MESA Mesa Air Group Inc

Mesa Air Group Announces Changes to its Board of Directors PHOENIX, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mesa Air Group, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Beleson to its Board of Directors. Drawing upon his thirty plus years of experience in marketing and strategic planning, Mr. Beleson has most recently been providing consulting services for a variety of high profile clients in the aviation as well as other select industries. Mr. Beleson's previous employment includes: Chief Marketing Officer for Avolar, a former division of United Airlines; President of M. Shanken Communications, a publisher of upscale consumer publications; Chief Marketing Officer for Playboy Enterprises; and President and Chief Executive Officer of Remy Martin Amerique, a diversified wine and spirit importing company. Mr. Beleson earned a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations and a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990210/LAW065 ) "Given the opportunities that currently exist for our Company as well the significant role of our Board of Directors, we believe it is important that Mesa has effective and independent directors like Bob. His expertise combined with the leadership possessed by our other Board members will be invaluable in helping Mesa move forward successfully," said Jonathan Ornstein, Mesa Chairman and CEO. Voluntarily stepping down from the Board is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer George Murnane III. Mr. Murnane has been a valuable member of the Board since 1999 and has been serving as Executive Vice President since January 2002 and Chief Financial Officer since February 2003. "Although Peter's presence on the Board will be missed, his valuable services will continue to benefit the Company in his positions as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer," said Jonathan Ornstein. Mr. Beleson joins Board members Jonathan Ornstein, Chairman; Daniel J. Altobello, Lead Director and retired Chairman of the Board of LSG Sky Chefs and Onex Food Services, Inc.; Herbert A. Denton, President of Providence Capital, Inc.; Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman, Retired, served as Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force; Joseph L. Manson, Partner of Piper & Rudnick, LLP; Maurice A. Parker, Executive Director of Regional Aviation Partners; Julie E. Silcock, Managing Director and head of Southwest Investment Banking for Citigroup Global Markets; and James E. Swigart, former President and Chief Executive Officer of Virgin Express. Mesa currently operates 150 aircraft with 938 daily system departures to 163 cities, 40 states, the District of Columbia, Canada, Mexico and the Bahamas. It operates in the West and Midwest as America West Express; the Midwest and East as US Airways Express; in Denver as Frontier JetExpress and United Express; in Kansas City with Midwest Express and in New Mexico and Texas as Mesa Airlines. The Company, which was founded in New Mexico in 1982, has approximately 4,000 employees. Mesa is a member of the Regional Airline Association and Regional Aviation Partners. News releases and other information about Mesa can be found at the company's web site at http://www.mesa-air.com/ . Certain Forward Looking Statements This press release contains various forward-looking statements that are based on management's beliefs, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to management. Although the company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable; it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. Such statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, estimated, projected or expected. The company does not intend to update these forward-looking statements prior to its next required filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990210/LAW065 DATASOURCE: Mesa Air Group, Inc. CONTACT: Peter Murnane of Mesa Air Group, Inc., +1-602-685-4010 Web site: http://www.mesa-air.com/

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