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Company type | Private |
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Nasdaq: AAWW | |
Founded | 2001[1] |
Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | |
Revenue | US$4.03 billion (2021) |
US$7.11 billion (2021) | |
US$4.93 billion (2021) | |
Total assets | US$6.44 billion (2021) |
Total equity | US$2.81 billion (2021) |
Owner | Apollo Global Management |
Number of employees | 4,056 (2021) |
Subsidiaries |
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Website | atlasairworldwide.com |
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. is an airline holding company based in Purchase, New York. The group owns Atlas Air, Polar Air Cargo, and has a freighter aircraft leasing joint venture with Bain Capital: Titan Aircraft Investments. The company was named after Atlas, a figure in Greek mythology, who carries the sky on his shoulders.
The company was listed on Nasdaq until 2023 when it was taken private by a group of investors led by Apollo Global Management. [2] [3]
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings owns Atlas Air, Polar Air Cargo, and Titan Aircraft Investments. The company headquarters are in Purchase, New York.
Atlas Air operates flights on an ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance), CMI and air charter basis for airlines, express operators, freight forwarders, charter brokers, global shippers and the U.S. Military, along with dry-leasing freighter aircraft. Atlas Air has global operations established in Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, North America, and South America. [4]
Titan Aircraft Investments is an aircraft dry-leasing company. Titan owns 29 aircraft in its dry-leasing fleet. The dry-leasing fleet consists of seven Boeing 777 freighters, twenty-one Boeing 767 freighters (leased to parent Atlas Air), and one Boeing 737-300 freighter. [4]
As of December 2021 [update] , Atlas Air operates the following aircraft: [4]
Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||||
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F | C | Y+ | Y | Total | ||||
Passenger Fleet | ||||||||
Boeing 747-400 | 5 | — | 10 | 143 | — | 36 | 189 | Used for VIP Service |
12 | 52 | 70 | 240 | 374 | Used for VIP Service | |||
— | 23 | — | 505 | 528 | ||||
Boeing 767-300ER | 5 | — | — | 30 | — | 218 | 248 | |
Cargo Fleet | ||||||||
Boeing 737-300F | 1 | — | Cargo | Leased out by Titan Aircraft Investments. | ||||
Boeing 737-800F | 8 | — | Cargo | Aircraft provided by Amazon Air, operated by Atlas. | ||||
Boeing 747-400F | 30 | — | Cargo | |||||
5 | — | Aircraft owned by Nippon Cargo Airlines, operated by Atlas. [5] | ||||||
Boeing 747-400LCF | 4 | — | Cargo | Aircraft owned by Boeing, operated by Atlas. | ||||
Boeing 747-8F | 9 | 3 | Cargo | Including the last production Boeing 747-8, under registration N863GT, delivered on Feb. 1, 2023 under flight Atlas Air flight Giant 747 (5Y747/GTI747) [6] [7] | ||||
2 | — | Operating for Qantas Freight. [8] | ||||||
Boeing 767-300ERF | 3 | — | Cargo | |||||
21 | — | Aircraft owned by Titan Aircraft Investments, operated by Atlas. | ||||||
2 | — | Aircraft provided by DHL, operated by Atlas. | ||||||
Boeing 777-200LRF | 1 | 4 | Cargo | |||||
7 | — | Aircraft owned by Titan Aircraft Investments, operated by Atlas. | ||||||
6 | — | Aircraft provided by DHL, operated by Atlas. | ||||||
Total | 109 | 7 |
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