Kalitta Charters
| Kalitta Charters | |
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| IATA code : | K9 |
| ICAO code : | KFS |
| Call sign : | KALITTA |
| Founding: | 1973 (as Connie Kalitta Services) |
| Seat: |
Ypsilanti (Michigan) , United States
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| Home airport : | Willow Run Airport |
| Management: | Douglas Kalitta (CEO) |
| Fleet size: | 20th |
| Aims: | continental charter flights |
| Website: | kalittacharters.com |
Kalitta Charters (originally founded in 1973 as Connie Kalitta Services , from 1991 to 1998 Kalitta Flying Service and then until 2001 Kitty Hawk Charters ) is an American charter airline and a sister company of Kalitta Air based in Ypsilanti (Michigan) . It offers passenger and cargo transportation on an ad hoc basis and also operates medical aid flights. Kalitta Charters has another sister company called Kalitta Charters II , which is active as a scheduled airline in the nationwide cargo business.
history
In December 2001 Douglas "Doug" Kalitta acquired the Air Operator Certificate and parts of the insolvent Kitty Hawk Charters . This company was originally founded by his uncle Conrad "Connie" Kalitta in Detroit in 1973 under the name Connie Kalitta Services as a charter airline to carry freight for the automotive industry on an ad hoc basis. In the spring of 1978, the company deployed two Beechcraft C-45s and two Learjet 23 retrofitted to turboprop engines . At the beginning of 1984 she put her first commercial aircraft into service with a leased Douglas DC-6 and a Douglas DC-8 . At the same time, a further 17 aircraft were operated under contract, including six Learjets. From 1985, Connie Kalitta Services carried out air ambulance flights in addition to freight transport and business aviation . In the late 1980s, the company had 425 employees and a fleet of 40 aircraft, including a Boeing 727-100 and thirteen Douglas DC-8s.
After Conrad Kalitta bought the airline American International Airways in 1991 and thereby acquired its Air Operator Certificate , the Connie Kalitta Services commercial aircraft used as freighters were transferred to this company. At the same time he renamed his previous company to Kalitta Flying Service , which continued to operate in charter traffic with an operating license in accordance with FAR 135 and primarily operated business flights. In the spring of 1992 the fleet consisted of 34 aircraft, including 17 Beechcraft C-45s and eight Learjets of various series. In November 1997, the holding Kitty Hawk Group bought several companies of the Kalitta Group, including Kalitta Flying Service , which was then renamed Kitty Hawk Charters .
After Kitty Hawk Charters had to file for bankruptcy as a result of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks , Doug Kalitta acquired the company in December 2001 and renamed it Kalitta Charters . The operator's certificate of the predecessor was transferred to Kalitta Charters on January 2, 2002 . The company is also certified as a maintenance company in accordance with FAR 145 and is allowed to carry out aircraft repairs itself.
fleet
As of April 2018, the Kalitta Charters fleet consists of 20 aircraft.
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks |
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| Bombardier Challenger 601 | 1 | ||
| Dassault Falcon 20th | 8th | ||
| Learjet 25 | 4th | ||
| Learjet 35 | 5 | ||
| Learjet 36 | 2 | ||
| total | 20th |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ JP airline-fleets international, Edition 78
- ↑ JP airline-fleets international, Edition 84
- ↑ a b Kalitta Charters, The Kalitta Companies (in English), accessed April 2, 2018
- ↑ JP airline-fleets international, Edition 90/91
- ↑ a b JP airline-fleets international, Edition 92/93
- ^ Securities and Exchange Commission, Kitty Hawk Inc., April 1, 1999 (accessed April 2, 2018)
- ^ Copy of the AOC of the Kalitta Charters dated January 2, 2002 (in English), accessed on April 2, 2018
- ↑ Kalitta Charters, FAR 135 Fleet Overview , accessed April 2, 2018
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