsAir, Inc.flies to 12 cities from the hub in St. Louis, including 4 locations in Missouri and Illinois, 2 destinations in Tennessee and one each in Iowa, Kentucky and Indiana.
Trans States Airlines flies to 22 cities from the American Connection hub in St. Louis, including destinations as far west as Denver and as far east as Hartford, Connecticut.
Apply American Airlines frequent flyer miles to American Connection flights.
