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Custom Air Transport

American cargo airline

Custom Air Transport was a cargo airline based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA which began service on December 9, 1995.2 It ceased to exist in 2012.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Boeing 727-224-Adv(F), Custom Air Transport AN0159404
Photo: JetPix, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons4

Custom Air Transport was a cargo airline based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA which began service on December 9, 1995.2

The story

The airline was established in March 1995 and began operations in December 1995. It was wholly owned by Anthony Romeo, who was also the chairman and chief executive. CAT operated cargo flights on behalf of Emery Worldwide to and from its hub in Dayton, Ohio until Emery's parent company CF Transportation split the air freight activities into its own division, Menlo Forwarding, which took over the contract with CAT. In 2005, UPS acquired Menlo Forwarding and shut down the Dayton hub. CAT's last flight for Menlo Forwarding was on June 30, 2006, when the Dayton hub was officially closed and all but a few CAT pilots and flight engineers were furloughed. CAT performed some flights in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. On April 26, 2012 CAT delivered its remaining Boeing 727 to Aeronaves Peruanas Air cargo and ceased all activity.

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Products and brands

Destinations

Custom Air Transport operated the following services (at January 2005):

Domestic scheduled destinations: Chicago and Dayton.

International scheduled destinations: Mexico City.

Fleet

The Custom Air Transport fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of March 2007):

From Wikipedia’s article on Custom Air Transport, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 2012Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1995Founded Founded1

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