Wiggins Airways is an American

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based in

Manchester, New Hampshire Manchester is a city in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. It is the most populous city in New Hampshire. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 115,644. Manchester is, along with Nashua, one of two seats of New Ha ...

, operating from

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. It is a subsidiary of Ameriflight.

History

Wiggins Airways was founded in 1929, by E.W. Wiggins, operating out of Manchester, New Hampshire. Wiggins Airways was bought out by its employees in the creation of an

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in 1985. Wiggins currently employs over 160 people. In December 2014, Ameriflight acquired Wiggins Airways (48 aircraft and 100 employees), which resulted in Ameriflight becoming the largest regional air cargo carrier in the world, with 218 aircraft in its fleet. Ameriflight elected not to continue to operate Wiggins' FBO and airline service departments, resulting in these departments being sold to

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Routes

Wiggins Airways flies across

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and other Northeast states from its base in Manchester.

Fleet

Wiggins Airways currently operates a fleet of 51 aircraft. The majority of these aircraft operate as feeders for

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and

FedEx Express FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corporation, is a major American cargo airline based in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. As of 2020, it is one of the world's largest airlines in terms of fleet size and freight tons flown. It is the na ...

. As of July 2022, the Wiggins Airways fleet includes:Wiggins Airways
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