Charter Air Transport was a certified part 135 air taxi provider based in
Cleveland
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania st ...
, Ohio at
Burke Lakefront Airport. The airline is licensed by the Department of Transportation to provide privately arranged flights and in addition scheduled public flights. Cleveland's Business Aircraft Group is the parent company of Charter Air Transport.
History
Charter Air Transport, founded by Michael L. Hoyle, has been a licensed air taxi operator since 1998 and offers on demand services to sports teams, casino junkets and other organizations. Aircraft are dispatched to many airports within the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean for types of specific services. It was one of the first 30-passenger charter operators to achieve DOT 298 authority to fly scheduled flights.
In 2009 and 2010, the airline unsuccessfully bid to assume
Essential Air Service
Essential Air Service (EAS) is a U.S. government program enacted to guarantee that small communities in the United States, which had been served by certificated airlines prior to deregulation in 1978, maintain commercial service. Its aim is ...
federally subsidized scheduled air service to a number of midwestern destinations.
In April 2011 a new operation within the company was introduced on the scheduled public charter branded as
Streamline Airlines operating between
Hanscom Field in
Massachusetts
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and
Trenton-Mercer Airport in
New Jersey
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. The service operated between April 2011 to September 2012. Upon cessation of service, the single dedicated Streamline aircraft was returned to the rest of the CAT fleet.
Mauiva AirCruise Public Charters are also operated by Charter Air Transport.
Via Airlines
In 2014, an airline named Via Airlines owned by the same holding company as CAT began operating the scheduled
Essential Air Service
Essential Air Service (EAS) is a U.S. government program enacted to guarantee that small communities in the United States, which had been served by certificated airlines prior to deregulation in 1978, maintain commercial service. Its aim is ...
from
Raleigh County Memorial Airport in
Beckley, West Virginia
Beckley is a city in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States, and its county seat. The population was 17,286 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in West Virginia, ninth-most populous city in th ...
to
Charlotte Douglas International Airport. It also began seasonal unsubsidized service from Charlotte to
Northeast Florida Regional Airport. All Via Airlines flights operated Charter Air Transport
Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia
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The EMB 120 began development during 1974. While initially conceived as ...
. Via Airlines filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to pilot shortage in May 2019.
Fleet
Charter Air Transport serves a variety of on-demand air taxi services with their own fleet of the following aircraft:
[http://www.charterairtransport.com/aircraft/ "Charter Air Transport Fleet"]
See also
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List of defunct airlines of the United States
The following is a list of defunct airlines of the United States. However, some of these airlines have ceased operations completely, changed identities and/or FAA certificates and are still operating under a different name (e.g. America West Ai ...
References
External links
charterairtransport.com
{{Defunct airlines of the United States, state=collapsed
Airlines established in 1998
1998 establishments in Ohio
Defunct charter airlines of the United States
Airlines based in Ohio
Defunct airlines of the United States
Airlines disestablished in 2015
2015 disestablishments in Ohio