Yellow Air Taxi (a marketing name of Friendship Airways) was an air taxi airline based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It operated on-demand passenger services in the Southeast, Florida, the Caribbean and, the Bahamas. YAT grew from a small operation out of Pompano Beach to a fleet of four Cessna 402Cs, all painted in yellow with a white/black checkerboard tail. The carrier had some issues with the US DOT, bordering on offering scheduled service as a charter airline.see U.S. DOT docket OST-2005-20077 Once legal to fly more than four flights a week, YAT expanded to Naples & Key West, along with offering three flights a day to Marsh Harbour and Treasure Cay from Ft. Lauderdale. Miami service was attempted in 2009.
YAT started being affected by the high-seasonality of both the Florida Keys and Bahamas and the carrier relinquished their scheduled authority in 2009. Yellow Air Taxi has since gone out of business. On February 18, 2011, an involuntary petition for liquidation under Chapter 7 was filed against Friendship Airways Inc.
Destinations
Florida
Fort Lauderdale Tampa
Previous destinations Key West International Airport Naples Municipal Airport Marsh Harbour International Airport Bimini Treasure Cay North Eleuthera international Airport Miami International Airport
Fleet The Yellow Air Taxi fleet consists of the following aircraft as of July 2010: + Yellow Air Taxi FleetAircraftTotalPassengers(Economy)Routes NotesCessna 402C19AllTwin propeller plane with one pilot. All painted yellow with black and white checker board design on the tail.
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