Amerijet plans fleet expansion

In an interview with Air Cargo News, the CEO of Amerijet has said his company is planning to expand the fleet from twelve now to 27 by the end of next year. The airline has seen a big increase in demand and is now scrambling to meet this.

Amerijet is, initially, looking in adding B757 and B767-freighters, but is also still interested in the A321P2F. Currently, the airline is wet-leasing two of these from Titan Airways to learn and see how the type would fit in but expects availability of the aircraft might be a struggle to meet the growth targets set for the coming year.

The company also started flying for DHL and these activities will grow as well; from four aircraft now to eight next year. Of the planned fleet of 27 aircraft, Amerijet wants to fly eight for DHL and the remaining nineteen for its own operations.

Amerijet was founded in 1974 and has flown with the B727F, Cessna 206, Cessna 401/402, Falcon 20 and Learjet 23. The current fleet consists of twelve B767Fs: five B767-200BDSFs (average age of 37 years old) and seven B767-300ERBDSFs (average age of 30 years old).

Photo by Anton Homma.