Ameriflight
Ameriflight is a cargo airline based in Burbank, California, USA. It is the largest US Part 135 cargo carrier, operating scheduled and contract cargo services to destinations in 30 US states, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and South America. Ameriflight serves major financial institutions, freight forwarders, laboratories and overnight couriers in the western USA and provides feeder services for overnight express carriers nationwide.
Code Data
- ICAO Code: AMF
- Callsign: Amflight
History
The airline was established and started operations in 1968 as California Air Charter, and was merged in 1971 with United Couriers (UCI), a wholly owned subsidiary of ATI Systems International (ATIS). In April 1993 the fixed-wing division of Wings Express of Van Nuys was purchased and the outstanding shares of Sports Air Travel were purchased in mid-1997. Ameriflight is wholly owned by ATIS.
Main Bases and Hubs
Ameriflight's main bases are: Portland Airport (PTJ), San Juan Airport (UAQ), Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG), Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), Billings Logan International Airport (BIL), Sky Harbour International Airport (PHX), Phoenix, Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), Bob Hope Airport (BUR), Burbank, Oakland International Airport (OAK) and Ontario International Airport (ONT).
Fleet
The Ameriflight fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005):
- 5 Bombardier Learjet 35A
- 5 Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia
- 19 Fairchild Merlin 23
- 22 Fairchild Metro III
- 11 Raytheon Beech 1900C Airliner
- 12 Raytheon Beech B99
- 36 Raytheon Beech C99