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Burlington Air Express had a dedicated fleet of aircraft owned and operated by Air Transport International (ATI), a sister company also owned by Brinks. At the time of the sale of BAX Global to DB Logistics, ATI was sold to Cargo Holdings International. Cargo Holdings International is still under contract with BAX Global to provide dedicated lift.
The airline was founded on March 5, 1998, but only in November 2000 an application to the United States Department of Transportation for the right to carry cargo between the United States and Mexico was filed. [3] Flight operations were launched in July 2001, with services to the Los Angeles key market being commenced on January 21, 2006.
Los Angeles (Los Angeles International Airport) - Hub (at the time of the acquisition of Trans World Airlines by American Airlines in 2001, both TWA and Trans World Connection operated by American Eagle were serving Los Angeles. [11] [12] Alpha Air earlier served LAX as Trans World Express.) [13] Mammoth Lakes (Mammoth Yosemite Airport) Oxnard ...
In July 2003, John Dasburg completed a management buy-out of the airline and rebranded to ASTAR Air Cargo on June 30, 2003, with its two target customers remaining to be DHL and the United States Air Force. In 2007, DHL bought 49.5% of nonvoting and 24.5% of voting stock and added a member to the board of ASTAR Air Cargo.
The airport has the administrative offices of Los Angeles World Airports. [262] Continental Airlines once had its corporate headquarters on the airport property. At a 1962 press conference in the office of Mayor of Los Angeles Sam Yorty, Continental Airlines announced that it planned to move its headquarters to Los Angeles in July 1963. [263]
A Los Angeles special education teacher is accused of having sex with a 13-year-old student in her car and providing minors with marijuana — and police believe there may be other victims.
The airline was established as Mas Air in 1992 and started operations in April of the same year, providing air cargo services to clients principally in Latin America and the United States, operating over 600 flights that move nearly 60,000 tons of air cargo annually. [3] In December 2000, LAN Airlines purchased a 25% stake in Mas Air. [4]
The cargo bay is located at the bottom of the aircraft cavity and is loaded by using a pulley system to load the cargo from the ground. At 1.8 million cubic feet, the cargo bay of the largest Aeroscraft design is much larger than that of any existing commercial freight aircraft (including the Boeing 747-8F and the Antonov 124 aircraft). [23]