ExcelAire
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| Founded | 1985 | ||||||
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| AOC # | EW7A331N | ||||||
| Operating bases | Long Island MacArthur Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 8 | ||||||
| Website | http://www.excelaire.com | ||||||
ExcelAire, LLC is a United States air charter company based at Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, New York. ExcelAire LLC specializes in worldwide jet and helicopter charters, aircraft management, maintenance and aircraft sales.
Founded in 1993 by Bob Sherry, ExcelAire is currently headed by his son Robert Sherry Jr., its president. ExcelAire is a division of Hawthorne Global Aviation Services[2] and its headquarters is housed in 200,000 square feet of hangar space at MacArthur Airport.
Fleet[]
- 3 Embraer Legacy 600 (as of June 2020)[3]
- 1 Bombardier Challenger 604
- 1 Cessna Citation Latitude
- 1 Gulfstream G280
- 1 Gulfstream IV SP
- 1 Gulfstream V
Incidents[]
On September 29, 2006, a brand new Embraer Legacy 600 operated by ExcelAire was involved in a mid-air collision with Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907. All on board the Gol Boeing 737 were killed, but everyone on the Legacy jet survived. The incident caused the 2006–2007 Brazilian aviation crisis. At the time it was Brazil's deadliest aviation crash, surpassing VASP Flight 168 and surpassed by TAM Airlines Flight 3054 at Congonhas-São Paulo Airport on July 17, 2007. After investigation by the FAA and Brazilian authorities, it was found that air-traffic control in Brazil had set the two aircraft on a collision course that caused the crash.
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2016-08-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Hawthorne Global Aviation Services - Jet Charters
- ^ https://www.excelaire.com/main/fleet Excelaire fleet, Retrieved June 20, 2020
External links[]
- Airlines based in New York (state)
- Charter airlines of the United States
- Airlines established in 1985