New Atlas/Polar Birds on the way!!!!!

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Anybody know if GK is still there?

You mean George K......Pilot that is?

 

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DOT Awards Polar Air Cargo Four Additional China Frequencies
Friday August 25, 6:11 pm ET Weekly Flights Increase to Sixteen Beginning March 2007
PURCHASE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 2006--Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (AAWW) (Nasdaq: AAWW - News), a leading provider of global air cargo services, today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded Polar Air Cargo, Inc. (Polar) four additional weekly frequencies for U.S.- China air cargo service beginning March 25, 2007, increasing the carrier's weekly China flights to 16.
"The DOT has granted Polar a very valuable opportunity to increase our presence in the dynamic U.S. - China market," said William J. Flynn, President and Chief Executive Officer of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Polar's parent company. "With 12 weekly frequencies today between the U.S. and Shanghai, and with the authority to operate an additional four weekly frequencies starting in March, we are pleased to expand our service to Beijing." Polar will use the four newly awarded frequencies, plus one of the existing frequencies, to inaugurate its Beijing service.
Polar commenced its all-cargo scheduled service to China in December 2004 with six weekly flights. Three additional flights were added in March 2005, and another three in March 2006. The carrier is one of only four U.S. freighter operators designated to serve China. Through its scheduled service network, it offers service between China and multiple points in the United States, as well as Asia, Europe and South America.
"I am extremely pleased that Polar has consistently been awarded additional routes," Mr. Flynn said. "Ever since the first frequencies were awarded to Polar, we have successfully operated our U.S.-China all-cargo service. This has allowed us to grow our presence in China, and throughout Asia, while providing competitive benefits to shippers in the U.S.-China market and all other connecting markets. We look forward to building on our service as the market requires."