ABX AIR, INC.
WILMINGTON, OH

Excellent maintenance reliability of its aircraft allows an airline to more predictabily plan for route maintenance as well as maintain fewer spare aircraft. ABX Air made a commitment to aircraft maintenance early on and has developed one of the best reliability records in the industry. Formed in 1980, ABX Air grew rapidly to become part of the third largest air express company in the United States. A subsidiary of Airborne Express, the airline flew all the freight for Airborne while managing the process of sorting millions of pieces of freight each day. During this time, ABX Air operated and maintained the only privately owned air cargo airport in the world, developing a state-of-the-art aircraft maintenance operation. Diversifying and taking advantage of skills developed over the decades, ABX Air now provides contract services for a myriad of customers in several capacities throughout the world under both long-term and short-term ACMI and ACMI-F contract relationships as well as one-time charter flights. Keeping an airline flying and operational in any weather is a tall task. ABX Air has an experienced and dedicated workforce that allows it to excel at keeping it commitments to customers. The ABX Air team of professionals take pride in our capability to ship practically anything to practically anywhere, safely and reliability. PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION ISSUED IN ABX AIR LABOR MATTER (12/07/2016) ATSG today said that U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Black today issued an order granting ABX Air’s motion to convert a temporary restraining order into a preliminary injunction prohibiting work stoppages and other service interruptions of ATSG’s cargo airline subsidiary ABX Air, Inc. by ABX Air’s pilot employees represented by the Airline Professionals Association of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 1224 (IBT). COURT RULING ENDS ABX AIR WORK STOPPAGE (11/23/2016) ATSG today said its ABX Air pilots will be returning to work beginning tonight following a ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Black that the striking pilots must resolve differences with ABX Air through arbitration and other provisions of their labor agreement. ABX AIR WORK STOPPAGE CONTINUES PENDING COURT'S RULING (11/22/2016) ATSG today said one of its two airline subsidiaries, ABX Air, Inc., and the union for its pilot employees participated in a conference with U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Black late this afternoon to consider a complaint for injunctive relief that ABX Air filed earlier today. ABX AIR TAKING STEPS TO END WORK STOPPAGE (11/22/2016) ATSG today said one of its two airline subsidiaries, ABX Air, Inc., is taking multiple steps to resolve and end an illegal work stoppage that began today by its pilots represented by the Airline Professionals Association of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 1224. ABX AIR LABOR DISPUTE TO BE RESOLVED VIA ARBITRATION (11/7/2016) ATSG today said that Judge Timothy S. Black of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio has ordered that the dispute between ATSG’s cargo airline, ABX Air, and its pilot employees represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Airline Division; and the Airline Professionals Association of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 1224 (collectively, the “IBT”), is a minor dispute under the Railway Labor Act and should be resolved through the grievance and arbitration process contained in the parties current labor agreement. ABX AIR SEEKS TRO IN PILOT DISPUTE (10/31/2016) ATSG today said its airline subsidiary, ABX Air, Inc., has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Airline Division; and the Airline Professionals Association of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 1224 (collectively, the “IBT”), for injunctive and declaratory relief for violations of the Railway Labor Act under the labor agreement between ABX Air and the IBT covering ABX Air’s pilot employees. (2/18/2015) ABX Air has announced the retirement of Vice President of Flight Operations Robert Gray after 35 years of service, along with the promotion of Captain Bob Boja to the combined position of Vice President of Flight and Director of Operations for the Company. ABX AIR TO RETURN FOUR DHL-OWNED FREIGHTERS (8/27/2014) ABX Air has received termination notices from DHL affecting four DHL-owned Boeing 767-200 freighter aircraft that ABX Air leases and operates within the U.S. under terms of the Crew, Maintenance and Insurance (CMI) agreement between the companies. (4/4/2014) After nearly 40 years of service with the Company, the leader of ABX Air's maintenance department has retired. Terry Scherz, Vice President of Aircraft Maintenance, was celebrated by long-time co-workers on April 1, his last day at the airline. Phil Flowers has been promoted to Vice President of Aircraft Maintenance. (6/4/2012) Air Transport Services Group announced today that its ABX Air subsidiary has deployed two Boeing 767 freighter aircraft with DHL under short-term ACMI arrangements in support of DHL's U.S. air network. ATSG owns and operates two airlines with separate and distinct U.S. FAA Part 121 Air Carrier certificates, ABX Air, Inc. and Air Transport International, Inc. Pilot employees of ABX Air are represented by IBT Local 1224. Pilot employees of Air Transport International are represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, which opposed the Airline Division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters’ filing with the NMB. ATSG is a leading provider of aircraft leasing and air cargo transportation and related services to domestic and foreign air carriers and other companies that outsource their air cargo lift requirements. ATSG, through its leasing and airline subsidiaries, is the world's largest owner and operator of converted Boeing 767 freighter aircraft. Through its principal subsidiaries, including two airlines with separate and distinct U.S. FAA Part 121 Air Carrier certificates, ATSG provides aircraft leasing, air cargo lift, aircraft maintenance services and airport ground services. ATSG's subsidiaries include ABX Air, Inc.; Airborne Global Solutions, Inc.; Air Transport International, Inc.; Cargo Aircraft Management, Inc.; and Airborne Maintenance and Engineering Services, Inc., including its division, PEMCO World Air Services, Inc. For more information, please see