Western Global Airlines

Western Global Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
KD WGN WESTERN GLOBAL
Founded 6 March 2013 (2013-03-06)
Hubs Miami, Florida; Liege, Belgium; Anchorage, Alaska; Ft. Myers, Florida
Fleet size 13[1]
Destinations 278[2]
Company slogan The World's Fastest Growing Cargo Airline
Parent company Western Global Holdings
Headquarters Estero,
Florida, United States
Key people
  • Jim Neff (Founder and CEO)
  • General Brooks Bash (President)
  • Richard Marci (Sr. VP of Operations)
  • Sunny Neff (Chief Innovation Officer)
Website www.westernglobalairlines.com

Western Global Airlines is a US FAA part 121 certified all cargo airline with worldwide coverage. Founded on March 6, 2013, based in Estero, Florida, United States. It's certified by the US DOT on February 24, 2014 with FAA approval on August 1, 204 for MD-11 Freighter operations. 747-400 Freighter operations were approved by the FAA on November 16, 2015 and Department of Defense approval was granted on May 25, 2016.

Its wide range of services includes long term wet lease solutions (ACMI), commercial charters and military charters. Its hub is located at Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport.

Fleet

As of March 2017, Western Global Airlines' owns and operates the following aircraft:

Incidents

On February 13, 2016, Western Global Airlines flight AJK-4425, a McDonnell Douglas MD11F registered as N545JN took off from Munich to King Shaka International Airport. While making a fuel stop the aircraft was impounded,[3] but later released, along with the crew.

References

  1. ↑ "Fleet". Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Flight Network". Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Western Global Airlines Issues Update on Aircraft Situation", businesswire.com, February 16, 2016.
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