Kitty Hawk Aircargo

Infobox Airline
airline = Kitty Hawk Aircargo

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fleet_size = 14
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IATA = KR
ICAO = KHA
callsign = KITTYHAWK
parent = Kitty Hawk Group
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founded = 1976 (as Kitty Hawk Airways) cite book|last=Norwood|first=Tom|coauthors=Wegg, John|title=North American Airlines Handbook|publisher=Airways International|location=Sandpoint, ID|date=2002|edition=3rd|isbn=0-9653993-8-9|url=http://www.airwaysnews.com]
commenced = 1985
headquarters = Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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hubs = Fort Wayne International Airport
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website = http://www.kha.com/

Kitty Hawk Aircargo (nasdaq|KTTEQ) was an American cargo airline based in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, USA. It operated domestic scheduled overnight freight services, as well as aircraft charters. Its main base was Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, with a hub at Fort Wayne International Airport.cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 101 | date= 2007-04-03]

History

The airline was founded in 1976 by Tom Christopher as Kitty Hawk Airways. Various mergers and acquisitions resulted in the establishment of Kitty Hawk Inc, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on 1 May 2000 and suspended all international cargo flights. The airline emerged from Chapter 11 on 31 August 2002.Flight International, 5-11 April 2005]

On 15 October 2007 Kitty Hawk, Inc. filed again for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

On 29 October 2007 Kitty Hawk, Inc. announced it would cease all scheduled network Air and Ground operations, effective immediately. As a company it will continue to operate air cargo charter shipments..Fact|date=October 2007

On 20 November 2007 Kitty Hawk Air Cargo began flying for DHL for a 2 week minimum shipping DHL's freight domestically. This contract includes five Boeing 737-300 with keeping one at their hub at KILN for a spare. Kitty hawk continued this flying for 4 weeks.

2008 - Kitty Hawk flew their last revenue flight, a Boeing 727 horse charter, on January 8, 2008 and their last flight the next day, ferrying the aircraft to Ardmore, Oklahoma.

Destinations

*Overnight cargo services were operated daily to the following domestic destinations : Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas/Fort Worth, Dayton, Denver, Detroit, El Paso, Fort Wayne, Grand Rapids, Hartford, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Lexington, Las Vegas, Lexington, Los Angeles, Louisville, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St Paul, Nashville, New York, Newark, Norfolk, Omaha, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Raleigh, Richmond, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, South Bend, Tampa, and Washington, DC.
*Freight services were operated to the following international destinations : San Juan and Toronto.
*Additional interline partners used to service the following destinations : Anchorage and Honolulu.

Fleet

As of December 2007 the Kitty Hawk Aircargo fleet included

As of November 17th, 2007, the majority of the 727s from the Kitty Hawk fleet were being stored at Ardmore Municipal (KADM) in Ardmore, Oklahoma.

Previously operated

At March 2006 the airline operated [Flight International, 3-9 October 2006] :
*18 Boeing 727-200F
*7 Boeing 737-300SF

External links

* [http://www.kha.com/ Kitty Hawk Aircargo]
* [http://www.khcargo.com Kitty Hawk Cargo]
* [http://www.kittyhawkcompanies.com/ Kitty Hawk Inc.]

References