ARROW AIR

'Arrow Air' is an American cargo airline based in Miami, Florida, USA. It operates over 90 weekly scheduled cargo flights, and has a strong charter business. Its main base is Miami International Airport.^[1]

Contents

History

Incidents & accidents

Destinations

Fleet

Previously operated

Livery

External links

References

History

The airline was established in 1947 as an all-cargo operator. Passenger services were adopted by the late 1970s and early 1980s, both on a charter and regular scheduled service basis. Arrow Air had many passenger flights from JFK International Airport in New York and from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan at the time, using Lockheed L-1011 as well as McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and DC-8 equipment. During the 1990s, Arrow Air's management decided to return the airline to being an all-cargo operator once again.
Formerly a subsidiary of International Air Leases, Air Arrow was acquired by Fine Air in 1999, but it remained flying under the name Arrow Air. Fine Air also still operates under its own name. In January 2004 Arrow Air filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but exited in June 2004 after a bankruptcy court approved its restructuring.

Incidents & accidents

★ December 12, 1985: an Arrow Air Flight 1285, a DC-8 carrying American military personnel on a charter flight home for Christmas crashed in Newfoundland, killing all 248 passengers on board and 8 crew members. See: Arrow Air Flight 1285.

★ On December 13, 2002, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62F operated by Arrow Air flying from Yokota was approaching runway 20R at Singapore Changi Airport. Due to a miscommunication between the First Officer and Captain during landing, when the aircraft touched down only about 1,500 m of the runway remained available. The aircraft overran the runway and came to rest about 300 m from its end.

★ June 4, 2006: A McDonnell Douglas DC10-10F (registered N68047) en route Miami-Managua touched down hard at Managua on and was unable to stop before the end of the runway. The aircraft overran by about 300 meters, the nose gear collapsed, causing substantial damage to the engines as well as a possible fuel rupture in the wing.
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Destinations

Arrow Air operates the following freight services (at January 2005):

★ Domestic scheduled destinations: Atlanta and Miami.

★ International scheduled destinations: Iquitos (IQT), Bogotá (BOG), Lima (LIM), Panama City (PTY), San José SJO, and San Juan, Puerto Rico (SJU).
Scheduled destinations of Arrow Air, Inc. dba Arrow Cargo, are:

★ Canada

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★ Windsor

★ Central America

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★ Guatemala City, El Salvador, San Pedro Sula, Managua, Nicaragua, San José, Costa Rica, Panama City

★ South America

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★ Bogotá, Cali, Ciudad del Este, Guayaquil, Iquitos, Lima, Manaus, Quito, Salvador, Brazil, Santiago, Chile, São Paulo

Fleet

The Arrow Cargo fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007):

★ 1 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40F (N140WE)

★ 4 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F (N450ML, N478CT, N524MD, & N526MD)

★ 1 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10F (N68041)

★ 1 McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62 (HP791WAP)

★ 4 McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF (N441J, N784AL, N906R, & N661AV)

Previously operated

★ 2 Boeing 747-200 (at January 2005 from Focus Air (N535MC & TBA)

Livery

White fuselage with large, red lettered name on the front of the cabin, with a blue cheatline that goes all the way to the tail, where the line transforms into a blue 'A'. With the blue 'A', the tail consists of a blue-white combination of colors. In addition, a new livery was also introduced recently, which consists of a blue diagonal stripe midway through the fuselage, with white in front and green behind this stripe. "Arrow Cargo" titles appear toward the front of the plane with a blue logo, which also appears on the tail.

External links

★ Arrow Cargo

References

1. Directory: World Airlines