Pacific Express

{{short description|US low cost airline (1982–1982)}}

{{For|the Erie Railroad train|Atlantic Express and Pacific Express}}

{{Infobox airline

| airline=

| image= File:Pacific_Express_Logo,_June_1982.svg

| image_size = 250

| caption=

| IATA= VBOfficial Airline Guide (OAG)

| ICAO= WCAF.E. Bucher and U. Klee, JP airline-fleets international, Edition 17th, 1983, Editions JP, Zurich, Switzerland, {{ISBN|3-85758-117-4}}

| callsign= -

| founded=1981

| commenced={{Start date|1982|01|22}}{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1982/03/28/new-airlines-say-faa-restraints-keep-them-from-taking-off/c64749d4-156b-47c4-b65a-105845f63b2b/ |newspaper=Washington Post |last=Shifrin |first=Carole |title=New airlines say FAA restraints keep them from taking off |date=March 28, 1982 |accessdate=2017-07-02}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=J51TAAAAIBAJ&pg=4230%2C5810817 |work=The Bulletin |location=(Bend, Oregon) |agency=wire services |title=Pacific Express folds its wings |date=February 3, 1984 |page=A-1 }}

| ceased={{End date|1984|02|02}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/04/business/pacific-express.html |work=New York Times |agency=Associated Press |title=Pacific Express |date=February 4, 1984 |accessdate=2017-07-02}}

| bases= Chico Municipal Airport

| hubs=

| fleet_size=See Fleet below

| destinations=Western United States,
{{nowrap|see Destinations below}}

| headquarters=Chico, California, U.S.

| num_employees = 800

}}

File:BAC 1-11 N103EA (8664812638).jpg landing at San Jose 1982]]

Pacific Express was an all-jet airline in the western United States from 1982 to early {{nowrap|1984,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7pUzAAAAIBAJ&pg=1878%2C3351864 |work=Lodi News-Sentinel |location=(California) |agency=San Joaquin |last=Barth |first=Dianne |title=Pacific Express bankrupt; leaves Stockton airport |date=February 3, 1984 |page=1}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y5IyAAAAIBAJ&pg=2228%2C1596181|work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington)|last=Camden |first=Jim |title=Airline goes out of business, stranding 21 travelers |date=February 3, 1984 |page=1}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=764SAAAAIBAJ&pg=2089%2C551724|work=Spokane Chronicle |location=(Washington)|last=Camden |first=Jim |title=Pacific Express: bankrupt airline shuts down, stranding 21 in Spokane |date=February 3, 1984 |page=16}}}} based in {{nowrap|Chico, California.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=APlVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6622%2C534691 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Pacific Express cancels flights after posting loss |date=February 3, 1984 |page=2B }}{{cite web|url=http://www.airtimes.com/cgat/usc/pacificexpress.htm |title=Pacific Express |publisher=Airtimes.com |date= |accessdate=2013-10-17}}}} {{nowrap|It later}} marketed itself as Pan Am Pacific Expresshttp://www.departedflights.com, Feb. 1, 1984 Pacific Express timetable reflecting a marketing agreement between Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) and the carrier for connecting passenger traffic at Los Angeles and San Francisco.{{cite web|url=http://www.airtimes.com/cgat/usc/misc/p/pacificexpress/840201pe.gif |title=Pacific Poster - poster |publisher=Airtimes.com |accessdate=2013-10-17}} At one point, Pacific Express served 22 destinations in the western {{nowrap|United States.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IP9WAAAAIBAJ&pg=1725%2C5894894 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=(advertisement) |title=Pacific Express |date=November 25, 1983 |page=D9}}}} It was a subsidiary of {{nowrap|WestAir Jet Inc.{{cite book|last=Endres|first=Gunter G|title=World Airline Fleets 1983|date=1982|publisher=The Aviation Data Centre|location=Feltham|isbn=0946141029|page=328}}}}

Pacific Express initially operated seven British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Eleven twin jets and subsequently then added Boeing 737-200s. It had six new British Aerospace BAe 146-200s on order but never took delivery; some of these BAe 146s were then purchased by Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA).

Shortly after its second anniversary Pacific Express filed for bankruptcy in federal court and abruptly ceased operations on Thursday, {{nowrap|February 2, 1984.}}

The name Pacific Express is now the callsign of Pacific Airlines, the second largest airline in Vietnam.