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Florida West International Airways, Inc. (often abbreviated as ''FWIA'') was an American
cargo airline
Cargo airlines (or air freight carriers, and derivatives of these names) are airlines mainly dedicated to the transport of air cargo, cargo by air. Some cargo airlines are divisions or subsidiaries of larger passenger airlines.
In 2018, airline ...
based at Miami
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, Florida
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. It operated scheduled and charter services worldwide, with its main markets in Latin America
Latin America or
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* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived ...
, the Caribbean
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and the United States. The airline later became a subsidiary of the Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings
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 ...
.
History
The airline was founded in 1981 as a repair station at Miami Airport named ''Pan Aero International''. It changed its name in January 1984 to Florida West Airlines. On February 28, 1994, Florida West acquired Tradewinds Airlines. After the airline filed for bankruptcy on October 11, 1994, it's assets were sold and it was rebranded as ''Florida West International Airways'' the following year restarting operations on March 12, 1996. In December 2000,LAN Airlines
LATAM Airlines Chile (formerly LAN Airlines and LAN-Chile) is an airline based in Santiago, Chile, one of the founders of LATAM Airlines Group, Latin America's largest airline holding company. The main hub is Arturo Merino Benítez Internationa ...
purchased 25% stake of the airline.
On April 7, 2016, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings
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 ...
, along with Southern Air, acquired Florida West International. On February 28, 2017, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings shut down Florida West International, with the U.S. Department of Transportation cancelling their cargo carrier's certificates of authority on March 27.
Destinations
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Florida West International Airways operated the following aircraft:See also
*Atlas Air
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*List of defunct airlines of the United States
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