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Jerry Moyes

Jerry Moyes is an American businessman who is the founder, former chairman, and former CEO of Phoenix-based Swift Transportation, a trucking company in the United States. Moyes also owned charter airline Swift Air which later operated under iAero Airways. iAero Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September 2023, and iAero Airways ceased operations in April 2024. Jackson Jet purchased the FBO, Swift Aviation, at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in January 2022. Jackson Jet Center purchased Swift Aviation's FBO assets at Phoenix Sky Harbor (KPHX) to bolster their presence in the Southwest.. Moyes is the controlling owner of SME Steel Contractors Inc., a steel erector company based in Utah, and Texas-based LTL freight carrier Central Freight Lines. He has invested in several Arizona sports teams, most notably the Arizona Coyotes, which he owned from 2006 until 2009.