Mesa Announces Sale of DHC8-200 Parts and Component Maintenance Agreement

PHOENIX, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — MESA AIR GROUP, INC.
(Nasdaq: MESA) today announced it has finalized an agreement with Fokker
Services, Inc., a part of the Stork Aerospace division for the sale,
management, and repair of its DHC8-200 spare parts inventories. Under the
agreement, Fokker Services will immediately pay Mesa approximately $3 million
in cash for the spare parts and will manage and repair the inventory for
Mesa’s fleet of 16 DHC8-200 aircraft at a flat hourly rate based on fleet
flight hours. In addition, Mesa will receive approximately $1.6 million in the
form of deferred monthly fee payments under the component maintenance
agreement.

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Fokker Services’ ABACUS program includes asset planning and support for
Mesa’s spare part operational requirements and the management of all related
component repairs. The program covers Mesa’s existing DHC8-200 aircraft and
has provisions for accommodating changes in Mesa’s fleet size. Under this
ABACUS program, Fokker Services utilizes its logistics center in Atlanta,
Georgia and component repair centers in Lagrange, Georgia (Fokker Aerotron)
and Fairhope, Alabama (Fokker Airinc).

“This agreement provides Mesa with competitive and predictable costs for
the repair and maintenance of our DHC8-200 parts inventory, while insuring
higher levels of service than we currently experience,” said Gary Appling, VP
Technical Services & Purchasing.

Fokker Services is part of the Stork Aerospace group and is a leading
Aerospace services provider, combining OEM (design) knowledge and independent
after-sales modification, repair and overhaul (“MRO”) support to performance
based aircraft MRO services. Being type certificate holder of all 750 Fokker
aircraft operated today, Fokker Services has all the skills, facilities,
equipment and systems in place to deliver total support solutions to aircraft
operators and owners in the continued competitive operation of their fleet.

Stork Aerospace develops and produces advanced structure and electrical
systems for the aerospace industry, and supplies integrated maintenance
services and products to aircraft owners and operators. In 2007 the group
achieved revenue of euro 550 million with over 3,500 employees out of the
total Stork revenue of euro 2 billion.

Mesa currently operates 152 aircraft with over 800 daily system departures
to 126 cities, 38 states, the District of Columbia, Canada and Mexico. Mesa
operates as Delta Connection, US Airways Express and United Express under
contractual agreements with Delta Air Lines, US Airways and United Airlines,
respectively, and independently as Mesa Airlines and go!. In June 2006 Mesa
launched inter-island Hawaiian service as go! This operation links Honolulu to
the neighbor island airports of Hilo, Kahului, Kona and Lihue. The Company,
founded by Larry and Janie Risley in New Mexico in 1982, has approximately
4200 employees and was awarded Regional Airline of the Year by Air Transport
World magazine in 1992 and 2005. Mesa is a member of the Regional Airline
Association and Regional Aviation Partners.

SOURCE Mesa Air Group, Inc.