Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings
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Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings is an airline holding company based in Purchase, New York. The group owns Atlas Air, Polar Air Cargo, and has a freighter aircraft leasing joint venture with Bain Capital: Titan Aircraft Investments. The company was named after Atlas, a figure in Greek mythology, who carries the sky on his shoulders.
The company was listed on Nasdaq until 2023 when it was taken private by a group of investors led by Apollo Global Management.[2] [3]
Operations
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Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings owns Atlas Air, Polar Air Cargo, and Titan Aircraft Investments. The company headquarters are in Purchase, New York.
Atlas Air operates flights on an ACMI (
Titan Aircraft Investments is an aircraft dry-leasing company. Titan owns 29 aircraft in its dry-leasing fleet. The dry-leasing fleet consists of seven Boeing 777 freighters, twenty-one Boeing 767 freighters (leased to parent Atlas Air), and one Boeing 737-300 freighter.[4]
Fleet
As of December 2021[update], Atlas Air operates the following aircraft:[4]
Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||||
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F | C | Y+ | Y | Total | ||||
Passenger Fleet | ||||||||
Boeing 747-400 | 5 | — | 10 | 143 | — | 36 | 189 | Used for VIP Service |
12 | 52 | 70 | 240 | 374 | Used for VIP Service | |||
— | 23 | — | 505 | 528 | ||||
Boeing 767-300ER
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5 | — | — | 30 | — | 218 | 248 | |
Cargo Fleet | ||||||||
Boeing 737-300F
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1 | — | Cargo | Leased out by Titan Aircraft Investments. | ||||
Boeing 737-800F
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8 | — | Cargo | Aircraft provided by Amazon Air, operated by Atlas. | ||||
Boeing 747-400F
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30 | — | Cargo | |||||
5 | — | Aircraft owned by Nippon Cargo Airlines, operated by Atlas.[5] | ||||||
Boeing 747-400LCF | 4 | — | Cargo | Aircraft owned by Boeing, operated by Atlas. | ||||
Boeing 747-8F
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9 | 3 | Cargo | Including the last production Boeing 747-8, under registration N863GT, delivered on Feb. 1, 2023 under flight Atlas Air flight Giant 747 (5Y747/GTI747)[6][7] | ||||
2 | — | Operating for Qantas Freight.[8] | ||||||
Boeing 767-300ERF | 3 | — | Cargo | |||||
21 | — | Aircraft owned by Titan Aircraft Investments, operated by Atlas. | ||||||
2 | — | Aircraft provided by DHL, operated by Atlas. | ||||||
Boeing 777-200LRF
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1 | 4 | Cargo | |||||
7 | — | Aircraft owned by Titan Aircraft Investments, operated by Atlas. | ||||||
6 | — | Aircraft provided by DHL, operated by Atlas. | ||||||
Total | 109 | 7 |
References
- ^ Kass, Rochelle (March 18, 2002). "Bumpy Ride for Atlas Air". The Journal News. pp. 1D, 2D. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
- ^ "Apollo-led group to take Atlas Air private in a deal worth more than $3 billion". CNBC. August 4, 2022.
- ^ "Atlas Air Worldwide acquisition completed". Aviation Business News. March 20, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Annual Report 2021 Form 10-k".[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Atlas Air Worldwide Announces Expanded 747-400F Service For Nippon Cargo Airlines". Atlas Air (Press release). January 8, 2019.
- ^ Flightradar24. "Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map". Flightradar24. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Boeing, Atlas Air Celebrate Delivery of Final 747, an Airplane that Transformed Aviation and Global Air Travel". MediaRoom. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
- ^ "Atlas Air Worldwide Announces 747-8F ACMI Service For Qantas Freight". Atlas Air (Press release). April 4, 2019.