Gallery Update: Chasing an Ultimate Air Shuttle ERJ-135

I noticed on FlightAware.com that an Embraer ERJ-135 was scheduled to arrive in Provo in the late-afternoon/early-evening. And the jet was being operated by Ultimate Air Shuttle, a commuter airline based in Cincinnati, Ohio that operates services as public charter flights that operate on a published schedule and are sold to the public. The airline began operations in 2009 to serve key Midwest and East Coast routes that were reduced by Delta Air Lines and now-defunct regional subsidiary Comair following the Delta/Northwest merger.

The key to Ultimate Air Shuttle's business model is to serve destinations on a time driven basis. The airline is also known for offering passenger benefits that many carriers in the U.S. have long since abandoned, including no baggage fees, no cancellation fees, and the ability to arrive at the airport 15 minutes before scheduled departures. Ultimate Air Shuttle offers complimentary drinks on all flights, a light breakfast on morning flights and a fruit, cheese and meat tray on evening flights.

Ultimate Air Shuttle commenced services with a fleet of Dornier Do-328JETs and currently operate nine of them in their overall fleet. The airline added an Embraer ERJ-135 to the fleet in November 2015.

Provo (PVU) 48

Preview:

Stoddard-Hamilton Glasair III (N23KA) on short final for 13.

American Champion 8KCAB Super Decathlon (N14KF) coming from Spanish Fork on short final for 13 doing touch-and-goes.

Cessna 150M Commuter II (N3715V) on short final for 13 doing touch-and-goes. This one's locally based in Provo.

Ultimate Jetcharters (d/b/a Ultimate Air Shuttle) Embraer EMB-135LR ERJ-135LR (N356BZ) on short final for 13 arriving from Central Illinois Regional in Bloomington, Illinois as UJC56. My first time photographing Ultimate Air Shuttle and currently the only ERJ-135 in the carrier's fleet.

Airframe first delivered to American Eagle Airlines as N723AE in August 2000; it went into storage at Kingman, Arizona in September 2013. ViaAir took possession of the airframe and re-registered it to the current N-number in April 2015 and operated it until September 2015 before sending it back to storage in Kingman. Ultimate Jetcharters, parent company of Ultimate Air Shuttle took up the airframe in November 2015 and has been operating it ever since.