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| Founded | 1978 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Addison Airport | ||||||
| Secondary hubs | Capital Region International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 29 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Addison Airport Addison, Texas, USA | ||||||
| Key people | Dane Smith (Chief Pilot) | ||||||
| Website | martinaire.com | ||||||
Martinaire Aviation, L.L.C. is an American cargo airline based on the grounds of Addison Airport in Addison, Texas, USA, near Dallas. [1] It operates feeder flights for overnight package delivery services, most notably on behalf of UPS. [2] It is owned by Xwing.
The airline was established and started operations in 1978 and acquired the freight operations of CCAir on 2 January 1990. It was in turn bought by a group of investors led by The Acker Group in December 1993. In 2005, Martinaire acquired fellow package carrier Mid Atlantic Aviation. [2] In 2006, Martinaire acquired Superior Aviation of Lansing, Michigan. In 2011 Martinaire began acquiring Beechcraft 1900 aircraft to replace the Fairchild Metroliner, a move completed by mid-2012. The Beech 1900 aircraft were later removed and sold to Alpine Air. As of January 2013, Martinaire is the second-largest single feeder carrier in the country.
The company was acquired by autonomous aircraft company Xwing in 2022. [3]
The Martinaire fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of April 2009): [4]
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