Cargo 360 was a cargo airline based in

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. It specialised in ACMI ( Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance) wet lease operations. Its main headquarters was at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport.

History

The airline started operations on 15 May 2006. It was established by H. David Greenberg, and other entrepreneurs. The airline was owned by

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(86%) and David Greenberg, President and CEO (14%). On July 30, 2007, Oak Hill Capital Partners acquired

Southern Air Southern Air Inc. was a global air cargo carrier headquartered in Florence, Kentucky. It was the first airline to provide ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance, Insurance) service for the wide-body Boeing 777F. On November 17, 2021, Southern Air ce ...

and merged the two airlines into one, giving birth to Southern Air Holdings, Inc. Consequently, Cargo 360 was absorbed into Southern Air in January 2008 and ceased operating under its own colors. The logo and aircraft livery was designed by Dave and Jackie Greenberg and Chad Hill while with Redorchestra Creative (now defunct) in Chicago, IL.

Destinations

Cargo 360 had an ACMI contract with

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between

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and multiple destinations within the

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Fleet

As of September 2007, the Cargo 360 fleet included: *1 Boeing 747-3B5M(SF) - N301JD *2 Boeing 747-2B5F/SCD - N298JD and N299JD

References

Airlines established in 2005 Airlines disestablished in 2007 Defunct airlines of the United States Defunct cargo airlines Airlines based in Washington (state) {{US-airline-stub

History

Destinations

Fleet

See also

References