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The airline behind the delivery promise
Air Transport Services Group turns passenger jets into cargo capacity, then supplies the people and maintenance to keep it moving. Its business explains how a delivery network can grow without building an airline from scratch.
Greg Mays and the work before takeoff
From space-station engineering to airline maintenance and labor negotiations, Greg Mays has spent his career inside the machinery of flight. At ATSG, he is bringing those parts together - while deciding which businesses belong.
David Rowe and the business of keeping things flying
A father’s handshake helped finance an early chapter of FedEx. David Rowe’s own career has taken him from aircraft portfolios to a private investment firm backing the machinery of flight, defense and space.
Nick Swenson and the art of leaving room
A Minneapolis credit investor became the operator of an aviation holding company. At Air T, Nick Swenson is testing how far patient capital and independent teams can travel together.
flydocs and the expensive art of finding the right piece of paper
An aircraft lease return is a test of its paperwork as well as its condition. flydocs turns maintenance records into searchable evidence, then puts that evidence to work on the next handover.
Falcon Aviation Services
Falcon Aviation Services is an Abu Dhabi-based aviation group founded in 2006 that has grown from an offshore oil-and-gas helicopter operator into one of the Middle East's most diversified private-aviation companies. Operating from Al Bateen Executive Airport and Dubai, it offers helicopter and business-jet charter, aircraft management, MRO engineering, CAMO, fixed base operator (FBO) services, heliport management, medevac and sightseeing helicopter tours. Holding UAE and San Marino Air Operator Certificates and running a modern fixed- and rotary-wing fleet, Falcon is also pioneering next-generation urban air mobility as Archer Aviation's UAE vertiport partner.