USA Jet Airlines
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| Founded | 1994 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Willow Run Airport | ||||||
| Secondary hubs | Laredo, Texas | ||||||
| Fleet size | 11 | ||||||
| Parent company | Active Aero Group | ||||||
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Willow Run Airport Van Buren Township, Michigan, USA |
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| Key people | David Schembri, Chief Executive Officer; Tom Stenglein, Chief Financial Officer; Michael Garvin, Chief Operating Officer | ||||||
USA Jet Airlines is an American cargo airline with its headquarters on the grounds of Willow Run Airport and in Van Buren Township, Michigan. USA Jet operates on-demand air charter freight, and formerly passenger, flights out of Willow Run Airport. USA Jet Airlines is a division of Active Aero Group.
A USA Jet DC-9 was used for the filming of the movie Cedar Rapids and another painted for We Are Marshall.
USA Jet flew the Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan presidential campaign flights for the 2012 election year. A VIP MD-83, registration N949NS, was used for Mitt Romney and a VIP DC-9-32, registration N215US was used for Paul Ryan.
In August 2013, USA Jet Airlines became the world's first operator of an MD-80 Passenger-to-Freighter conversion. The aircraft, converted by Aeronautical Engineers, Inc., competes against the Boeing 727 in the cargo market.
As of November 2013, the USA Jet Airlines fleet includes:
On July 8, 2008, a DC-9-15F (N199US) crashed onto a roadway while approaching the Plan de Guadalupe International Airport in Saltillo, Mexico while on a scheduled cargo flight from the U.S. The National Transportation Safety Board, which confirmed the death of the pilot, reported no one was injured on the ground. The co-pilot suffered severe burns. USA Jet Flight 199 departed Detroit-Willow Run Airport, MI (YIP) on July 5 for Hamilton (YHM), Canada to pick up cargo. Automotive parts were loaded on board and the flight continued to Shreveport (SHV) where it arrived at 23:19 CDT. After clearing customs it took off again at 23:48 CDT, bound for Saltillo (SLW), Mexico. The DC-9 crashed in an industrial area 800 m north of the airport. The airplane broke up and burned.
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