Florida West International Airways is a cargo airline based in Miami, Florida, USA. It operates scheduled and charter services worldwide, with its main markets in Latin America, the Caribbean and the USA. FedEx DC-10 Cargo airlines (or airfreight carriers, and derivatives of these names) are airlines dedicated to the transport of cargo. ... Miami redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... West Indian redirects here. ...

Code Data

• IATA Code: RF
• ICAO Code: FWL
• Callsign: Flo West ^[1]

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History

The airline was established in 1981 and was originally known as Florida West Airlines. Following entry into Chapter 11 bankruptcy in October 1994, its assets and subsidiaries, were sold to Florida West International Airways in August 1995. Operations restarted on 12 March 1996. Mansour Rasnavad is the president and chief executive of Florida West. It belongs to LAN Airlines Holding. 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chapter 11 is a chapter of the United States Bankruptcy Code which governs the process of reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in leap years). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Services

Florida West operates freight services to the following international scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Buenos Aires, Lima, Port of Spain, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago and São Paulo. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BUE redirects here. ... Nickname: City of the Kings Location within Lima Province Coordinates: Department Lima Province Lima Province Settled 1535 Mayor Luis Castaneda Lossio Area    - City 804. ... Port of Spain, population 49,000 (2000), is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago and the countrys second largest city by population, after San Fernando. ... Location of Rio de Janeiro Coordinates: Country Brazil Region Southeast State Rio de Janeiro  - Mayor Cesar Maia (PFL) Area    - City 1,260 km² Population (2005)[1][2]  - City 5,613,000  - Density 4,781/km²  - Metro 11,620,000 Time zone UTC-3 (UTC-3) Website: www. ... The snowcapped Andes above downtown Santiago Santiago (Spanish:  ) is Chiles capital and largest city. ... The title of this article contains the character ã. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Sao Paulo, Sao Paolo or Saint Paul. ...

Fleet

The Florida West fleet includes the following aircraft (at August 2006) ^[2] :

• 1 Boeing 767-300ERF

Florida West also interchanges (shares) 2 other Boeing 767-300ER aircraft with LAN Airlines. The Boeing 767 is a commercial passenger aircraft manufactured by Boeings Commercial Airplane division. ... LAN Airlines S.A. NYSE: LFL (formerly LanChile) is an airline holding based in Santiago, Chile. ...

External links

• Florida West International Airways
• Florida West International Airways Fleet Detail

References

1. ^ Airline Codes
2. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006