Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. is an airline holding company based in

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. The group owns

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, and has a freighter aircraft leasing joint venture with

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: Titan Aircraft Investments. The company was named after

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, a figure in Greek mythology, who carries the sky on his shoulders. The company was listed on

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until 2023 when it was taken private by a group of investors led by

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Operations

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings owns

, and Titan Aircraft Investments. The company headquarters are in Purchase, New York. Atlas Air operates flights on an ACMI (

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), CMI and

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basis for airlines, express operators,

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, charter brokers, global shippers and the U.S. Military, along with dry-leasing freighter aircraft. Atlas Air has global operations established in Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, North America, and South America. 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

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freighters, twenty-one

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freighters (leased to parent Atlas Air), and one

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freighter.

Fleet

, Atlas Air operates the following aircraft:

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