Amerijet International
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| Founded | 1974 | ||||||
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| AOC # | PCSA059B[1] | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 15 | ||||||
| Destinations | 476 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Miami, Florida, United States | ||||||
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| Website | amerijet.com | ||||||
Amerijet International Airlines, Inc. is an American cargo airline headquartered in Miami, United States. The airline delivers air freight with its fleet of Boeing 767-200/300 from its primary hub at the Miami International Airport to 38 destinations throughout the Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America. Their network spans 476 destinations throughout the world, including Europe, Asia, the Americas, Africa, and the Middle East.[4]
History
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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, a Cessna 401, operating passenger and cargo services between the US 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 Express in the early 1980s. In 1982, Bassett bought out his partner and created Amerijet International.
The main services that Amerijet offers are general cargo shipping, pharmaceutical shipping, perishable shipping, oversized load shipping, live animal transport, and charter services. Among their airfreight operation, Amerijet also provides trucking services, including expedited delivery. Throughout the Caribbean, Central and South America, Amerijet offers last mile delivery for commercial customers.[4]
Amerijet has been a target internationally of animal rights activists for their transportation of animals for experimentation purposes in later years, particularly in conjunction with the Miami-based company Primate Products. Amerijet has been coming under increasing pressure in South Florida, with monthly demonstrations in front of its Fort Lauderdale office, and some of Amerijets upper management have even been protested at their homes. To date, two activists have been arrested in front of Amerijet's office. On Valentine's Day 2011, Amerijet ended their involvement in the primate trade with these words, "Amerijet has ceased transporting primates for any and all purposes."[5]
Amerijet operated under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from 22 August 2001 until 31 December 2001, from which it emerged after financial restructuring.[6][7] Amerijet International was majority-owned by H.I.G. from 2001 to 2016.[8] On July 26, 2016, H.I.G. Capital completed the sale of Amerijet, the Miami-based all-cargo carrier to private equity firm ZS Fund L.P. Amerijet's new CEO, Vicken L. Karjian joined the company in July 2016.[9] Amerijet and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) reached an agreement on September 14, 2009 on a new four-year labor contract covering flight crew employees.[10]
Destinations
Fleet
Current fleet
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The Amerijet International fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of September 2021):[11][12]
| Aircraft | In service |
Orders | Notes | |
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| Airbus A321-200/P2F | 1 | — | Operated by Titan Airways | |
| Boeing 757-200PCF | — | 2 | To be delivered in 2021[13][14] | |
| Boeing 767-200BDSF | 6 | — | ||
| Boeing 767-300ER/BDSF | 8 | — | ||
| Total | 15 | 2 | ||
Former fleet
The airline operated the following aircraft:[15]
- 1 Boeing 727-100F
- 5 Boeing 727-200F (Their 727s were retired on June 14, 2018, some obtained from Carnival Air Lines)
- 1 Cessna 206 Stationair[16]
- 2 Cessna 401
- 3 Cessna 402
- 2 Dassault Falcon 20
- 1 Learjet 23
See also
References
- ^ "Federal Aviation Administration - Airline Certificate Information - Detail View". av-info.faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
- ^ "Amerijet appoints Eric J. Wilson as new Chief Commercial Officer". Prnewswire.com. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
- ^ "Tim Strauss to Become CEO of Amerijet International, Inc". Prnewswire.com. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
- ^ a b "About Amerijet". Amerijet International. Amerijet. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Mooney, Michael J. (Feb 14, 2011). "Amerijet Says It Will Stop Shipping Monkeys". Broward County New Times. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Amerijet International - Evergreen Aviation".
- ^ Writer, Joseph Mann Business. "AMERIJET TO GET $1M INFUSION". Sun-Sentinel.com.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ "H.I.G. Capital". higcapital.com.
- ^ "Amerijet gets new owner and new CEO as founder bows out". The Loadstar. 2016-07-27. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "IBT Local 769". Teamsters Local 769. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part Two)". Airliner World (November 2016): 37.
- ^ "Amerijet International Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
- ^ "Florida's Amerijet International eyes B757s, more B767s". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
- ^ "Amerijet nears first 757-200F delivery". Cargofacts.com. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
- ^ "Aircraft and Fleet Lists - ch-aviation.ch". archive.vn. 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ^ Endres, Gunter G (1982). World Airline Fleets 1983. Feltham: The Aviation Date Centre. p. 261. ISBN 0946141029.
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