Cargojet Inc. () is a scheduled
cargo airline
Cargo airlines (or air freight carriers, and derivatives of these names) are airlines mainly dedicated to the transport of cargo by air. Some cargo airlines are divisions or subsidiaries of larger passenger airlines.
In 2018, airline cargo tra ...
based in
Mississauga,
Ontario
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, Canada. It operates cargo services in Canada and internationally, as well as full aircraft charters. Its main base is
John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport. Cargojet is a public company with over 1650 employees.
History
The airline was established on 21 February 2002 from the cargo operation of the defunct
Canada 3000 airline. Former Canada 3000 executive Ajay Virmani had purchased shares of the department in 2001 and 2002, becoming the Chief Executive and President of Cargojet. The airline started operations as Cargojet in June 2002, and in July of the same year it acquired Winnport Logistics.
In May 2019, Cargojet announced a partnership with Canadian rapper
Drake
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, naming him an ambassador to the brand.
Destinations
Cargojet operates a domestic scheduled cargo service to 15 Canadian destinations. Cargojet also operates an international scheduled cargo network which includes routes to several countries and territories, including
Bermuda
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