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BAX GLOBAL: 16808 Armstrong, Irvine, California 92714, United States; Phone (714) 752-4000; Fax (714) 852-1488; Http://www. baxglobal. com; Code 8W; Year Founded 1997. Burlington Air Express is renamed in October 1997. Joseph Farrell remains chairman/ CEO and the company continues to operate worldwide cargo express and contract service flights. The fleet comprises 1 Boeing 737F, 14 B-727Fs, and 17 Douglas DC-8Fs.
During the month, the company receives a contract from Bombardier Business Aircraft Division to provide logistical support for the manufacturer’s European and Asian distribution centers. It also wins a three-year air freight contract for heavylift flights from GKN Westland.
Service problems begin at Air Transport International, the carrier’s principal domestic air service provider, late in the year.
For the year as a whole, net income of $32.3 million is reported, down slightly from 1996.
Air Transport International is purchased by BAX during the first quarter of 1998. In early April, the company hauls a mining drill rig, weighing 38,830 pounds, from Sweden to Hong Kong in five days. It is the largest one-item shipment yet delivered by the airline.
On May 12, the carrier acquires controlling interest in its South Korean agent, Borim Express, Ltd., which is renamed BAX Global Korea Co., Ltd.
In early June, the company’s parent, The Pittston Company, determines that it is time for BAX to have a president/CEO with full authority over the carrier’s domestic integrated operations and its international freight forwarding activities. To that end, Alliant Food Service executive C. Robert Campbell is appointed to the post.
Santa Ana, California-based Ingram Micro Inc., a leading wholesale distributor of technology products and services, contracts with BAX Global on June 15 to handle its heavyweight shipments from its distribution centers at Memphis, Tennessee, Fullerton, California, Carrolton, Texas, and Carol Stream, Illinois.
On August 5, Irvine, California-based Ingram Micro contracts with BAX Global to handle its heavyweight import shipments from Asian manufacturers, mainly in China and Taiwan, for delivery to the company’s Frameworks facilities, where computers are built from components.
After a lengthy search, Frito-Lay’s vice president-planning, Daniel Crowley, is named the carrier’s new chief financial officer on November 16. The appointment takes effect on the last day of the month.
The year’s new products are Guaranteed First Arrival, Guaranteed Overnight, and Guaranteed Airport-to-Airport. All are part of an “Emergency Response” shipping program, with time-definite scheduling for heavier freight shippers in the U. S.
On December 10, BAX Global is awarded a multimillion contract by Air New Zealand Engineering Business Services to handle its air freight needs for an open-ended period based on service performance.
The company’s two-year-old agreement with Xerox Corporation is renewed on January 11, 1999. The agreement calls for BAX to continue handling Xerox’s heavyweight shipments throughout the U. S. and Canada.
BAX increases its ownership position in BAX Global (Taiwan), Ltd., on March 11 and assumes greater control of its multimodal freight forwarding operations. Once government regulations limiting foreign ownership of Taiwanese companies is changed, BAX intends to acquire the remaining shares.
Guaranteed Second Day delivery service is added on April 28.
Twice-weekly nonstop B-747F all-cargo roundtrips commence on July 14 between Toledo and Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Service continues apace during the remainder of the year. Record profits are earned during the 12 months.
Hurt by its own high costs and competition from domestic trucking concerns, the carrier loses $16.4 million during the first two quarters. The loss brings a 10% cut in the workforce and rumors that the company’s parent, Pittston, may elect to sell it.
The company takes its first steps into a full wide-body commitment in July 2000 when it leases a DC-10-30F to operate between its Toledo hub and Los Angeles (LAX). After almost a year of unsuccessful mediated contract talks, the Teamsters Union suggests a possible fourth quarter strike.
In September, the company occupies a new terminal at Richmond International Airport.
BAXTER AIR (BAXTER AVIATION, LTD.): P. O. Box 1110, 50 Anchor Way, Nanaimo, British Columbia V9R 6E7, Canada; Phone (604) 754-1086; Fax (604) 754-1075; Http://www. baxterair. com; Code 6B; Year Founded 1985. Tom and Linda Baxter establish this small passenger transport operation at Nanaimo in 1985. Following receipt of a Class 3 license from the Canadian government, the CEO and vice president launch daily return flights to downtown Vancouver with a Cessna 185.
Flights continue apace for the remainder of the decade and into the next. In 1992, Tom’s son establishes a scenic trip subsidiary, Plane Adventure Tours, operating nine different types of floatplane charters around the Vancouver area. Celebrities who will experience Plane Adventure Tours include John Travolta, Robert De Niro, and Tom Selleck.
By 2000, President Baxter oversees a workforce of 20 and a fleet of 2 C-185s and 8 de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beavers. A total of 22 daily flights are made over the company’s single route.
BAY AIR: United States (1985-1986). Monte R. Handy establishes Bay Air at Naknek, Alaska, in January 1985 to undertake scheduled passenger and cargo services to local communities and bush destinations. Employing Cessna and Piper lightplanes, revenue flights are launched linking the company’s base with King Salmon, South Naknek, Egegik, and Levelock.
Viability cannot be achieved and the company stops flying in September 1986.
BAYAIR EXECUTIVE JET CHARTER, A. O.: Ataturk Airport, Istanbul, Turkey; Phone 90 (212) 272-5046; Fax 90 (212) 288-1122; Year Founded 1995. BAE is established at Istanbul in 1995 to offer worldwide executive and small group passenger charters. Flights begin with a single Dassault Falcon 20.
BAYERISCHE LUFT LLOYD, A. G.: Germany (1919-1923). On June 16, 1919, the Bavarian state government and the aircraft manufacturer Rumpler Luftverkehr, GmbH. form this carrier to provide service between its Munich base and the Lake Constance area.
In April 1920 in accordance with terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the airline’s fleet of ex-military aircraft is confiscated by the Allies and the company is forced to cease operations.
In early 1921, the partners again elect to mount airline operations. Provision is made for the purchase of two Junkers F-13s, which are christened Nachtigail and Schwalbe. These are employed to launch service on April 21. During the summer, two war-surplus DFW-CVs are employed on the Munich to Constance service.
As competition stiffens with the Lloyd Luftdienst, GmbH. In late 1921 and into 1922, Junkers Luftverkehr, A. G. reaches out to locate members for a countering confederation. On May 14, 1923, the Trans-Europa Union is formed; simultaneously, Junkers assumes 50% interest in Bayerische Luft Lloyd, bringing it into the group.
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