Atlas Air is an American cargo airline which has its operational base located in Purchase, New York, United States. The Atlas Air operates its scheduled flights on an ACMI contract basis especially for some of the leading airlines flying to 101 cities in 46 countries. The crew base of the Atlas Air includes Miami International Airport, New York John F. Kennedy International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, Anchorage International Airport and London Stansted Airport.
The Atlas Air was founded in the year 1992 with a 21 fleet size covering 101 destinations in the world. The airline has its headquarters located in Purchase, New York. The major people responsible for the operation include William J. Flynn - President & CEO. The airline which was founded in April 1992 by the late Pakistani American aerospace the Michael Chowdry for specializing in the long term contract that outsourced the boeing 747 aircraft. The Atlas Air began its trading publicly with the NASDAQ, and in 1997 appeared on the New York Stock Exchange. Initially it made a public offering of 4 million shares in August 1998. In the year 2001 the Atlas Air also introduced a new and better program of leasing and services, based on the ACMI model.
| The fleet of cargo plane of the Atlas Air was available for many other airlines for operations like the charter flights. In the year 2004 July the Atlas Air completed its plan of reconstruction and it emerged from the Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In the present times the AAWWH made an announcement that the DHL has bought long term rights to carry some of its cargo on Polar's aircraft. The Atlas Air all over the world entirely owns the Atlas Air. The fleet also includes the Polar Air Cargo and a share of Global Supply Systems (49%).
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The Atlas Air was named after the renowned Greek God Atlas who is known for carrying the world on his shoulders. Their symbol on the plane's tail is a gold man carrying a gold world.
The destinations covered by the Atlas Air include throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and the Pacific, as well as the Americas. particular destinations differ because of changing customer requirements and the seasonal air cargo trends.
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