Wiggins Airways

Wiggins Airways
IATA ICAO Callsign
WG WIG WIGGINS AIRWAYS
Founded 1929
Hubs Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT)
Fleet size 49
Parent company Ameriflight
Headquarters Manchester, New Hampshire
Key people Donna Nixon
Website http://www.wiggins-air.com/
A Cessna 208 operated by Wiggins under the FedEx feeder banner, at the Portland International Jetport in fall of 2005.

Wiggins Airways is an American fixed-base operator, cargo airline, and charter airline based at Manchester, New Hampshire and operating from Manchester-Boston Regional Airport.

History

Wiggins Airways was founded in 1929 by E.W. Wiggins, operating out of Manchester, New Hampshire. Wiggins Airways was bought out by its employees in the creation of an Employee Share Ownership Plan in 1985. Wiggins currently employs over 160 people.

In late 2014 Ameriflight reached agreement to acquire Wiggins Airways (48 aircraft and 100 employees), which would result in Ameriflight becoming the largest regional air cargo carrier in the world with 218 aircraft in its fleet.[1][2]

Fleet

Wiggins Airways currently operates a fleet of 49 aircraft. The majority of these aircraft operate as feeders for UPS Airlines and FedEx Express.

As of July 2015, the Wiggins Airways fleet includes:[3][4]

Wiggins Airways Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Notes
Raytheon Beech B99 10
Cessna 208 Caravan (C208) 32
Embraer EMB-110 7
Total 49

References

  1. Airliner World: 15. January 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Wiggins Acquisition Goes Ahead". Airliner World: 14. December 2014.
  3. Flight International, 3–9 October 2006
  4. Wiggins Airways

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