Omni Air International

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Omni Air International

IATA OY	ICAO OAE	Callsign Omni
Founded		1983
Fleet size		13
Destinations		Worldwide Operations
Parent company		Omni Air International, Inc.
Headquarters		Tulsa, Oklahoma
Key people		Richard Ziskind Senior Director Marketing, Commercial
Website: http://www.omniairintl.com

Omni Air International (IATA: OY, ICAO: OAE, and Callsign: OMNI) ^[1] is a United States charter air carrier, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma that provides passenger service for major wholesale travel companies, federal government agencies and ACMI Wet Lease for Airlines Worldwide, with Boeing 757 and McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 aircraft.^{[citation needed]}

1 History
2 Fleet
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

Omni Air International, headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, currently operates a fleet of nine DC-10-30s and four B757-200s in worldwide passenger charter service for Commercial and Government Customers. Omni has demonstrated twelve years of sustained, profitable growth since it was founded in 1993.

Omni operates passenger charter segments that can be efficiently served with long range aircraft. The company's customers include leisure wholesale operators, that provide vacation packages to the Caribbean, Florida, Las Vegas, Mexico, Hawaii, Europe, and Asia; cruise lines that transport customers to sailing ports in Europe, South America and the South Pacific; and Department of Defense and Government transport worldwide.

Omni Air International operates ACMI wet lease programs for airlines worldwide with both the DC-10-30 and B757-200 fleet types. Omni provides aircraft, crew, maintenance, and insurance, providing a seamless product for the airline's customer.

Omni began operation as a U.S. Part 135 operator in 1983. In 1993, Omni became a Part 121 air carrier operating B727F equipment in the narrow body cargo market. Customers included many of the industry's largest integrated shipping companies such as BAX Global, DHL, Emery Worldwide and UPS. The company soon earned a reputation for operational excellence and consistent profitability.

Building on success in cargo operations, in 1997 Omni entered the passenger charter market with DC-10-10s. In 1998 the company sold its B727F fleet to permit it to focus exclusively on its growing passenger business. The next step in Omni's development came during 1998-2000 when the company acquired three long range DC-10-30s from Lufthansa/Condor and began providing international charter service to wholesale companies, cruise lines, and the Department of Defense. Since 1999, Omni has operated charters worldwide.

The Year 2003 saw the addition of the B757-200 passenger aircraft. The B757-200 fleet is approved for extended range over water operations. With the addition of these aircraft to its fleet, Omni was awarded 180-minute ETOPS approval by the FAA. This is only the second time in history of U.S. Aviation that this type if immediate ETOPS approval has been granted. Omni operates a fleet of four B757-200 aircraft.

Today Omni Air International employs over 1,000 people at its Headquarters in Tulsa and at bases through out the world.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Fleet

An Omni Air International plane debarking naval reservists at Norfolk, Virginia

As of December 2006 the Omni Air International fleet includes:

10 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
4 Boeing 757-200 ^[2]

Registration	Type	Formerly With	Notes
N270AX	DC-10-30	World Airways
N522AX	DC-10-30	Northwest
N49082	DC-10-30	Continental
N17085	DC-10-30	Continental
N630AX	DC-10-30	Condor
N531AX	DC-10-30	Northwest
N603AX	DC-10-30	Northwest
N612AX	DC-10-30	Northwest
N720AX	DC-10-30	Condor
N810AX	DC-10-30	Finnair
N549AX	B757-23A	MyTravel Airways/Orient Thai Airlines	Leased from Babcock and Brown
N459AX	B757-28A	National Airlines/Canada 3000	Leased from ILFC
N369AX	B757-28A	National Airlines/Canada 3000	Leased from ILFC
N639AX	B757-28A	Orient Thai	Leased from Aviation Capitol Group