Cargo 360 was a

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, airli ...

based in

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. It specialised in ACMI (

Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance Aircraft leases are leases used by airlines and other aircraft operators. Airlines lease aircraft from other airlines or leasing companies for two main reasons: to operate aircraft without the financial burden of buying them, as well as to provide ...

) wet lease operations. Its main headquarters was at

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History

The airline started operations on 15 May 2006. It was established by H. David Greenberg, and other entrepreneurs. The airline was owned by

Oak Hill Capital Partners Oak Hill Capital Partners is a private equity firm headquartered in New York City, with more than $19 billion of committed capital from entrepreneurs, endowments, foundations, corporations, pension funds and global financial institutions. Ro ...

(86%) and David Greenberg, President and CEO (14%). On July 30, 2007, Oak Hill Capital Partners acquired

Southern Air Southern Air Inc. was a global air cargo carrier headquartered in Florence, Kentucky. It was the first airline to provide wet leasing (ACMI) services using the wide-body Boeing 777F freighter. On November 17, 2021, Southern Air ceased operati ...

and merged the two airlines into one, giving birth to Southern Air Holdings, Inc. Consequently, Cargo 360 was absorbed into Southern Air in January 2008 and ceased operating under its own colors. The logo and aircraft livery was designed by Dave and Jackie Greenberg and Chad Hill while with Redorchestra Creative (now defunct) in Chicago, IL.

Destinations

Cargo 360 had an ACMI contract with

Korean Air Cargo Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. (KAL; ) is the flag carrier of South Korea and its largest airline based on fleet size, international destinations, and international flights. It is owned by the Hanjin Group. The present-day Korean Air traces its ...

between

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and multiple destinations within the

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Fleet

As of September 2007, the Cargo 360 fleet included: *1 Boeing 747-3B5M(SF) - N301JD *2 Boeing 747-2B5F/SCD - N298JD and N299JD

References

Airlines established in 2005 Airlines disestablished in 2007 Defunct cargo airlines of the United States Airlines based in Washington (state) {{US-airline-stub

History

Destinations

Fleet

See also

References