Falcon Air Express

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airline = Falcon Air Express

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ICAO = FAO
callsign = PANTHER
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founded = 1995
headquarters = Miami, Florida, USA
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Falcon Air Express is an airline based in Miami, Florida, USA. It operated charter services and wet-leasing of aircraft. Its main base is Miami International AirportFlight International 3 April 2007] . Falcon Air sub-contracts for Venezuelan carrier Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela. Although the airline filed for bankruptcy in May 2006, they continue to operate one MD-80 aircraft for Aeropostal, flying for the Department of Defense, universities, tour operators, cruise line groups as well as international carriers like Bahamasair and Cayman Airways.

History

The airline was established in 1995 and started operations in March 1996. It was privately owned and was founded by Emilio Dirube (President and Chief Executive). It was certified as a US domestic airline in 1998, operating the Boeing 727-200 to mostly Caribbean destinations. Now is a FAR part 121 Air Carrier and made domestic and international flights.

On 11 May 2006 Falcon Air Express filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and laid off 73 of its 169 employees. Falcon will now fly with one remaining MD-82 and one MD-83 aircraft. The airline will continue to fly with a reduced fleet as it works to reorganize, said Brian Rich, a bankruptcy lawyer for Berger Singerman, which represents Falcon Air. Fact|date=February 2007

Incidents and accidents

In 1998, the airline was investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration for reports that during a high school charter flight from Oregon to Mexico, crew members allegedly ran a wet T-shirt contest in the aisles and violated various FAA regulations.The airline retrained all crew in proper FAA procedures. { [fact

Fleet

The Falcon Air Express fleet includes the following aircraft (at August 2006) [Flight International, 3-9 October 2006] :

*2 McDonnell Douglas MD-83

External links

*wayback|http://www.falconairexpress.net|Falcon Air Express official website

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