Amerijet International
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Amerijet International (IATA: M6, ICAO: AJT, and Callsign: Amerijet) [1] is a cargo airline based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. It operates all-jet cargo services to destinations in Central America, South America and the Caribbean. Its main bases are Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and Miami International Airport (MIA).
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[edit] History
The airline was established and started operations in 1974. It was founded by David Bassett (Chairman and Chief Executive) and a partner with one leased aircraft, operating passenger and cargo services between the USA and the Bahamas. In 1976 Amerijet became a freight only carrier. In late 1978 courier contracts were taken from Purolator, FedEx, UPS, DHL and from Airborne in the early 1980s. In 1982 Bassett bought out his partner and created Amerijet International. It operated under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from 22 August 2001 until 31 December 2001, from which it emerged after financial restructuring. Amerijet International is owned by HIG Capital (66%) and David Bassett (34%) and has 577 employees (as of January 2005).
[edit] Services
Amerijet International operates freight services to the following international scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Antigua, Aruba, Barbados, Barcelona, Belize City, Cancún, Curaçao, Dominica, Fort-de-France, Georgetown, Grenada, Guatemala City, Kingston, Maracaibo, Mérida, Mexico City, Pointe-a-Pitre, Porlamar, Port-au-Prince, Port of Spain, San Juan, San Pedro Sula, San Salvador, Santiago, Santo Domingo, St Kitts, St Lucia, St Maarten, St Vincent and Valencia.
[edit] Fleet
The Amerijet International fleet consists of the following aircraft (at August 2006) [2] :
Other aircraft (at January 2005):
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Airline Codes (November 2006)
- ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
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