Custom Air Transport

Custom Air Transport
IATA ICAO Callsign
5R CTT CATT
Founded 1995[1]
Commenced operations December 9, 1995[1]
Fleet size 17
Destinations 3
Headquarters Dania, Florida USA
Key people Anthony Romeo CEO
Website http://www.customairtransport.net/

Custom Air Transport is a cargo airline based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA which began service on December 9, 1995.[1] It operates cargo services on behalf of Charter America, including several postal contracts and also flies on behalf of US freight forwarder Eagle Global Logistics. Its main base is Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.[2]

History

The airline was established in March 1995 and began operations in December 1995. It is wholly owned by Anthony Romeo, who is also the Chairman and Chief Executive.[2] CAT operated cargo flights on behalf of Emery Worldwide to and from its hub in Dayton, Ohio until Emery's parent company CF Transportation split the air freight activities into its own division, Menlo Forwarding, which took over the contract with CAT. In 2005, UPS acquired Menlo Forwarding and shut down the Dayton hub. CAT's last flight for Menlo Forwarding was on June 30, 2006, when the Dayton hub was officially closed and all but a few CAT pilots and flight engineers were furloughed. Except for a few aircraft in South Florida, CAT's fleet of Boeing 727 aircraft was parked shortly thereafter. CAT does some flying in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. On April 26, 2012 delivered the remaining Boeing 727 to Aeronaves Peruanas Air cargo and ceased the activity.[3]

Destinations

Custom Air Transport operates the following services (at January 2005):

Fleet

A Custom Air Transport Boeing 727-200F at Fort Lauderdale in 1996

The Custom Air Transport fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2007):[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Norwood, Tom; Wegg, John (2002). North American Airlines Handbook (3rd ed.). Sandpoint, ID: Airways International. p. 38. ISBN 0-9653993-8-9.
  2. 1 2 3 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 70.
  3. ↑ ch-aviation

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