Atlas Air fleet expands.DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 1995--Atlas Air Inc., the Golden, Colo.-based all-cargo airline, announced that it has purchased three Boeing (language) BOEING - An early system on the IBM 1130. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959]. 747-200 combi aircraft from Alitalia. Upon delivery, Atlas Atlas, in Greek mythology Atlas (ăt`ləs), in Greek mythology, a Titan; son of Iapetus and Clymene and the brother of Prometheus. will modify these aircraft to high gross weight full freighter configuration, bringing its fleet of 747 freighter aircraft to 12. The first jet is expected to go into revenue service with Atlas in the fall of 1995, with all three in service by early 1996. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Michael Chowdry Michael A. Chowdry (1955-2001) was a Pakistani American businessman who became the founder of American-based cargo carrier Atlas Air in 1992. He made the Forbes 400 list and with a net worth of $920 million, ranked among the richest American businessmen of Pakistani heritage before , Atlas chairman and chief executive officer, "These aircraft are being delivered to Atlas direclty out of full service in Alitalia's fleet, where they have been maintained by a world-class maintenance organization." After undergoing Altas' conversion program, these newly acquired aircraft will have the same load-carrying capabilities as a production freighter. CONTACT: van Dernoot & Associates, Golden, Colo. Peter R. van Dernoot, 303/322-1202 |
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