Amerijet International

Amerijet International
IATA ICAO Callsign
M6 AJT AMERIJET
Founded 1974
Hubs
Fleet size 8
Destinations 52
Company slogan Land, sea, air - We get it there!
Headquarters Miami, Florida, United States
Employees 500+
Website amerijet.com

Amerijet International is an American cargo airline headquartered in Miami, Florida, United States.[1]

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1974. It was founded by David Bassett (Chairman and Chief Executive) and a partner with one leased aircraft,a Cessna 401, operating passenger and cargo services between the USA and the Bahamas. In 1976 Amerijet became a freight only carrier. In late 1978 courier contracts were taken from Purolator, FedEx, UPS, DHL and from Airborne Express in the early 1980s. In 1982 Bassett bought out his partner and created Amerijet International.

Amerijet has been a target internationally of animal rights activists for their transportation of animals for experimentation purposes in later years, particularly in conjunction with the Miami-based company Primate Products. Amerijet has been coming under increasing pressure in South Florida, with monthly demonstrations in front of its Fort Lauderdale office, and some of Amerijets upper management have even been protested at their homes. To date, two activists have been arrested in front of Amerijet's office. On Valentine's Day 2011, Amerijet ended their involvement in the primate trade with these words, "Amerijet has ceased transporting primates for any and all purposes."[2]

Amerijet operated under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from 22 August 2001 until 31 December 2001, from which it emerged after financial restructuring. Amerijet International was majority-owned by H.I.G. from 2001 to 2016. On July 26, 2016 H.I.G. Capital completed the sale of Amerijet to private equity firm ZS Fund L.P..[3] Amerijet and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) reached an agreement on September 14, 2009 on a new four-year labor contract covering flight crew employees.[4]

Destinations

Amerijet International operates freight services to the following international scheduled destinations (as of February 2010): Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, Barbados, Barcelona, Belize City, Cancún, Ciudad del Carmen, Crown Point, Curaçao, Dominica, Fort-de-France, Freeport, Georgetown, Grenada, Guadalajara, Guatemala City, Kingston, Las Piedras, Lima, Managua, Maracaibo, Mérida, Mexico City, Montserrat, Monterrey, Nassau, Nevis, Panama, Paramaribo, Pointe-à-Pitre, Porlamar, Port-au-Prince, Port of Spain, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, San Juan, San Salvador, San Pedro Sula, Santiago (DR), Santo Domingo, St Kitts, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten, St Vincent, St. Thomas, Tegucigalpa, Tortola.[5]

Fleet

Amerijet Boeing 767-200F

The Amerijet International fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2016):[6]

Amerijet International Fleet
Aircraft In
Fleet		 Orders Passengers Notes
Boeing 767-200SF 2 —
Boeing 767-300ERF 5 —
Total 8

The airline fleet previously included the following aircraft (as of April 2011):[7]

In the early 1980s the airline operated the following aircraft: Dassault Falcon 20 (2), a Learjet 23, Cessna 401 (2), Cessna 402 (3) and a Cessna Stationair.[8] Their Boeing 727 fleet was retired on June 14, 2018, some of which were obtained from Carnival Airlines.

References

  1. ↑ "Contact Amerijet". Amerijet. Retrieved on August 28, 2009.
  2. ↑ Michael J., Mooney (Feb 14, 2011). "Amerijet Says It Will Stop Shipping Monkeys". Broward County New Times. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  3. ↑ Business Wire|date=July 26, 2016
  4. ↑ IBT Local 769
  5. ↑ Amerijet International Archived July 31, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part Two)". Airliner World (November 2016): 37. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ Endres, Gunter G (1982). World Airline Fleets 1983. Feltham: The Aviation Date Centre. p. 261. ISBN 0946141029.

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