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Atlas Air, Inc., is an American cargo and passenger charter airline and aircraft lessor based in Purchase, New York.〔"(Investor Information )." Atlas Air. Retrieved on August 6, 2011. "AAWW Investor Relations 2000 Westchester Avenue Purchase, NY 10577-2543"〕 The airline was named after Atlas, a Titan in Greek mythology, who carried the heavens on his shoulders. Their symbol on the plane's tail is a golden man carrying a golden world. ==History== The airline was founded in April 1992 by the late Pakistani American aerospace enthusiast Michael Chowdry, to specialize in the long-term contract outsourcing of its Boeing 747 aircraft based on the ACMI model. Under this new program, Atlas Air Cargo planes would be available to other airlines under long-term leases. It started operations in 1993 with one Boeing 747 contracted by China Airlines. In 1995, Atlas began trading publicly on NASDAQ and in 1997, appeared on the New York Stock Exchange. Also in 1997, Atlas placed an order for 10 new, more advanced Boeing 747-400 Freighters (Boeing 747-400F), increased to 12 in 1998. An initial public offering of 4 million shares was made in August 1998. In July 2004 the parent company completed its restructuring plan and emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In March 2010 Atlas Air was awarded a nine-year contract for the operation of the Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter (LCF) 'Dreamlifter' for transporting aircraft parts to Boeing from suppliers around the world. It commenced operation in September 2010 under a CMI (Crew, Maintenance and Insurance) contact. In 2011, Atlas Air took delivery of the first three of what would be nine Boeing 747-8 Freighters (Boeing 747-8F). In September 2012, Atlas Air won a contract awarded by the Air force to provide training for the pilots and crew of Air Force One. Also providing training for the Presidential Airlift Group for a five-year fixed price contract.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.atlasair.com/holdings/archive.asp?Pressid=10967 )〕 January 2013, Altas Air among eleven others were awarded part of a $694 million contract from US TRANSCOM. It is a 5-year indefinite delivery/quantity for international commercial air cargo transporters. To transport hazardous material and life and death cargo services for domestic and International ships. July 2012, three contracts under the 'Theater Express II program', were awarded by US TRANSCOM. To provide air cargo pickup and delivery for U.S. Central Command. They will compete for individual orders over lifetime of the contract, with one year option periods. In total they will be competing for the $2.916 billion total over the next four years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/the-us-militarys-international-airlift-contracts-05066/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Atlas Air」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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