FOUR STAR AVIATION (1): Cyril E. King Airport, One Air Cargo Center, St. Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands 00802, United States; Phone (809) 776-4702; Fax (809) 776-5536; Http://www. fourstaraircargo. com; Code HK; Year Founded 1982. Four Star Aviation, also known as Four Star Air Cargo, is established at Cyril E. King Airport at St. Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands, to undertake scheduled all-cargo services linking its base with St. Croix, San Juan, and St. Martin. Equipped with a fleet of 2 Douglas DC-3s, 2 Beech 18s, and 1 Piper PA-34 Seneca, the company commences revenue flights on January 1, 1982.
Operations continue apace for over a decade and a half. During these years, the fleet is increased by the addition of four Convair CV-440Fs and interline agreements are signed with American Airlines, Arrow Air, British Airways, Ltd. (2), Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Deutsche Lufthansa, A. G., Federal Express (FedEx), Fine Air, and USAir.
While climbing away from Aguadilla on May 10, 1991, a DC-3 with two crew stalls and crashes; both flyers are killed. The surviving DC-3 with two crew noses over while landing at San Juan on March 10, 1992; there are no fatalities. Replacement Douglas freighters are obtained in 1993-1996 along with other aircraft types.
In 1997-2000, President F. J. McCarthy Jr. oversees a workforce of 42 and still operates 5 Douglas plus 4 Convair freighters. Destinations visited include St. Croix, Boringguen, Santo Domingo, and Tortola.
FOUR STAR AVIATION (2): Lawrence Municipal Airport, Sutton Street, North Andover, Massachusetts 01845, United States; Phone (978) 686-3412; Fax (978) 683-6115; Http://www.4staraviation. com; Year Founded 1994. The second Four Star Aviation is founded at Lawrence Municipal Airport in 1994 to provide executive and small group passenger charters. By 2000, the company employs four pilots and operates one each Piper PA-34 Seneca, Cessna Tu-206 Turbo Sta-tionaire, and C-172 Cutlass RG.
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