Amerijet International

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Amerijet International
Amerijet International Logo.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
M6AJTAMERIJET
Founded1974
AOC # PCSA059B [1]
Hubs
Fleet size23
Destinations48
Headquarters Miami, Florida, United States
Key people
Website amerijet.com

Amerijet International Airlines, Inc. is an American cargo airline headquartered in Miami, United States. The airline delivers air freight with its fleet of Boeing 757s and Boeing 767s from its main hub at the Miami International Airport to 48 destinations throughout the Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America. Their network spans 476 destinations throughout the world, including Europe, Asia, the Americas, Africa, and the Middle East. [4]

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History

A former Amerijet Dassault Falcon 20 at Louisville International Airport in 1994 Dassault Falcon (Mystere) 20C, Amerijet International AN0215826.jpg
A former Amerijet Dassault Falcon 20 at Louisville International Airport in 1994

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

The main services that Amerijet offers are general cargo shipping, pharmaceutical shipping, perishable shipping, oversized load shipping, live animal transport, and charter services. Among their airfreight operation, Amerijet also provides trucking services, including expedited delivery. Throughout the Caribbean, Central and South America, Amerijet offers last mile delivery for commercial customers. [4]

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 Amerijet's 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." [5]

Amerijet operated under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from August 22 until December 31, 2001, from which it emerged after financial restructuring. [6] [7] Amerijet International was majority-owned by H.I.G. from 2001 to 2016. [8] On July 26, 2016, H.I.G. Capital completed the sale of Amerijet, the Miami-based all-cargo carrier to private equity firm ZS Fund L.P. Amerijet's new CEO, Vicken L. Karjian joined the company in July 2016. [9] Amerijet and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters reached an agreement on September 14, 2009 on a new four-year labor contract covering flight crew employees. [10]

In July 2022, Maersk announced that they had reached a CMI agreement with Amerijet to operate three of their new Boeing 767-300 Freighters. Maersk will take delivery of three 767-300Fs from Boeing and outsource their operation to Amerijet. The aircraft were originally ordered by Longhao Airlines, but were never delivered to them. [11] [12] Maersk has said the aircraft would be used for trans-pacific flights. [13]

In Jan 2024, Amerijet said it is returning six Boeing 757-200PCF freighters to lessors, laying off nonpilot personnel and securing $55 million in capital from existing lenders as part of a restructuring aimed at stabilizing faltering finances and operations. The company will also defer agreements to add additional Boeing 767 cargo jets to improve cash flow. [14]

Fleet

Current fleet

An Amerijet Boeing 767-200BDSF at Miami International Airport in 2011 Amerijet International Boeing 767-200F; N741AX@MIA;17.10.2011 626hx (6447141761).jpg
An Amerijet Boeing 767-200BDSF at Miami International Airport in 2011
An Amerijet Boeing 767-300ER/BDSF at Miami International Airport in 2016 Amerijet International Boeing 767-300F (N316CM) at Miami International Airport.jpg
An Amerijet Boeing 767-300ER/BDSF at Miami International Airport in 2016

The Amerijet International fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of May 2023): [15] [16]

Amerijet International fleet
AircraftIn
service		OrdersNotes
Boeing 757-200PCF 6—Being returned to lessor as of Jan 2024.
Boeing 767-200BDSF 5—4 operating for DHL
Boeing 767-300ER/BDSF 131
Boeing 767-300F 3—Operating for Maersk [17]
Total271

Former fleet

The airline operated the following aircraft: [18]

Amerijet International former fleet
AircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredNotes
Airbus A321-200/P2F 220212022Operated by Titan Airways
Boeing 727-100F 1119851998
Boeing 727-200F 2219892018
Bombardier Challenger 601 120032004
Cessna Citation I/SP 119872000
Cessna 401A 119782005
Dassault Falcon 20 919832001
Learjet 35A 219992002

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