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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20050503
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
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DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20050506

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		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MESA AIR GROUP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000810332
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	AIR TRANSPORTATION, SCHEDULED [4512]
		IRS NUMBER:				850302351
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NV
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

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		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-15495
		FILM NUMBER:		05808767

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		410 NORTH 44TH STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 700
		CITY:			PHOENIX
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85008
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6026854000

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		STREET 1:		410 NORTH 44TH STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 700
		CITY:			PHOENIX
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85008

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		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MESA AIRLINES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950426
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>CURRENT REPORT<BR>
Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of<BR>
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May&nbsp;3, 2005



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>MESA AIR GROUP, INC.</B>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>410 North 44th Street, Suite&nbsp;700<BR>
Phoenix, Arizona, 85008</B><BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: <B>(602)&nbsp;685-4000</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On May&nbsp;4, 2005, Mesa Air Group, Inc. issued a press release announcing a code-share
arrangement between Mesa Air Group, one of its subsidiaries, Freedom Airlines, Inc. (together with
Mesa Air Group, the &#147;Company&#148;), and Delta Airlines, Inc. that provides for Freedom Airlines to
become a Delta Connection partner.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The full text of the Company&#146;s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the terms of a Delta Connection Agreement dated May&nbsp;3, 2004, Freedom Airlines will
operate up to 30 50-seat regional jet aircraft on routes throughout Delta&#146;s network, with the first
five aircraft planned to enter Delta Connection service as early as October&nbsp;2005. The arrangement
provides for certain reimbursement obligations between the parties and in exchange for performing
the flight services under the agreement, Delta will pay the Company
an amount, as defined in the agreement, which is based on an annual
determination of the Company&#146;s cost of operating those flights
and other factors intended to approximate market rates for those
services. The Company will
be paid a base margin and be eligible for monthly and semi-annual incentive compensation based upon the Company&#146;s
achievement of certain operational objectives. The code-share
agreement will terminate with
respect to each aircraft, on an aircraft by aircraft basis, beginning
in approximately twelve years. At the end of such initial term, the agreement
will automatically renew for successive one year terms unless prior written notice is given.
Additionally, either party may terminate the agreement upon the earlier of (i)&nbsp;the sixth
anniversary of the last aircraft under the agreement being put into service and (ii)&nbsp;90&nbsp;months
after the agreement is effective.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The code-share agreement is subject to termination prior to these dates in various
circumstances including:


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    <TD>If certain safety and operational performance factors fall below specified levels for a
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    <TD>A material breach by either party of the code-share agreement, subject to thirty (30)&nbsp;days
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    <TD>If either Delta or the Company files for bankruptcy (whether voluntarily or involuntarily),
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    <TD>A merger or change of control with respect to the Company occurs;</TD>
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    <TD>Delta fails to make a payment when due, subject to seven days notice and cure rights;</TD>
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    <TD>If the Company&#146;s FAA or Department of Transportation certification is suspended or revoked,
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    <TD>If the Company commences operating an aircraft which causes Delta to be in violation of its
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    <TD>If certain of the Company&#146;s compensation rates payable to any group of employees increases
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If Delta terminates the code-share agreement pursuant to certain of the provisions, the
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


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    <TD align="left">Date: May 6, 2005&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 12pt"><U><B>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</B></U>


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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>410 N. 44<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> St.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Suite&nbsp;700</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Mesa Air Group, Delta Air Lines Announce Strategic Partnership</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>Mesa subsidiary Freedom Airlines to operate as Delta Connection carrier</I>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PHOENIX, </B>May&nbsp;4, 2005 &#150; Mesa Air Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MESA) and Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL)
have entered into a strategic partnership whereby Mesa subsidiary Freedom Airlines will become a
Delta Connection carrier.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The new Delta Connection agreement provides for Freedom Airlines to operate up to 30 CRJ200
aircraft on routes throughout Delta&#146;s network for a period of 12&nbsp;years, with the first aircraft
planned to enter Delta Connection service as early as October&nbsp;2005. The agreement provides Delta
with long-term cost savings and efficiencies gained through Mesa&#146;s attractive operating costs and
its complementary fleet of CRJ aircraft. Delta Connection carriers already operate the world&#146;s
largest fleet of CRJ aircraft, with nearly 350 in service throughout the U.S. Canada, Mexico and
the Caribbean.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&#147;We are pleased to add another highly cost-effective, customer-focused regional airline to our
portfolio of regional carriers,&#148; said J.T. Fisher, president, Delta Connection, Inc. &#147;This
agreement offers long-term cost savings to Delta and makes it economically attractive to upgrade
flying that would have been operated with 32-seat Fairchild Dornier aircraft to 50-seat Bombardier
CRJs, an aircraft that is more flexible and effective within our network and existing Delta
Connection carrier fleet.&#148;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Said Jonathan Ornstein, CEO, Mesa Air Group, &#147;Mesa is delighted to join the industry-leading Delta
Connection program and we look forward to providing Delta customers with safe, efficient and
reliable service. Delta will be a strong partner and this agreement establishes a strategic
relationship that will bring value to Mesa for many years to come.&#148;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">With the addition of Mesa&#146;s Freedom Airlines subsidiary, the Delta Connection program will include
Delta&#146;s wholly owned subsidiaries Atlantic Southeast Airlines and Comair, regional carriers
Chautauqua, Freedom, Republic and SkyWest, and codeshare partner American Eagle (in California). As
previously reported, FLYi stopped serving as a Delta Connection carrier in October&nbsp;2004 in
connection with a change in its corporate strategy.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Delta Air Lines is the world&#146;s second-largest airline in terms of passengers carried and the
leading U.S. carrier across the Atlantic, offering daily flights to 490 destinations in 85
countries on Delta, Song, Delta Shuttle, the Delta Connection carriers and its worldwide partners.
Delta&#146;s marketing alliances allow customers to earn and redeem frequent flier miles on more than
14,000 flights

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">offered by SkyTeam and other partners. Delta is a founding member of SkyTeam, a global airline
alliance that provides customers with extensive worldwide destinations, flights and services.
Customers can check in for flights, print boarding passes and check flight status at <U>delta.com</U>.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Mesa Air Group, Inc., the 2005 <I>Air Transport World </I>Regional Airline of the Year, is an efficient,
high-quality provider of regional airline service through its subsidiaries Mesa Airlines, Freedom
Airlines and Air Midwest. Mesa Air Group and its subsidiaries currently operate 180 aircraft with
over 1,100 daily system departures to 168 cities, 44 states, the District of Columbia, Canada and
Mexico. Mesa operates regional service for several major airline partners and independently as Mesa
Airlines. The company, which was founded in New Mexico in 1982, has approximately 5,000 employees.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">This press release contains various forward-looking statements that are based on management&#146;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 filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.



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