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| Founded | 1981 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Billings | ||||||
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| Subsidiaries | Merlin Airways | ||||||
| Fleet size | 43 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Billings, Montana, United States | ||||||
| Website | corporateair | ||||||
Corporate Air is an airline based in Billings, Montana, United States. It was established in 1981 and operates primarily domestic scheduled cargo services, feeder service on behalf of FedEx Express, as well as the United States Postal Service. Its main base is Billings Logan International Airport. [1]
The Corporate Air fleet included the following aircraft in October 2011: [1]
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October 13, 2010 Corporate Air was facing $455,000 in FAA fines for allowing a small airliner to carry passengers on 80 flights despite an engine that needed repair. The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that the airline flew the Beech 1900C - a 19-passenger twin-engine turboprop plane - without repairing its right engine, which was consuming excessive amounts of oil. It was later determined that the engine was being operated in accordance with the engine manufacturers specifications for leaks and has been deemed legal.
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Billings Logan International Airport is in the western United States, two miles northwest of downtown Billings, in Yellowstone County, Montana. It is the fourth largest airport in Montana, having been surpassed in recent years by Bozeman, Missoula, and Flathead County (Kalispell) in both number of gates as well as annual enplanements. Owned by the city of Billings, the airport is on top of the Rims, a 500-foot (150 m) cliff overlooking the downtown core, and covers 2,500 acres of land.
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