AirNet is an American Part 135 cargo airline based in Franklin County, Ohio, United States, near Columbus."Contact ." AirNet. Retrieved on February 12, 2011. "Corporate Office: AirNet Systems, Inc. 7250 Star Check Drive Columbus, OH 43217." It specializes in delivery of documents and small packages. Banks were once their main client, transporting checks for over 300 of the country's largest banks. With the passing of the Check 21 Act, and the increase in the usage of electronic banking, this has been greatly reduced. AirNet is now focusing on time critical documents and packages, such as those required in the scientific and medical field. The main sort facility is located at Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus. In September 2008, AirNet announced that they were moving their sort facility to Chicago, reducing the number of aircraft, and redesigning their route network. Their corporate headquarters remains in Columbus.Columbus Business First AirNet moving hub to Chicago
History Financial Air Express / PDQ was founded in 1974 by Gerald Mercer in Pontiac, MI. Jet Courier was founded at about the same time by Donald Wright in Cincinnati, OH. Jet Courier changed its name to Wright International Express in January 1985. In July 1988, these two companies merged to become US Check Airlines, headed by Gerald Mercer. US Check acquired Air Continental of Norwalk, OH a year later to become a dominant player in the cancelled check transportation industry. US Check later acquired Midway Aviation of Dallas, TX, Pacific Air Charter of San Diego, CA, Express Convenience Center of Southfield, Massachusetts and Data Air Courier of Chicago, Illinois.
In order to raise additional capital and further grow the company, US Check went public in 1998 to become AirNet Systems. In 2008, AirNet Systems was purchased by Bayside Capital, which had once owned the now defunct Flight Express of Orlando, FL. In August 2015 Kalitta Charters acquired AirNet.
Destinations AirNet's destinations ():
+ AirNet Express destinationsCity, StateAirportAirport code(IATA/ICAO)HubAlbuquerque, New MexicoAlbuquerque International Sunport ABQ/KABQAtlanta, GeorgiaDeKalb-Peachtree Airport PDK/KPDK Atlanta, GeorgiaFulton County Airport FTY/KFTY Baltimore, MarylandMartin State Airport MTN/KMTNBedford, MassachusettsHanscom Field BED/KBED Billings, MontanaBillings Logan International Airport BIL/KBILBirmingham, AlabamaBirmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport BHM/KBHM Boston, MassachusettsLogan International Airport BOS/KBOS Boston, MassachusettsLawrence Municipal Airport LWM/KLWM Buffalo, New YorkBuffalo Niagara International Airport BUF/KBUF Burbank, CaliforniaHollywood Burbank Airport BUR/KBUR Charlotte, North CarolinaCharlotte/Douglas International Airport CLT/KCLT West Chicago, IllinoisDuPage Airport DPA/KDPA Cincinnati, OhioCincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport LUK/KLUK Cleveland, OhioCleveland Burke Lakefront Airport BKL/KBKL Columbus, OhioRickenbacker International Airport LCK/KLCK HubAddison, TexasAddison Airport ADS/KADS Denver, ColoradoCentennial Airport APA/KAPA Des Moines, IowaDes Moines International Airport DSM/KDSM Detroit-Ypsilanti, MichiganWillow Run Airport YIP/KYIP Fort Lauderdale, FloridaFort Lauderdale Executive Airport FXE/KFXE Fort Wayne, IndianaFort Wayne International Airport FWA/KFWA Hartford-Windsor Locks, ConnecticutBradley International Airport BDL/KBDL Helena, MontanaHelena Regional Airport HLN/KHLN Houston, TexasWilliam P. Hobby Airport HOU/KHOU Jacksonville, FloridaExecutive at Craig Airport CRG/KCRG Jacksonville, FloridaJacksonville International Airport JAX/KJAX Kansas City, MissouriCharles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport MKC/KMKC Memphis, TennesseeMemphis International Airport MEM/KMEM Miami, FloridaOpa-Locka Airport OPF/KOPF Milwaukee, WisconsinGeneral Mitchell International Airport MKE/KMKE New Orleans, LouisianaLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport MSY/KMSY Omaha, NebraskaEppley Airfield OMA/KOMA Orlando, FloridaOrlando Executive Airport ORL/KORL Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaGreater Pittsburgh International Airport PIT/KPITPhoenix, ArizonaPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport PHX/KPHX Portland, OregonHillsboro Airport HIO/KHIO Raleigh-Durham, North CarolinaRaleigh–Durham International Airport RDU/KRDU Richmond, VirginiaRichmond International Airport RIC/KRIC Rochester, MinnesotaRochester International Airport RST/KRSTSaint Louis, MissouriSt. Louis Downtown Airport CPS/KCPS Saint Paul, MinnesotaSt. Paul Downtown Airport STP/KSTPSeattle, WashingtonBoeing Field BFI/KBFI South Bend, IndianaSouth Bend Regional Airport SBN/KSBNTampa, FloridaTampa International Airport TPA/KTPATeterboro, New JerseyTeterboro Airport TEB/KTEBWashington D.C. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport DCA/KDCA Washington D.C.Washington Dulles International Airport IAD/KIAD
Fleet The Airnet Express fleet consists of the following aircraft (): + AirNet Express fleetAircraftTotalNotesBombardier Learjet 35A 12Beechcraft Baron BE-587
Accident An AirNet Beechcraft Baron was lost in a crash on 8 January 2022 near Defiance, Missouri, killing the two occupants. The plane had been traveling to Centennial Airport in Colorado.
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