Freight Runners Express

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Freight Runners Express / Air Charter Express
Freight Runners Express ACE Logo.png
IATA ICAO Callsign
-FRGFREIGHT RUNNERS
Founded1985
AOC # KCQA493F
Hubs Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport
Fleet size25
Destinations400+
Headquarters Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Key people
  • Patrick Hammer (President & Director of Operations)
  • Robert Sevier (Vice President & General Manager)
  • Theresa Cook (Vice President, Accounting & Personnel)
  • Timothy Leech (Director of Maintenance)
  • Chad Aumueller (Vice President, Procurement)
Employees130+
Website freightrunners.com

Freight Runners Express is an airline based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. The airline operates scheduled and on-demand air cargo and passenger services. Passenger air charter services are also operated under the Air Charter Express (ACE) brand using Saab 2000 aircraft. [1] Freight Runners is headquartered at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee. [2]

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Company history

Freight Runners Express began operations in 1985 flying cargo across the state of Wisconsin. [3] Passenger operations began in 1992 with the launch of the Air Charter Express brand. FRE/ACE is the world's largest civilian operator of Saab 2000 with 6 aircraft currently operating in the fleet.

Current fleet

Freight Runners Express Embraer 120ER Embraer 120ER.jpg
Freight Runners Express Embraer 120ER
Freight Runners Express Beech 99 Freighter Beech 99 Freighter.jpg
Freight Runners Express Beech 99 Freighter

As of October 2023, the Freight Runners Express fleet consists of the following aircraft: [4] [5]

AircraftIn fleetPassenger capacityCargo capacity-
Embraer EMB 120F 9-7500 lbs
Beech 99 Freighter 10-3600 lbs
Saab 2000 630 passengers
Total25

Historical fleet

Freight Runners Express has operated many aircraft types in its history. [6] [ original research? ]

AircraftEntered serviceRetired
Piper Cherokee 6 19831987
Cessna 20719872015
King Air C90 20012004
Beech 1820002002
King Air B35020092019
Cessna 402 19902015
Beech 1900C Freighter 20072022

Notes:

Statistics

Freight Runners Express flies 2,065,000 pounds of cargo per calendar year. The fleet will fly an average of 3,700,000 miles, arriving at 390 cities and carrying 39,060 passengers. This is achieved with 9,570 flights totaling 8,400 hours of flight time. [7]

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References

  1. Freight Runners Express website passenger charters page retrieved on 4 January 2009.
  2. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International . 2007-04-03. p. 84.
  3. "Freight Runners Express company history" . Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  4. "Freight Runners Cargo Fleet" . Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  5. "Freight Runners Passenger Fleet" . Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  6. Interview with Company Officials
  7. "About Freight Runners Express".