Castle Aviation

Castle Aviation
Hubs	Akron-Canton; Sarasota-Bradenton;
Fleet size	15
Headquarters	Akron, Ohio, United States
Key people	Michael Grossmann (President & CEO);
Website	http://www.castleair.com/

Castle Aviation is a cargo airline and private passenger airline based in Akron, Ohio, United States. It operates charter cargo and private passenger services but specializes in priority freight. Its main base is Akron–Canton Airport.[1]

History

The airline was established and started operations in January 1986. It was initially operated in conjunction with Air Medical Transport, which was originally set up by Michael Grossmann in January 1984. Air Medical Transport ceased operations at the end of 1986 and all business at that point was done under the names of Castle Aviation and Aeromed. Michael Grossmann is President and Chief Executive Officer of the airline.[1] In April 2004 it started operating the first freight version of the Saab 340A aircraft.[2]

Fleet

The Castle Aviation fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2020):

Aircraft	In fleet	Orders
208B Super Cargomasters	8	0
Piper Aerostars	4	0
Swearingen Merlins	2	0
Swearingen Metroliners	1	0
Piper Meridian	1	0
Saab 340B	3	1

Previously operated

Aircraft	In fleet
Saab 340A	1
Piper Cheyenne II	1

References

"Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 62.
"Castle Air History". Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2011-09-16.

External links

Castle Air

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[FI-1] "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 62.

[2] "Castle Air History". Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2011-09-16.