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Martinaire

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Martinaire
IATA ICAO Call sign
- MRA MARTEX
Founded1978
HubsDallas/Fort Worth
Secondary hubsCapital Region International Airport (Lansing, Michigan)
Fleet size29
HeadquartersAddison Airport
Addison, Texas, United States
Key peopleDane Smith (Chief Pilot)
Websitemartinaire.com

Martinaire Aviation, L.L.C. is an American cargo airline based on the grounds of Addison Airport in Addison, Texas, United States, near Dallas.[1] It operates feeder flights for overnight package delivery services, most notably on behalf of UPS.[2] It is owned by Xwing.

History

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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.[citation needed]

Fleet

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The Martinaire fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of April 2009):[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Contact Us Archived 2011-01-11 at the Wayback Machine." Martinaire. Retrieved on February 12, 2011. " 4553 Glenn Curtiss Avenue, Addison, Texas 75001."
  2. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-10. p. 48.
  3. ^ "Directory: World Airlines Part 3 (2009)". Flight International: 29–90. 2009-04-14.
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