Falcon Air Express is an airline based in Miami, Florida, USA. It operates charter services and wet-leasing of aircraft. Its main base is Miami International Airport. Falcon Air sub-contracts for Venezuelan carrier Aeropostal. Falcon Air also flies for the Department of Defense, universities, tour operators, cruise line groups as well international carriers like Bahamasair and Cayman Airways. A Boeing 747-400 belonging to Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ... The Magic City, The American Riviera, The Sixth Borough Location of Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,794 sq. ... Miami International Airport (IATA: MIA, ICAO: KMIA), is a major airport located in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida between the cities of Hialeah, Doral, Fountainbleau, and Miami Springs. ...

Code Data

• IATA Code: F6
• ICAO Code: FAO

IATA logo The International Air Transport Association is an international trade organization of airlines headquarted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), an agency of the United Nations, develops the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth. ...

History

The airline was established in 1995 and started operations in March 1996. It is privately owned and was founded by Emilio Dirube (President and Chief Executive). It was certified as a US domestic airline in 1998. Now is a FAR part 121 Air Carrier and made domestic and international flights. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

05/10/2006 Falcon Air Express filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and laid off 73 of its 169 employees without previews notice.

as of 05/10/2006 Falcon will operate 2 MD-80 aircraft after the Company filed for re-organization through chapter 11. Falcon will now fly with one remaining MD-82 and one MD-83 aircraft and hopes to lease three more MD-83s, Dirube said.

The airline will continue to fly with a reduced fleet as it works to reorganize, said Brian Rich, a bankruptcy lawyer for Berger Singerman, which represents Falcon Air.Falcon Air also flies for the Department of Defense, universities, tour operators, cruise line groups as well international carriers like Bahamasair and Cayman Airways.

In 1998, the airline was investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration for reports that during a high school charter flight from Oregon to Mexico, crew members allegedly ran a wet T-shirt contest in the aisles and violated various FAA regulations.

The airline retrained all crew in proper FAA procedures.

Fleet

The Falcon Air Express fleet consists of the following aircraft (at May 2006): 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• 2 McDonnell Douglas MD-83

as of 05/10/2006 Falcon will operate 2 MD-80 aircraft after the Company filed for re-organization through chapter 11. The Douglas DC-9 is a twin-engined jet airliner, first manufactured in 1965 and, in much modified form and under a succession of different names, still in production today as the Boeing 717. ...