The airline quickly faced aggressive competition, "Justice Probes USAir's Actions In Fare Battles; Airline Denies 'Predatory' Tactics Against ValuJet and Nations Air The Washington Post; August 15, 1995", as well as a five day voluntary "no-fly" consent over a clerical error on a training form which required the pilots to repeat a single maneuver in the Boeing simulator.

In March 1996, Nations Air announced extensive expansion plans to the route structure connecting the Philadelphia hub to destinations of Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Tampa/St.Petersburg Florida.

Miami Air Charter's CEO Mark McDonald orchestrated a private equity placement with Accredited Investors issuing Preferred A and B stock for the capital requirements to support the airlines expansion.

[4] Nations Air CEO Mark McDonald reported that reservations/income had dropped by 42% within six days after the Valuejet tragedy and made the difficult decision to discontinue the scheduled service in an effort for the company to survive.

Dan Colussy - President/COO Pan Am World Airways 1978 - 1980 William Howard - Chairman/CEO Piedmont Airlines merged with USAir 1987 Morton Breyer - Founder MBA International Aviation Consulting Firm Mark McDonald - President/CEO Nations Air Express According to the December 1, 1995 Nations Air system timetable, scheduled service was being operated on a linear Boston (BOS)-Philadelphia (PHL)-Pittsburgh (PIT) routing.