Berry Aviation, Inc is an American
charter airline
Air charter is the business of renting an entire aircraft (i.e., chartering) as opposed to individual aircraft seats (i.e., purchasing a ticket through a traditional airline).
Regulation
Charter – also called air taxi or ad hoc – flights ...
with its headquarters based in
San Marcos, Texas. It operates charters for the US Department of Defense in multiple locations worldwide and Part 135 On-Demand Cargo across North America and the
Caribbean. It was founded in 1983.
Fleet
The Berry Aviation fleet includes the following aircraft (as of December 2021):
The airline fleet previously included the following aircraft:
* 3 further
Dornier 328
The Dornier 328 is a turboprop-powered commuter airliner. Initially produced by Dornier Luftfahrt GmbH, the firm was acquired in 1996 by Fairchild Aircraft. The resulting firm, named Fairchild-Dornier, manufactured the 328 family in Oberpfaffen ...
-100
* 4
UH-72 Lakota Helicopters
2017 Niger terrorist incident
On October 4, 2017, four U.S. Army personnel and five Nigerien soldiers were killed and two more injured after
being ambushed while assisting local forces in Southwest Niger. It was later reported that private contractors working for Berry Aviation "conducted casualty evacuation and transport for U.S. and partner forces". Berry Aviation was described as having a "sole source bridge contract" in
Niamey
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for duties including casualty evacuation.
2017 hurricane relief and pet evacuation flights
Starting on August 28, 2017, Berry Aviation conducted over fifty flights for
Wings of Rescue and the
Humane Society of the United States, carrying over 100 tons of emergency supplies into the
Hurricane Harvey,
Irma and
Maria
Maria may refer to:
People
* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages
Place names Extraterrestrial
* 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877
* Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...
zones and then flying over 4,500 pets, who otherwise would have died, to safety at no-kill animal shelters throughout the mainland United States.
Accidents and Incidents
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Berry Aviation
Charter airlines of the United States
Airlines established in 1983
Airlines based in Texas
1983 establishments in Texas
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