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{{Infobox Airline| airline = Kalitta Air| logo =| logo_size =| fleet_size = 18| destinations = Worldwide| IATA = K4| ICAO = CKS| callsign = CONNIE| parent =| company_slogan =| founded =
2000, [Michigan,
United States| key_people =| hubs =
Newark International Airport John F. Kennedy International Airport Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport Los Angeles International Airport
Brussels International Airport
Hong Kong International Airport [cargo airline based in
Ypsilanti, Michigan, Michigan,
United States. It operates international scheduled and ad-hoc cargo charter services. Its main base is
Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti.
History
In
1967 Connie Kalitta began a business carrying car parts using a twin engine Cessna 310 that he piloted himself. Over the years this simple start blossomed into a major airline -
American International Airways. AIA began flying in 1984 using
Boeing 747, Lockheed L-1011, Douglas DC-8, Twin Beech and Learjet aircraft, for air freight, air ambulance and charter passenger operations. In 1990 and 1991 AIA flew 600 missions in support of Gulf War. They ultimately became one of the world’s 25 largest airlines.
In 1997, AIA merged with Kitty Hawk Inc. and Conrad Kalitta resigned to start Kalitta Leasing (buying, selling and leasing large aircraft). In April
2000,
Kitty Hawk International (the former AIA) ceased operations. Kalitta decided to rescue it and the new airline, Kalitta Air, began operations in November 2000, using the operating certificate and assets of the former airline.
Destinations
The airline provides domestic and international scheduled or on-demand cargo service and support for the requirements of the
Air Mobility Command.
In January 2003, Kalitta Air announced the start of scheduled cargo flights from the US to Europe. The freighters on this service operate from EWR (Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey, USA) and ORD (
O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, USA) to AMS (Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and EMA (Nottingham East Midlands Airport, England). The airline flies scheduled cargo operations between the US and Hong Kong, US and Korea (for
Asiana), Los Angeles and Honolulu . Additionally, airline operates
ACMI charters for other airlines.
Liège Airport is also used as a regular refueling stop on New York City - Middle East routes.
During the
2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict Kalitta Air made weapon resupply flights from the US to Israel, via Prestwick Airport in
Scotland for refuelling, without authority from the
United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority. Scotland's Crown Office considered, but eventually decided against, prosecuting Kalitta Air for two July 2006 flights carrying laser-guided bombs. America flouted law by flying bombs to Israel through Britain,
Daily Mail, 7 October 2006 Prestwick Airport arms flights prosecution ruled out,
UK Airport News, 28 November, 2006]
Incidents and accidents
- 20 October 2004 - Kalitta Air Boeing 747 (N709CK), on a flight from O'Hare International_Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, with five crew members onboard, experienced mechanical difficulties with one of the four engines and diverted to land safely at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. No one was injured. It was discovered after landing that the number 1 engine had separated from the airplane as it climbed through 16,000 feet over Lake Michigan. Air Cargo Safety October 2004 The engine was later recovered for inspection.
Fleet
As of August
2007 the Kalitta Air fleet includes :
Film history
The producers of the
Film Air Force One (film) leased an actual
Boeing 747 from Kalitta Air and painted it in the Air Force One livery. During filming at several airports, the aircraft was mistaken for an actual Air Force
VC-25. The most obvious difference between the aircraft used for filming and an actual VC-25 was the lack of a hump in front of the cockpit that in the real thing, contains the aerial refueling receptacle.
See also
External links
References
{{Infobox Airline| airline = Kalitta Air| logo =| logo_size =| fleet_size = 18| destinations = Worldwide| IATA = K4| ICAO = CKS| callsign = CONNIE| parent =| company_slogan =| founded =
2000, [Michigan, United States| key_people =| hubs = Newark International Airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport Los Angeles International Airport
Brussels International Airport Hong Kong International Airport [cargo airline based in
Ypsilanti, Michigan,
Michigan,
United States. It operates international scheduled and ad-hoc cargo charter services. Its main base is Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti.
History
In 1967 Connie Kalitta began a business carrying car parts using a twin engine
Cessna 310 that he piloted himself. Over the years this simple start blossomed into a major airline - American International Airways. AIA began flying in 1984 using
Boeing 747,
Lockheed L-1011,
Douglas DC-8, Twin Beech and
Learjet aircraft, for air freight, air ambulance and charter passenger operations. In 1990 and 1991 AIA flew 600 missions in support of
Gulf War. They ultimately became one of the world’s 25 largest airlines.
In 1997, AIA merged with Kitty Hawk Inc. and Conrad Kalitta resigned to start Kalitta Leasing (buying, selling and leasing large aircraft). In April 2000, Kitty Hawk International (the former AIA) ceased operations. Kalitta decided to rescue it and the new airline, Kalitta Air, began operations in November 2000, using the operating certificate and assets of the former airline.
Destinations
The airline provides domestic and international scheduled or on-demand cargo service and support for the requirements of the
Air Mobility Command.
In January 2003, Kalitta Air announced the start of scheduled cargo flights from the US to Europe. The freighters on this service operate from EWR (
Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey, USA) and ORD (
O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, USA) to AMS (Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and EMA (
Nottingham East Midlands Airport, England). The airline flies scheduled cargo operations between the US and Hong Kong, US and Korea (for
Asiana), Los Angeles and Honolulu . Additionally, airline operates
ACMI charters for other airlines. Liège Airport is also used as a regular refueling stop on New York City - Middle East routes.
During the
2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict Kalitta Air made weapon resupply flights from the US to
Israel, via Prestwick Airport in Scotland for refuelling, without authority from the
United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority. Scotland's
Crown Office considered, but eventually decided against, prosecuting Kalitta Air for two July 2006 flights carrying laser-guided bombs. America flouted law by flying bombs to Israel through Britain, Daily Mail, 7 October 2006 Prestwick Airport arms flights prosecution ruled out,
UK Airport News, 28 November, 2006]
Incidents and accidents
- 20 October 2004 - Kalitta Air Boeing 747 (N709CK), on a flight from O'Hare International_Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, with five crew members onboard, experienced mechanical difficulties with one of the four engines and diverted to land safely at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. No one was injured. It was discovered after landing that the number 1 engine had separated from the airplane as it climbed through 16,000 feet over Lake Michigan. Air Cargo Safety October 2004 The engine was later recovered for inspection.
Fleet
As of August 2007 the Kalitta Air fleet includes :
- 6 Boeing 747
- 12 Boeing 747
Film history
The producers of the Film
Air Force One (film) leased an actual Boeing 747 from Kalitta Air and painted it in the Air Force One livery. During filming at several airports, the aircraft was mistaken for an actual Air Force
VC-25. The most obvious difference between the aircraft used for filming and an actual VC-25 was the lack of a hump in front of the cockpit that in the real thing, contains the
aerial refueling receptacle.
See also
External links
References
Kalitta Air - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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