Atlas Air Launches Partnership Program.Business/Travel Editors Freighters World Conference LUXEMBOURG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 2001 Atlas Air Atlas Air is an American cargo airline based in Purchase, New York, United States. It operates scheduled freight flights on an ACMI contract basis for some of the world's leading airlines, flying to 101 cities in 46 countries. announced today the initiation of a high-frequency air cargo air cargo: see aviation. network utilizing several new strategically positioned hub operations around the world. The network, called the Atlas Air Partnership Program, is designed to benefit existing and future Atlas Air customers seeking to improve their geographic coverage with minimum investment levels and maximum connectivity between the world's key trade centers. Three strategic hubs have been selected to anchor the program: Liege liege In European feudal society, an unconditional bond between a man and his overlord. Thus, if a tenant held estates from various overlords, his obligations to his liege lord, to whom he had paid “liege homage,” were greater than his obligations to the other , Belgium; Anchorage, Alaska; and Miami, Florida “Miami” redirects here. For the Native American tribe, see Miami tribe. Miami is a major city in southeastern Florida, in the United States. It is the county seat of Miami-Dade County. Miami is a gamma world city with an estimated population of 404,048. . As Atlas Air phases in this new system, it will enable carriers to take advantage of a larger network. Airline customers now will be eligible to participate in Atlas Air's global network through newly introduced partial all-inclusive and fractional all-inclusive aircraft products and services. This will allow customers growing their presence in a particular region to match their capacity with their sales capabilities as they develop particular regional markets, while establishing themselves in broader markets as well. "By channeling cargo to central distribution points, Atlas Air provides its airline customers with the opportunity to develop markets and reduce transit time transit time the time required for ingesta to pass through the gastrointestinal tract; a shorter transit time is seen in conditions associated with gut hypermotility, such as diarrhea. Delayed passage from any cause results in a longer transit time. ," said Stan Wraight, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Atlas Air, Inc. "With the Atlas Air Partnership Program customer airlines can build new markets without a major financial commitment, and offer a time-definite product. "Our experience and our relationships in the global freight transportation industry have given us the ability to develop a program that can extend our customers' reach to the world," Wraight concluded. Emirates is among the Atlas Air customers already taking advantage of the program. According to Ram Menen, Director of Cargo for Emirates, "The opportunity to supplement our existing relationship with Atlas has been very satisfactory as we work to further penetrate growing markets." For additional information on the Atlas Air Partnership Program, contact the Atlas Air Sales and Marketing Department 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 914/701-8050 (in the United States.) Atlas Air, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CGO CGO Cargo CGO Code Generation and Optimization CGO Cogeco Inc (stock symbol) CGO Zhengzhou, China (Airport Code) CGO Chief Globalization Officer CGO Company Grade Officer ) and is a United States certificated air carrier operating a fleet of Boeing 747 freighters. Atlas Air offers its customers a complete line of freighter services, specializing in ACMI contracts. These contracts include the provision by Atlas Air of the Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance for some of the world's leading international carriers. |
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