MILAIR (PTY.), LTD.: Australia (1991-1992). Peter Miller forms Milair at Main Beach, Gold Coast, Queensland, in 1991 to offer passenger and cargo flights employing 1 Beech 58 Baron, 2 Cessna 310s, 1 Cessna 402, and 1 Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain. Operations cease within a year.
MILLARDAIR, LTD.: Canada (1954-1998). Trans Canada Air Lines, Ltd. pilot Carl Millard establishes his own FBO, Carl Millard, Ltd., at Mississauga, Ontario, in 1954. With the help of his son, Wayne, Millard transfers his base to Toronto’s large airport in 1963 and changes the name of his concern to Millardair. Carl begins the transport of automobile parts using a single DC-3, while Wayne operates a Beech 18 on similar charters. Service continues apace during the remainder of the decade.
Three more DC-3s are acquired in 1970-1971 and are employed to operate passenger services during the period of the Canadian airline strike of 1972. Also in 1972, the first of eight all-cargo Douglas C-54E Skymasters (military version of the DC-4) arrive. Company employment at the end of the 1970s stands at 25 and the fleet includes 10 DC-3s, 8 C-54Es, 4 Beech 18s, 1 Cessna Citation, and 1 Piper PA-31-310 Navajo.
The fleet is altered during the 1980s. Gone are five DC-3s, exchanged for C-117s (military version of the large Super DC-3) and a C-54E. Flights are started to locations in South America and the Caribbean.
Being unable to obtained required take-off and landing slots at Toronto during the spring of 1990, Millardair suspends its heavy cargo operations on May 31. The decision is made to sell off the Skymasters and to operate smaller aircraft. Over the next eight years, the company sells off its remaining twin-engine Douglas and Beech equipment, and maintains only the Citation and Navajo for executive charters and flight training.
The company’s hangar at Toronto International Airport is leased to Canada 3000, Ltd. in 1998 as Millardair stops flying.
MILLENNIUM JET: 16225 Vanowen St, Suite 200, Van Nuys, California 91406, United States; Phone (818) 786-2001; Fax (818) 7862002; Year Founded 1997. Millennium is set up at Van Nuys, California, in 1997 to provide executive and small group passenger charters throughout the western U. S. and Mexico. Two pilots are hired and flights commence with a single Learjet 24B.
Operations continue in 1998-2000.
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