Atlas Air
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| IATA code : | 5Y |
| ICAO code : | GTI |
| Call sign : | GIANT |
| Founding: | 1993 |
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Purchase , United States
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| Home airport : | Miami |
| ISIN : | US0491642056 |
| IATA prefix code : | 369 |
| Fleet size: | 79 |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | www.atlasair.com |
Atlas Air is a US charter airline based in Purchase (New York) . It operates a worldwide ACMI and charter company . The sole shareholder is Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWW) .
history
Atlas Air was founded in 1993 by Michael Chowdry, who saw a great need for capacity in the international air freight market . At the time, this was largely a by-product of passenger airlines. The supply of bulky goods in the long-haul sector was very limited. Operations began in the same year with a Boeing 747-200F on behalf of China Airlines . The business expanded so quickly that four years later an order was placed for 10 Boeing 747-400Fs with an option for an additional 10 aircraft. The demand for cargo capacity continued to grow so rapidly that Atlas Air ordered another 12 copies of the Boeing 747-400 in 1998. At the end of 2000, the cargo fleet comprised 36 aircraft.
AAWW was founded in 2001 , and in November 2001 it acquired Polar Air Cargo , which is active in the freight line service, from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) . This acquisition allowed Atlas Air to offer its customers a choice between ACMI leasing and liner services.
Since August 2010, Atlas Air operates for Boeing four Boeing 747-400LCF "Dream Lifter" for the transport of components of the Boeing 787 . However, these are not listed under the name "Atlas Air" and are therefore not listed in the table below.
In September 2011, Atlas Air canceled three of the 12 Boeing 747-8F it had originally ordered due to a lack of performance data for the first units produced.
Destinations
Atlas Air is based at Miami International Airport (IATA code: MIA) and flies to more than 400 destinations in around 120 countries on behalf of other airlines. The company is an ACMI company where customers rent aircraft including crew, maintenance and insurance, which are flown under the customer's call sign . For this purpose, the machines are provided in the customer's paint scheme. Only a sticker with the approximate size DIN A2 and the inscription "operated by Atlas Air" indicates that Atlas Air is the operator. As an exception to this, Qantas Freight will fly in Atlas Air livery. Atlas Air provides its crew and maintenance, which can be recognized by its uniform, and the only additional cost to the rental is that the customer only has to pay the fuel bills. Atlas Air customers include Air New Zealand , British Airways , Emirates , FedEx , Korean Air , LATAM Airlines , Lufthansa , Panalpina , Qantas Airways and TAAG Angola Airlines .
fleet
Current fleet
As of April 2020, the Atlas Air fleet consists of 79 aircraft with an average age of 22.1 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Average age
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| Boeing 737-400 | 1 | inactive | 27.6 years | |
| Boeing 747-400 | 33 | 28 in cargo version, 5 with seating | 20.4 years | |
| Boeing 747-8F | 9 | five operated for Polar Air Cargo ; N850GT in Panalpina special livery |
7.5 years | |
| Boeing 767-200BDSF | 9 | 36.4 years | ||
| Boeing 767-300ER | 27 | 22 cargo, 5 with seating; 19 operated for Amazon Prime Air ; two operated for Polar Air Cargo |
24.0 years | |
| total | 79 | 0 | 22.1 years |
Former aircraft types
Incidents
- On January 24, 2005, a Boeing 747-200 F coming from Dubai rolled over the runway when landing at Düsseldorf Airport . The engine 2 burned out and the machine suffered severe structural damage. The three crew members were uninjured. The plane was scrapped 15 months after the accident. The Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation stated in its investigation report that "the aircraft accident ... (is) due to the fact that the braking values transmitted to the crew did not correspond to the conditions that had arisen as a result of the heavy snowfall since the last measurement on the runway . "
- On November 21, 2013, a Boeing 747-400LCF “Dreamlifter” coming from New York City accidentally landed on Colonel James Jabara Airport, which was equipped with a runway that was too short for the aircraft . Only the next day, after checking the feasibility, the aircraft could take off from the actually too short runway and reach the original destination, McConnell Air Force Base .
- On February 23, 2019, a Boeing 767-300ER (BCF) (N1217A) crashed on the flight from Miami to Houston . The machine was on the way on behalf of Amazon Prime Air . They crashed near the Texas town of Anahuac in the Trinity Bay . All three crew members were killed, the cause of the crash is unknown (see also Atlas Air flight 3591 ) .
See also
Web links
- Website of Atlas Air (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Flugrevue.de - Atlas Air orders three 747-8F from September 22, 2011
- ↑ a b c d e f g Atlas Air Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. April 23, 2020, accessed on April 23, 2020 .
- ↑ N850GT Atlas Air Boeing 747-87UF. In: planespotters.net. July 15, 2014, accessed July 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated November 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Jens Friedemann et al.: Investigation report - BFU AX001-05. (PDF) In: Federal Office for Aircraft Accident Investigation. October 18, 2013, accessed February 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Stefan Eiselin: Dreamlifter could start again. In: Aerotelegraph. November 21, 2013, accessed February 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Boeing Colossus arrives at real airport. In: sueddeutsche.de. November 22, 2013, accessed June 14, 2018 .
- ↑ Simon Hradecky: Crash: Atlas B763 at Houston on Feb 23rd 2019, lost height on approach. In: Aviation Herald. February 23, 2019, accessed February 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Prime Air's Boeing 767 (Atlas Air) crashed. In: Austrianwings. February 23, 2019, accessed February 23, 2019 .
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