Charter Air Transport
airline of the United States
Charter Air Transport was a certified part 135 air taxi provider based in Cleveland, Ohio at Burke Lakefront Airport. The airline is licensed by the Department of Transportation to provide privately arranged flights and in addition scheduled public flights. Cleveland's Business Aircraft Group is the parent company of Charter Air Transport.
History
Charter Air Transport, founded by Michael L. Hoyle, has been a licensed air taxi operator since 1998 and offers on demand services to sports teams, casino junkets and other organizations. Aircraft are dispatched to many airports within the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean for types of specific services. It was one of the first 30-passenger charter operators to achieve DOT 298 authority to fly scheduled flights.
In 2009 and 2010, the airline unsuccessfully bid to assume Essential Air Service federally subsidized scheduled air service to a number of midwestern destinations.
In April 2011 a new operation within the company was introduced on the scheduled public charter branded as Streamline Airlines operating between Hanscom Field in Massachusetts and Trenton-Mercer Airport in New Jersey. The service operated between April 2011 to September 2012. Upon cessation of service, the single dedicated Streamline aircraft was returned to the rest of the CAT fleet.
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