GP Express Airlines was a scheduled passenger commuter air carrier with its headquarters located in Grand Island, Nebraska[1] The parent corporation of the airline began on-demand air charter operations in December 1975.
By 1992, the airline had expanded to provide air service with many flights being operated under EAS contracts in Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina, Service in the southern U.S. began on June 6, 1992.
GP Express replaced Britt Airways at Denver as Continental was disbanding its hub operation there.
Paul to Kansas City to Denver and the other located in the southeastern U.S. with the two route systems being separately operated:[4] According to the Continental Airlines system timetable, GP Express was operating code sharing flights as Continental Connection on behalf of Continental Airlines with Beechcraft 1900C commuter turboprop aircraft flying nonstop or direct between Denver (DEN) and the following destinations on October 30, 1994: The above referenced timetable also lists only four destinations served nonstop from Denver by Continental Airlines mainline jet service at this time: Chicago Midway Airport (MDW), Cleveland (CLE), Houston (IAH) and Newark (EWR), three of which were the location of Continental hubs in 1994.
GP Express Airlines was noted for an unusually high fatal accident rate for its fleet size and received additional FAA oversight as a result.