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'AirNet Express' is an American Part 135 cargo airline based in Columbus, Ohio, USA. It specializes in delivery of documents, and small packages, operating over 500 flights a night throughout the USA and is a major carrier for over 300 of the country's largest banks.^[1] Airnet flights operate under the ATC callsign "Star Check". The main sort facility is located at Rickenbacker International Airport, Columbus, Ohio.

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History

Fleet

External links

References

History

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The airline was established in 1974 and was formerly known as US Check Airlines. Since September 1996 it has acquired seven similar but smaller businesses including:

★ Wright International Express, acquired in 1984, a competitor in cancelled check transportation

★ Air Continental, acquired in 1988, another cancelled check competitor,

★ Midway Aviation, of Dallas, Texas, a regional air carrier of cancelled cheques,

★ Express Convenience Center, of Southfield, Massachusetts, a small package forwarder,

★ Pacific Air Charter, of San Diego, California, a small California-based Part 135 operation in June 1997,

★ Data Air Courier, of Chicago, Illinois, a national carrier of cancelled cheques in July 1997
It is wholly owned by AirNet Systems.
However, with the advent of the Check 21 Act, the lack of need for the physical delivery of canceled checks is slowly causing the company's demise to the delivery of checks^[2]. Airnet Systems is now focusing more on the delivery of time sensitive small packages, such as medical treatments and diagnostics.

Fleet

The Airnet Express fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2007):

★ 4 Bombardier Learjet 35

★ 29 Bombardier Learjet 35A

★ 7 Cessna Caravan 675
At January 2005 the airline also operated :

★ 23 Piper Navajo

★ 48 Beechcraft Baron BE-58

External links

★ AirNet Express

References

1. Directory: World Airlines
2. "AirNet's top exec is being replaced", Paul Wilson, ''The Columbus Dispatch'' December 30, 2006