Kitty Hawk Aircargo (Nasdaq Ktteq) Was An American Cargo Airline Based On The Grounds Of Dallasfort Worth International Airport And In Grapevine Texas Usa Previously Located In Fort Wayne Indiana It Operated Domestic Scheduled Overnight Freight Services As Well As Air Charter Services Its Main Base Was Dallasfort Worth International Airport With A Hub At Fort Wayne International Airport The Airline Was Founded In 1976 By Tom Christopher As Kitty Hawk Airways The Airline Operated Convair 640 And Boeing 727 Freight Aircraft During The 1990S Various Mergers And Acquisitions Resulted In The Establishment Of Kitty Hawk Inc Which Filed For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy On 1 May 2000 And Suspended All International Cargo Flights The Airline Emerged From Chapter 11 On 31 August 2002On 15 October 2007 Kitty Hawk Inc Filed Again For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy On 29 October 2007 Kitty Hawk Inc Announced It Would Cease All Scheduled Network Air And Ground Operations Effective Immediately But That It Would Continue To Operate Air Cargo Charter Shipments On 20 November 2007 Kitty Hawk Air Cargo Began Flying For Dhl For A Twoweek Minimum Shipping Dhls Freight Domestically This Contract Was For Five Boeing 737300S Including Keeping One At Dhls Hub As A Backup Kitty Hawk Continued This Flying For Four Weeks Kitty Hawk Flew Its Last Revenue Flight A Boeing 727 Horse Charter On January 8 2008 And Its Last Ever Flight The Next Day Ferrying The Aircraft To Ardmore Oklahoma The 727 Was The Only Boeingbuilt Trijet In Its Time The 727200 Was Built In Both Freighter And Passenger Versions Boeing Originally Planned To Build Only 250 Of The 727100 Model However After The Larger 189Passenger 727200 Version Was Introduced And Shown Around The World The Popularity Of The 727 Resulted In Boeing Building 1832 In All Versions Between 1962 And 1984
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