National Airlines (2007)
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| IATA code : | N8 |
| ICAO code : | NCR |
| Call sign : | NATIONAL CARGO |
| Founding: | 1985 (as Murray Aviation) |
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Orlando , United States
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| Home airport : | Orlando Sanford International Airport |
| IATA prefix code : | 416 |
| Fleet size: | 7th |
| Aims: | international |
| Website: | www.nationalairlines.com |
National Airlines is an American airline and a subsidiary of National Air Cargo based in Orlando . The company emerged in October 2007 from the renaming of Murray Air , which originated in Murray Aviation , which was founded in 1985 .
history
Murray Aviation was founded in October 1985 by the brothers Preston and Mark Murray in Ypsilanti ( Michigan ) and began operations in December 1986 from Willow Run Airport with an FAA approval according to FAR-135 as an air taxi company . The company initially used Mitsubishi MU-2 machines and then Learjets in business aviation for the automotive industry. The first CASA C-212 cargo aircraft added to the fleet in 1993. In addition to regional flight operations, Murray Aviation specialized in converting passenger planes into freighters at the end of the 1990s and offered corresponding conversions for British Aerospace Jetstream and Beechcraft King Air .
In 1992 Preston and Mark Murray founded a second company, Murray Air , which was initially just a pure holding company and owner of the aircraft used by Murray Aviation . In spring 2000 they applied for FAR-125 approval for this company, which allowed it to operate larger aircraft than its sister company in domestic traffic. Murray Air began operations in October 2000 with two Douglas DC-8-63Fs that were used in just-in-time freight transport for automotive manufacturers and suppliers within the USA. In November 2004, the company received FAR-121 approval, which made global cargo flights possible. Murray Air then carried out cargo charter services to destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean as well as military contract flights for the US armed forces.
The two sister companies Murray Air and Murray Aviation merged on April 1, 2005 under the Air Operator Certificate and the Murray Air brand . The first Douglas DC-8-71F was taken over in the same month. In addition to freight operations, in 2005 the company transported around 10,000 employees in the automotive industry on business flights to Kokomo , Rockford , St. Louis , Wilmington and Toronto ( Canada ), for the DaimlerChrysler company also according to fixed route plans.
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Murray Air was bought in November 2006 by entrepreneur Christopher J. Alf, the sole owner of National Air Cargo , which was founded on October 14, 1991 . This New York- based logistics company specializes in brokering military and civil freight orders and has offices around the world. After the takeover, Murray Air continued flight operations as a subsidiary of National Air Cargo under its previous name. Since October 2007, the company has been using the National Airlines brand name for its external appearance.
At the end of 2009, National Airlines ceased business flights for the automotive industry and at the same time withdrew their three British Aerospace Jetstreams used for this purpose. The first Boeing 747-400BCF entered service on September 9, 2010 on a cargo flight from Frankfurt via Kuwait City and Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan to Hong Kong . From October 2010, the company used three of these wide-body aircraft , which were initially operated by Air Atlanta Icelandic under wet lease . After National Airlines received FAA certification for this type on April 27, 2011, the Boeing 747s were purchased and registered in the United States. The company took delivery of its first Boeing 757-200 passenger aircraft in early 2011 . The machine was used for one year to transport military personnel between Dubai , Bagram Airbase, Kandahar and Kabul before commencing civil charter flights . In January 2013, National Airlines relocated their headquarters and operational base from Ypsilanti to Orlando , Florida . Scheduled passenger flights have been offered since December 2015.
Destinations
National Airlines has been offering scheduled passenger flights from Orlando to San Juan in Puerto Rico since December 16, 2015 and to Windsor, Canada, since December 17, 2015 . A scheduled connection from Orlando to St. John's International Airport on Newfoundland, Canada was established in January 2016.
In addition, the company transports passengers and cargo on global charter flights for the US Army, among others.
fleet
Active fleet
As of April 2020, the National Airlines fleet consists of seven aircraft with an average age of 24.3 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | annotation | Seats / Cargo capacity |
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| Airbus A330-200 | 1 | leased from ALC | ||
| Boeing 747-400BCF | 5 | Cargo planes; three machines purchased in 2019 have not yet been commissioned | 113.489 kg | |
| Boeing 757-200 | 1 | |||
| total | 7th |
If necessary, National Airlines also briefly rents cargo planes from other companies, including Antonov An-124 and Ilyushin Il-76 .
Former aircraft types
Incidents
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- On October 12, 2010, a Lockheed L-100-20 Hercules ( aircraft registration number 5X-TUC ) of the Angolan Transafrik , which was operated by National Airlines on behalf of NATO troops , had an accident en route from Bagram Air Base to Kabul Airport 30 kilometers east of the Destination airport. All eight crew members were killed.
- On April 29, 2013, a Boeing 747-400BCF (N949CA) had an accident after taking off from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. The machine had been chartered by ISAF for a cargo flight to Dubai . The load consisted of several 12-ton military off-road vehicles Oshkosh M-ATV , the rearmost of which broke loose during take-off and damaged the hydraulic system of the aircraft and the adjustment mechanism of the horizontal stabilizer . All seven crew members were killed (see also National Airlines flight 102 ) .
See also
Web links
- Website of the National Airlines (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Flight International, April 5, 1995
- ↑ a b c US Department of Transportation, Application of National Air Cargo Group d / b / a National Airlines, Exhibit NA-3, Page 1 of 4
- ↑ JP airline-fleets international, Edition 97/98
- ^ Flight International, July 14, 1999
- ^ Flight International, July 7, 1999
- ↑ a b c US Department of Transportation, Application of National Air Cargo Group d / b / a National Airlines, Exhibit NA-3, Page 2 of 4
- ^ Murray Air press release, Murray Air Inc., Expands Service World-Wide, November 2, 2004
- ^ Murray Air press release, Murray Air & Murray Aviation announce Operations Merger, April 1, 2005
- ^ Murray Air press release, Murray Air Purchases DC8-71F
- ↑ a b US Department of Transportation, Application of National Air Cargo Group d / b / a National Airlines, Exhibit NA-3, Page 3 of 4
- ↑ Murray Air press release, Murray Air Reaches 10,000 Passenger Milestone
- ↑ US Department of Transportation, Application of National Air Cargo Group d / b / a National Airlines, Exhibit NA-4, Page 1 of 34
- ↑ US Department of Transportation, Application of National Air Cargo Group d / b / a National Airlines, page 2
- ^ Airlines and Destinations, National Air Cargo Marks Its 20th Anniversary, October 14, 2010
- ↑ Airlines and Destinations, National Airlines Begins Boeing 757 Passenger Charter Operations, June 7, 2011
- ↑ US Department of Transportation 2012, Application of National Air Cargo Group d / b / a National Airlines, page 3 ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Crain's Detroit Business, National Airlines identifies 7 killed in Afghan cargo plane crash; 6 from Michigan, May 1, 2013
- ↑ National Airlines, National Airlines Starts Nonstop International Flights From Orlando, December 16, 2015 (in English), accessed December 23, 2015
- ↑ National Airlines, National Airlines Nonstop Flights from St. John's to Orlando, January 15, 2016 (in English), accessed December 30, 2017
- ↑ New airline relies on used Boeing 777s , accessed on December 27, 2015
- ↑ a b c d National Airlines Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. April 22, 2020, accessed on April 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Rzjets: National Airlines fleet , accessed April 8, 2020
- ^ National Airlines, Our Fleet
- ↑ Accident report L-100-20 Hercules 5X-TUC , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 8, 2020.
- ↑ accident report B 747-400 N949CA , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 8 2020th
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