AirNet Express is an American Part 135 cargo airline based in Columbus, Ohio, USA. It specializes in delivery of documents, and small packages, operating over 500 flights a night throughout the USA and is a major carrier for over 300 of the country's largest banks.^[1] Airnet flights operate under the ATC callsign "Star Check". The main sort facility is located at Rickenbacker International Airport, Columbus, Ohio. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... IATA airline designators, sometimes called IATA reservation codes, are two-character codes assigned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to the worlds airlines in accordance with the provisions of Resolution 762. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with ICAO airline code. ... Most airlines employ a distinctive and internationally recognised call sign that is normally spoken during airband radio transmissions as a prefix to the flight number. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... An airline hub is an airport that an airline uses as a transfer point to get passengers to their intended destination. ... Rickenbacker International Airport (IATA: LCK, ICAO: KLCK) is a public airport located 10 miles (16 km) south of the city of Columbus in Franklin County, Ohio, USA. It was originally opened in 1942 as Lockbourne Army Air Base (named after the nearby village of Lockbourne), and was home base to... Nickname: Location in the state of Ohio, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio Counties Franklin, Delaware, and Fairfield Government  - Mayor Michael B. Coleman (D) Area  - City  212. ... FedEx DC-10 Cargo airlines (or airfreight carriers, and derivatives of these names) are airlines dedicated to the transport of cargo. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Ohio, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio Counties Franklin, Delaware, and Fairfield Government  - Mayor Michael B. Coleman (D) Area  - City  212. ... Rickenbacker International Airport (IATA: LCK, ICAO: KLCK) is a public airport located 10 miles (16 km) south of the city of Columbus in Franklin County, Ohio, USA. It was originally opened in 1942 as Lockbourne Army Air Base (named after the nearby village of Lockbourne), and was home base to...

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 airline was established in 1974 and was formerly known as US Check Airlines. Since September 1996 it has acquired seven similar but smaller businesses including: 

• Wright International Express, acquired in 1984, a competitor in cancelled check transportation
• Air Continental, acquired in 1988, another cancelled check competitor,
• Midway Aviation, of Dallas, Texas, a regional air carrier of cancelled cheques,
• Express Convenience Center, of Southfield, Massachusetts, a small package forwarder,
• Pacific Air Charter, of San Diego, California, a small California-based Part 135 operation in June 1997,
• Data Air Courier, of Chicago, Illinois, a national carrier of cancelled cheques in July 1997

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However, with the advent of the Check 21 Act, the lack of need for the physical delivery of canceled checks is slowly causing the company's demise to the delivery of checks^[2]. Airnet Systems is now focusing more on the delivery of time sensitive small packages, such as medical treatments and diagnostics. The Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act (or Check 21 Act) is a United States federal law (public Law 108-100) enacted into law October 28, 2003 by the 108th Congress. ...

Fleet

The Airnet Express fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2007):^[1] Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

• 4 Bombardier Learjet 35
• 29 Bombardier Learjet 35A
• 7 Cessna Caravan 675

At January 2005 the airline also operated^{[citation needed]}: Swiss Air Force Learjet 35A The Learjet Model 35 is a multi-role business jet and military transport (designated by the U.S. Air Force as C-21). ... Swiss Air Force Learjet 35A The Learjet Model 35 is a multi-role business jet and military transport (designated by the U.S. Air Force as C-21). ... The Cessna 208 Caravan, also known as the Cargomaster, is a single turboprop engine, fixed-gear short-haul regional airliner and utility aircraft built in the USA by Cessna. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• 23 Piper Navajo
• 48 Beechcraft Baron BE-58

The PA-31 Navajo was designed by Piper Aircraft to fill a gap in their product line; a large twin aircraft using Lycoming engines for the general aviation market was sorely needed in the mid-1960s, and founder W.T. Piper requested the type be developed. ... Beechcraft model 58 Baron Beechcraft Baron BE55 The Beechcraft Baron is a light-medium twin-engine piston aircraft originally developed by Beech Aircraft Corporation and currently manufactured by the Beechcraft Division of Raytheon Aircraft. ...

External links

• AirNet Express

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-03-27, p. 70. 
2. ^ "AirNet's top exec is being replaced", Paul Wilson, The Columbus Dispatch December 30, 2006