Air Transport International, Inc. is an
airline
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based in
Wilmington, Ohio
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,
United States
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. It operates worldwide cargo charters and combi charters for the express package industry and freight forwarders, as well as for the
United States Department of Defense
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. It also
wet-leases aircraft. Its main base is Wilmington.
It is part of the
Air Transport Services Group
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) is an American aviation holding company which provides air cargo transportation and related services to domestic and foreign air carriers and other companies that outsource their air cargo lift requirements. A ...
().
History
The airline was established in 1978 and started operations in 1979. It was formed as US Airways and later known as
Interstate Airlines
Interstate Airlines was a charter airline based in Maastricht, Netherlands. It operates wet lease services within Europe. Its main base was Maastricht Aachen Airport.
There was also a U.S.-based Interstate Airlines which was a cargo air carrier ...
. The current name was adopted in 1988. On October 1, 1994 International Cargo Express was merged into Air Transport International, which was itself acquired by the