Centurion Air Cargo

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Centurion Air Cargo
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McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (F) Centurion Cargo N988AR, LUX Luxembourg (Findel), Luxembourg PP1297172397.jpg
IATA code : WE
ICAO code : CWC
Call sign : CHALLENGE CARGO
Founding: 1985
Operation stopped: 2018
Seat: Miami , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Turnstile :

Miami International Airport

Home airport : Miami International Airport
IATA prefix code : 307
Alliance : Cielos Airlines
Fleet size: 3-5
Aims: international
Website: www.centurioncargo.com
Centurion Air Cargo ceased operations in 2018. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

Centurion Air Cargo (originally Challenge Air Cargo ) was an American cargo airline based at Miami International Airport , Florida .

history

The airline was founded in 1985 under the name Challenge Air Cargo and began flight operations with two Boeing 707-300Cs and two Douglas DC-8-63Fs each . In the meantime, machines of the types DC-8-73F, Douglas DC-10-30F (11 pieces) and Boeing 757-200PF were also used.

In the fall of 2014, the entire fleet was on the ground due to a legal dispute over unpaid fuel bills, but operations were resumed with three MD-11s at the end of December.

In November 2015, a Boeing 747, registered with Centurion but possibly operated by Sky Lease Cargo, was seized by a court in Brazil.

On August 23, 2018, the airline finally ceased flight operations.

Destinations

Around 20 destinations in North, Central and South America as well as in Europe were served.

fleet

The machine with the serial number 48430 was delivered to Alitalia on August 17, 1992 as I-DUPU. In 2005 it was taken out of service and converted into a cargo aircraft by April 2006. From October 23, 2009 she flew as N985AR for Centurion Air Cargo. In April 2015 it ended the flight service before it was finally scrapped in August 2015.

As of August 2015, the Centurion Air Cargo fleet consisted of three remaining aircraft of the former five of the type McDonnell Douglas MD-11F and the Boeing 747 freighter with registration N901AR , which flew for Centurion from 2013 to October 2015. Since 2013 flew N902AR since 2014 N904AR for Centurion, on July 23, 2015 followed by the Boeing 747 N742WA , all painted in the colors of Centurion. The N903AR aircraft of the same type, on the other hand, had been flying in white since June 2014 and was operated by the sister company Sky Lease Cargo .

At the time of the cessation of flight operations, the airline was still operating two McDonnell Douglas MD-11Fs and a Boeing 747 freighter. The fleet had an average age of 20.7 years.

See also

Web links

Commons : Centurion Air Cargo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Centurion Air Cargo flying again , aircargoworld.com, December 29, 2014
  2. ↑ More pressure on Centurion Air Cargo as Brazilian judge orders 747F impounded , the Loadstar, November 17, 2015
  3. ^ DVV Media International Ltd: Centurion Air Cargo closes its doors ǀ Air Cargo News. Retrieved August 25, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Ch-aviation : Fleet (English) accessed on August 24, 2015
  5. ^ Centurion Air Cargo Fleet Details and History , Planespotters.net, accessed July 26, 2016
  6. ↑ Fleet age Centurion Air Cargo | Airfleets aviation. Retrieved August 25, 2018 .