AirNet Express
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| AirNet Express | ||
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| Image:AirNetExpressLogo.gif | ||
| IATA - | ICAO USC | Callsign STAR CHECK |
| Founded | 1974 | |
| Hubs | Rickenbacker International Airport | |
| Fleet size | 40 | |
| Destinations | ||
| Headquarters | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Key people | Bruce D. Parker, CEO | |
| Website: http://www.airnet.com | ||
AirNet Express is an American Part 135 cargo airline based in Columbus, Ohio, USA. It specializes in delivery of documents, and small packages, operating over 500 flights a night throughout the USA and is a major carrier for over 300 of the country's largest banks.[1] Airnet flights operate under the ATC callsign "Star Check". The main sort facility is located at Rickenbacker International Airport, Columbus, Ohio.
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[edit] History
The airline was established in 1974 and was formerly known as US Check Airlines. Since September 1996 it has acquired seven similar but smaller businesses including:
- Wright International Express, acquired in 1984, a competitor in cancelled check transportation
- Air Continental, acquired in 1988, another cancelled check competitor,
- Midway Aviation, of Dallas, Texas, a regional air carrier of cancelled cheques,
- Express Convenience Center, of Southfield, Massachusetts, a small package forwarder,
- Pacific Air Charter, of San Diego, California, a small California-based Part 135 operation in June 1997,
- Data Air Courier, of Chicago, Illinois, a national carrier of cancelled cheques in July 1997
It is wholly owned by AirNet Systems.[1]
However, with the advent of the Check 21 Act, the lack of need for the physical delivery of canceled checks is slowly causing the company's demise to the delivery of checks[2]. Airnet Systems is now focusing more on the delivery of time sensitive small packages, such as medical treatments and diagnostics.
[edit] Fleet
The Airnet Express fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2007):[1]
At January 2005 the airline also operated[citation needed]:
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-03-27, p. 70.
- ^ "AirNet's top exec is being replaced", Paul Wilson, The Columbus Dispatch December 30, 2006
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