Evergreen International Airlines

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Evergreen International Airlines (IATA: EZ, ICAO: EIA, and Callsign: Evergreen) is a cargo airline based in McMinnville, Oregon, USA. It operates contract freight services, offering long and short term charters and scheduled flights, as well as wet lease services. It operates services for the U.S. military and the United States Postal Service, as well as ad hoc charter flights. Its main bases are Rickenbacker International Airport, Columbus, Ohio, John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York and Columbus Metropolitan Airport, and a hub at Hong Kong International Airport.

Contents

1 History
2 Destinations
3 Fleet
4 External links

History

The airline was established by Delford Smith (founder and owner) and started operations in 1960 as Evergreen Helicopters. It acquired the airline certificate of Johnson Flying Service and later became Evergreen International Airlines. The holding company Evergreen International Aviation (Delford Smith), formed in 1979, wholly owns the airline.

Destinations

Evergreen International Airlines operates the following freight services (at January 2005):

Domestic scheduled destinations: Adak Island, Anchorage, Cold Bay, Columbus and New York.

International scheduled destinations: Gander, Gothenburg, Helsinki, Hong Kong and Sapporo.

Fleet

The Evergreen International Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at October 2005):

3 Boeing 747-100
8 Boeing 747-200
1 Gulfstream GIV

The Airline is also expected to take delivery of the Boeing 747 LCF oversize freighter, which is currently under construction, which would be operated on behalf of Boeing.

External links

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