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Florida West International Airways

IATA ICAO Call sign RF FWL FLO WEST
Founded	January 1984; 40 years ago (1984-01) (as Florida West Airlines)
Ceased operations	February 28, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-02-28)
Hubs	Miami International Airport
Subsidiaries	Tradewinds Airlines (1994-1995)
Fleet size	2
Destinations	15
Parent company	Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings
Headquarters	Miami, United States
Key people	Mansour Rasnavad (President and CEO)
Employees	66 (2014)
Website	www.fwia.com

Florida West International Airways, Inc. (often abbreviated as FWIA) was an American cargo airline based at Miami, Florida. It operated scheduled and charter services worldwide, with its main markets in Latin America, the Caribbean and the United States. The airline later became a subsidiary of the Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings.

History

The airline was founded in 1981 as a repair station at Miami Airport named Pan Aero International. It changed its name in January 1984 to Florida West Airlines.

On February 28, 1994, Florida West acquired Tradewinds Airlines. After the airline filed for bankruptcy on October 11, 1994, its assets were sold and it was rebranded as Florida West International Airways the following year, restarting operations on March 12, 1996.

In December 2000, LAN Airlines purchased 25% stake of the airline.

On April 7, 2016, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, along with Southern Air, acquired Florida West International. On February 28, 2017, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings shut down Florida West International, with the U.S. Department of Transportation cancelling their cargo carrier's certificates of authority on March 27.

Destinations

Fleet

Florida West International Airways operated the following aircraft:

See also

• Atlas Air
• List of defunct airlines of the United States

References

1. Home page Archived 2005-11-06 at the Wayback Machine. Florida West International Airways. Retrieved on January 7, 2010.
2. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 83.
3. "MIAMI COMPANY TO BUY IT / CHANGE IN AIR FOR TRADEWINDS". Greensboro.com. December 19, 1993. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
4. "Atlas completes Southern Air purchase as strike threat looms". aircargoworld.com. 8 April 2016. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
5. "Florida West Int'l Airways formally shut down". 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
6. "Florida West International Airways Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved March 3, 2021.

External links

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