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ABX Air


Wilmington, OH
www.abxair.com

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  • Osaka, Japan (KIX) domicile open for the ANA operation
  • All DC8's have been either sold or scrapped
  • All PFEs have been furloughed as of January
  • Extended ACMI agreement with All Nippon Airways through Jan 2010
  • Filed an application with DOT requesting authority to launch scheduled service to Bolivia
  • Purchased one 767-200 from Delta in December
  • Providing two more 767-200s to operate for DHL in 208
  • Purchasing Cargo Holdings Int'l
  • CHI airline subsidiaries include ATI and Capital Cargo Int'l
  • CHI owns five 767-200s and one 757; all undergoing cargo conversion
  • Combined fleet to include 135 aircraft
  • Will have largest 767 cargo fleet in the world
  • ABX to create a holding company, ABX Holdings Inc., with CHI and ABX Air as subsidiaries
  • ABX pilots rejected contract offer by 99%
  • NMB-mediated talks began in Nov 2007
  • Six 767s in non-DHL ACMI charter ops
  • Four are flown by the MIA domicile; three of those airplanes are based in MIA, one in LAX
  • Remaining two airplanes are flown by ILN crews for ANA with the airplanes based in Osaka, Japan (KIX)
  • Routes: Osaka to Bangkok, Beijing, Hong Kong, and other cities
  • Purchasing 767-200 from Air China for 2008 entry into service
  • To have 43 767-200 aircraft in service by end of 2008
  • Upgrading 767 cockpits with 4 12-inch flat panel LCDs
  • This page last updated: Mar 31, 2008 (hiring info)
 
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pilots pilots
683
Total
665
Active
18
Furlough

Teamsters
(amend. Aug 2006; in neg.)
pilots pilots
767-200: 
35
DC9: 
59

ILN
MIA

pilots

Not hiring. ABX Air jobs page.

All PFEs have been furloughed.

pilots

Main switchboard: 800-736-3973 (9-5pm EST). The jumpseat desk extension is 6-2563 during business hours. Call Flight Control at extension 6-2450 after hours. CASS participant.


Monthly guarantee: 65 hours
Reserve guarantee: 65 hours

Most junior captain hired: Mar 1996 (DC9/ILN)

Per Diem :
$46/day (dom)
$73.50/day (int'l)
$83.75/day (pac rim)
 

pilots

401K:
yes
401k Matching:
2.1-3.3%
A/B Fund:
2.00%/none
Other: