Martinaire Aviation, L.L.C. is an American cargo airline based on the grounds of Addison Airport in Addison, Texas, United States, near Dallas."Contact Us ." Martinaire. Retrieved on February 12, 2011. " 4553 Glenn Curtiss Avenue, Addison, Texas 75001." It operates feeder flights for overnight package delivery services, most notably on behalf of UPS. It is owned by Xwing.
Superior Aviation is an American airline based in Lansing, Michigan, United States. It was established in 1979 and operates scheduled passenger services, passenger and cargo charter flights and aircraft sales and maintenance.Flight International 12–18 April 2005 In 2006, Martinaire acquired Superior Aviation.
History
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. 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.
Fleet
The Martinaire fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of April 2009):
29 Cessna 208B Super Cargomaster
References
External links Martinaire Superior Aviation