Cargojet Airways

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Cargojet Airways is a cargo airline based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It operates cargo services in Canada and internationally, as well as full aircraft charters. Its main base is Hamilton Airport.

Contents 1 Code Data 2 History 3 Services 4 Fleet 5 External links 6 References

[edit] Code Data

• IATA Code: W8
• ICAO Code: CJT
• Callsign: Cargojet ^[1]

[edit] History

The airline was established on 21 February 2002 and started operations in June 2002. It was formerly Canada 3000 Cargo. Ajay Virmani initially acquired 50% of Canada 3000 Cargo in July 2001 and bought the remaining half in February 2002. He is the Chief Executive and President of the airline. The name change to Cargojet Airways came into effect on 22 February 2002. In July 2002 it acquired Winnport Logistics.

[edit] Services

Cargojet Airways operates freight services to the following domestic destinations (as of March 2006): Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Hamilton, Moncton, Montreal, Regina, Saskatoon, St. John's, Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver, and Winnipeg.

Cargojet Airways operates freight services to the following international destinations (as of March 2006): Newark, New Jersey; and Bermuda.

[edit] Fleet

The Cargojet Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (at August 2006) ^[2]:

• 5 Boeing 727-200
• 9 Boeing 727-200F

[edit] External links

• Cargojet Airways

[edit] References

1. ^ Airline Codes (November 2006)
2. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006