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Arrow Air
File:ArrowAirNewLogo.JPG
IATA ICAO Callsign
JW APW BIG A
Founded1947
HubsMiami International Airport
Fleet size11
HeadquartersMiami, USA
Key peopleGuillermo J. (Willy) Cabeza (Executive Chairman & President)
Websitehttp://www.arrowcargo.com/

Arrow Air is an American cargo airline based in Miami, Florida, USA. It operates over 90 weekly scheduled cargo flights, and has a strong charter business. Its main base is Miami International Airport.[1]

History

The airline was established in 1947 as an all-cargo operator. Passenger services were adopted by the late 1970s and early 1980s, both on a charter and regular scheduled service basis. Arrow Air had many passenger flights from JFK International Airport in New York and from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan at the time, using Lockheed L-1011 as well as McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and DC-8 equipment. During the 1990s, Arrow Air's management decided to return the airline to being an all-cargo operator once again.[citation needed]

Formerly a subsidiary of International Air Leases, Air Arrow was acquired by Fine Air in 1999, but it remained flying under the name Arrow Air. Fine Air also still operates under its own name. In January 2004 Arrow Air filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but exited in June 2004 after a bankruptcy court approved its restructuring.[1]

Douglas DC-10

ARROW CARGO ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC ALLIANCE In March 2008, Arrow was very pleased to announce that they had entered into a strategic alliance with MatlinPatterson, a global private equity fund in partial control of the Brazilian company Varig Log and who also fully in ownership control Global Aero Logistics a U.S. airline holding conglomeration of airline companies. Matlin Patterson will partner with Arrow for future growth and development.

They said that during the next few months, there would see many positive changes in the company including additional financial, technological and human resources as well as new policies and procedures to enable Arrow Cargo to achieve financial stability and customer excellence. At that time there were rumors that the their would be a merger and would recieve Boeing 757's.

Incidents & accidents

  • June 4, 2006: A McDonnell Douglas DC10-10F (registered N68047) en route Miami-Managua touched down hard at Managua on and was unable to stop before the end of the runway. The aircraft overran by about 300 meters, the nose gear collapsed, causing substantial damage to the engines as well as a possible fuel rupture in the wing.
    [1]

Destinations

[citation needed]

Arrow Air operates the following freight services (at January 2005):

Scheduled destinations of Arrow Air, Inc. dba Arrow Cargo, are:

Fleet

The Arrow Cargo fleet includes the following aircraft (at February 2008):[1]

Previously operated

Livery

White fuselage with large, red lettered name on the front of the cabin, with a blue cheatline that goes all the way to the tail, where the line transforms into a blue 'A'. With the blue 'A', the tail consists of a blue-white combination of colors. In addition, a new livery was also introduced recently, which consists of a blue diagonal stripe midway through the fuselage, with white in front and green behind this stripe. "Arrow Cargo" titles appear toward the front of the plane with a blue logo, which also appears on the tail.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. p. 77.
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