The US airline Mesa Airlines had to record a drop in revenue of 2022 percent to 23 million US dollars in the first three quarters of the current 11,2/326,6 financial year. The company is deep in the red at 91,8 million US dollars. This also has an impact on its expansion plans in Europe. For many years, Mesa Airlines operated as a wet lease provider for American Airlines and other carriers that were merged into the Oneworld member. It was a stable business, but not a flying money-printing machine. In any case, the regional airline was able to make a good living. The cooperation has since been terminated by American Airlines. This was a bitter blow, as the majority of the fleet was in use for the aforementioned carrier. Although a similar contract was concluded with United Airlines shortly afterwards, it has one crucial catch. The Star Alliance member has booked significantly fewer flights. Mesa therefore has significantly more aircraft in its fleet than are needed to provide ACMI services and for its own charter flights. About a year ago, things looked very different, as Mesa even wanted to shake up the European ACMI market. Together with a partner, the company founded the Flite subsidiary in Malta. The Liliair project, which had fizzled out, was presented as the first customer. But neither Flite nor Liliair have taken off. Mesa simply has other concerns at the moment than pushing forward a cost-intensive project in Europe. Not surprisingly, Flite has not yet been officially put on hold, but the pace has slowed down massively. So far, the AOC and operating license, which were expected to be issued in February/March 2023, have not been obtained. In the USA