Cargojet Airways Ltd. (TSX: CJT) is a scheduled cargo airline based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It operates cargo services in Canada and internationally, as well as full aircraft charters. Its main base is John C Munro Hamilton International Airport.[citation needed] Cargojet Airways is a public company with 400 employees and 24 million USD market capitalization.[1]
[edit] History
The airline was established on 21 February 2002 and started operations in June 2002. It was formerly Canada 3000 Cargo. Ajay Virmani initially acquired 50% of Canada 3000 Cargo in July 2001 and bought the remaining half in February 2002. He is the Chief Executive and President of the airline. The name change to Cargojet came into effect on 22 February 2002. In July 2002 it acquired Winnport Logistics. It is wholly owned by Ajay Virmani and has 405 employees (at March 2007).[citation needed]
On July 17 2007 Cargojet Airways acquired the Georgian Express cargo operations. The regional operation will operate under the name CARGOJET REGIONAL. [2] When acquired Georgian Express operates three Beech 1900 freighter and four Cessna Caravan freighter aircraft.
On May 1 2008 Cargojet Airways acquired 51% ownership of Prince Edward Airlines [3]. In 2008 Cargojet also started a fleet renewal program that consisted of acquiring one Boeing 757-200ER and two Boeing 767-200ER. The 757-200ER that entered service in 2008 is a former TUIfly Nordic converted from passenger service to a freighter operation by Precision Freighter. The two 767-200ER are former American Airlines passenger jets converted to freighter operation by Israeli Aerospace Industries. [4].
[edit] Destinations
Cargojet Airways operates freight services to the following destinations (as of 2008)[5]:
- Domestic (mainline) - Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Hamilton, Moncton, Montréal-Mirabel, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, St. John's, Toronto, Vancouver, and Winnipeg.
- Domestic (truck connection) - Toronto (trucked from/to Hamilton) and Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau (trucked to/from Montréal-Mirabel)
- Domestic (Atlantic regional)- Québec City [6]
- Domestic (Ontario regional) - Earlton, Elliot Lake, Kapuskasing , London-Ontario, NorthBay, Sarnia, Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, Timmins, and Thunder Bay [7]
- International (Mainline) - Katowice, Poland [8], Newark, NJ, Bermuda
- International (truck connection) - Newark, NJ from Hamilton
The Cargojet Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (at October 2008):[9]
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