Presidential Airways (charter)

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For the 1980s startup airline, see Presidential Airways (scheduled)

Presidential Airways (PAW) is a charter cargo and passenger airline based at Melbourne International Airport serving Melbourne, Florida, USA.

Contents 1 History 2 Incidents and accidents 3 Fleet 4 References

[edit] History

Its parent company, Presidential Airways, Inc. is owned by Blackwater USA, a North Carolina-based private military contractor.

The Melbourne, Florida office has now shut down and everything is being ran in Moyock, North Carolina from the Blackwater Training Grounds.

[edit] Incidents and accidents

An aircraft operated by Presidential and owned by its sister company, Blackwater AWS crashed on November 27, 2004 in Afghanistan; it had been a contract flight for the United States Air Force en route from Bagram to Farah. All aboard, three soldiers and three civilian crew members, were killed. Several of their survivors filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Presidential in October 2005.^[1]

[edit] Fleet

Presidential operates the CASA 212 turboprop freighter.

[edit] References

1. ^ Wilber, "A Crash's Echoes", Washington Post, October 17, 2007.

• Wilber, Del Quentin (October 17, 2007). A Crash's Echoes, From War Zone To Washington: In 2004, Blackwater Flight 61 Raised Now-Familiar Questions About Contractors and Accountability. Washington Post. Retrieved on 2007-10-16.-
• Blackwater USA Aviation

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